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Eminent personalities oppose Mamata Banerjee becoming chancellor of state-run varsities, decry blow to freedom

Actor, directors, painter, thespian, and activists among the 40 signatories who are “surprised and stunned” by the Chief Minister’s appointment.

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Left terms Mamata Banerjee’s move to convene Oppositon meeting ‘a unilateral move’

West Bengal CM’s action could harm Opposition unity, say Left leaders

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1070: Two die in Jharkhand violence over Prophet comments, Covid updates

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Jharkhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Taiwan.

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Mamata Banerjee convenes meeting of Opposition leaders, CMs on Presidential poll

Ms. Banerjee has reached out to the Opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting in the national capital,

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Shillong Chamber Choir’s upcoming single is inspired by rail journeys and is a tribute to Uncle Neil, the founder of the choir

The accompanying music video starts off at the bustling Howrah Station in West Bengal, and eventually takes viewers back to the 1960s and ’70s

The Hindu

Why Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy’s arrest for ‘abusing’ Mamata has kicked up a storm

Controversial Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy was arrested on Tuesday for making “derogatory” remarks about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP and all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.

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70% of kala azar cases, 20 deaths in Bihar last year

PATNA: People generally believed that kala azar (black fever) had been tamed, but the recent cases sounded an alarm bell as it claimed at least 28 lives, including 20 in Bihar, 5 in neighbouring Jharkhand, two in West Bengal and one in Uttar Pradesh in 2021, as per the data…

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West Bengal Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

The petition was filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after Mr. Roy joined the Trinamool Congress.

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress has no principles, party only has syndicates: BJP national president Nadda

J.P. Nadda, who is in West Bengal on a two-day visit, calls Trinamool Congress “Phishi-Bhaipho party“; says all regional parties have turned into family parties

The Hindu

BJP promises separate State, welfare schemes ahead of polls to befool people: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal also criticised the Union government for not releasing funds for welfare schemes and “stopping” supply of wheat to States.

The Hindu

The Chancellor conundrum: On West Bengal decision to make CM as Chancellor

The time may have come to reconsider having Governors as university Chancellors

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1066: CDS appointment rules, BJP MLA booked over rape victim's video

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal, Telangana, and Ukraine.

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Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

ALIPURDUAR: Amid demands for a separate state carved out of West Bengal by some BJP leaders, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that she is ready to shed her own blood, if need be, to thwart such attempts to divide the state.

The Times of India

Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Lashing out at the BJP camp "for trying to fan separatism" in the State, the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that all communities in north Bengal had been living in harmony for decades

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West Bengal: JP Nadda’s tour to include Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay tribute, outreach to intellectuals

KOLKATA: BJP national president J P Nadda, on a two-day tour of West Bengal, is likely to address the state executive of the Bengal unit, which is still facing internal bickering and exodus. He will also address an interaction with city intellectuals as part of his outreach programme.

The Times of India

Adani Enterprises to set up hyper-scale data centre park at Bengal Silicon Valley: Report

KOLKATA: West Bengal industry minister Partha Chatterjee on Monday said the state government has given its nod to Adani Enterprises for setting up a hyper-scale data centre park at Bengal Silicon Valley in the New Town area on the outskirts of the city.

The Times of India

Two killed as motorcycle, vehicle collide head-on in West Bengal

JALPAIGURI(WEST BENGAL): Two persons were killed on Monday after their two-wheeler collided head on with a passenger vehicle in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, police said.

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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Home Minister Amit Shah

Dhankhar met Shah a day after the West Bengal Governor said there is no rule of law in the State as it is being governed by a "ruler"

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Idukki: Two more held in gang rape case

IDUKKI: Police on Saturday arrested two more persons in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl from West Bengal. Six-people, including two minors, were arrested on Tuesday for raping the girl in Poopara under Santanpara police station limit last Sunday.

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Odisha: Five arrested for murder of Bengal cattle trader

BHUBANESWAR: Five members of an interstate gang, which was allegedly involved in the murder of a West Bengal-based cattle trader at a market in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district last week, were arrested from Jharkhand on Saturday. On May 25, the robbers had looted Rs 11 lakh from cattle trader Jamsed Ali…

The Hindu

Urban areas lag behind in Centre’s flagship housing scheme

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has a completion rate of 67.72% in rural areas, six years after its launch

The Times of India

West Bengal: 102-year-old woman sells vegetables to support family

KOLKATA: Age is just a number for Lakshmi Maity, a 102-year-old vegetable seller who, for the past five decades, has never let financial constraints come in the way of her family's basic needs.

The Times of India

Intense rain warning after monsoon covers entire North East

GUWAHATI: After hitting parts of northeast on Thursday, the southwest monsoon covered the entire region on Friday along with some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

The Hindu

FIR registered against two BJP MPs in West Bengal recruitment scam

Subhas Sarkar and Jagannath Sarkar are accused in connection with irregularities in recruitments to AIIMS, Kalyani

The Hindu

MeT predicts heavy rain in north Bengal, northeast

The weatherman forecast isolated heavy rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds in Gangetic West Bengal over the next few days

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