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Sunil Bansal appointed BJP's national general secretary

BJP leader Sunil Bansal was on Wednesday appointed the party's national general secretary and will be in-charge for West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal civic body sends rakhis made of water hyacinths to global leaders

"We have sent rakhis to President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, the U. S. President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan," Bongaon Municipality chairman Gopal Seth said.

The Hindu

Police gain custody of Kesavadasapuram murder accused

West Bengal native Adam Ali nabbed from Chennai

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West Bengal native suspected of Kerala woman’s murder detained in Chennai

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West Bengal: 'Salt Lake trees falling due to weak soil'

KOLKATA: Thick branches of tall trees are falling and large trees are getting uprooted in many places across Salt Lake.

The Times of India

'India has 1,331 bird species, West Bengal has 837'

KOLKATA: India is home to 1,331 bird species, of which about 837 are found in Bengal. In a unique field guide by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), it has documented all these species with their photographs.

The Times of India

Suvendu writes to PM, alleges corruption in central schemes in WB

The poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched away and kept by representatives in connivance with officials

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Vice-President election 2022 | Updates

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India, securing 528 first preference votes against Opposition candidate Margaret Alva’s 182

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Citizenship Amendment Act likely to be implemented by December: West Bengal BJP MLA Asim Sarkar

The Trinamool Congress said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will never allow Citizenship Amendment Act to be implemented in West Bengal.

The Hindu

Mamata Banerjee on four-day visit to Delhi as agencies step up heat

The visit comes at a time when central investigation agencies have stepped up probe in connection with different scams in West Bengal.

The Hindu

Jharkhand MLAs' cash seizure | West Bengal CID teams ‘detained’ in Delhi, Guwahati

Three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand — Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachchap and Naman Bixal Kongari — were arrested by West Bengal Police after over ₹49 lakh in cash was seized from a car in which they were travelling.

The Hindu

West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: Raj Bhavan ready for swearing-in ceremony

KOLKATA: Raj Bhavan in the city is gearing up for the 4pm show of swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is going to reshuffle her cabinet. For the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, governor La Ganesan who is holding dual charge of Bengal and…

The Times of India

Assam: Drugs worth Rs 15 crore seized in Karbi Anglong, 3 peddlers held

GUWAHATI: A huge consignment of heroin marked as “100% pure” in Chinese, morphine, crystal meth and syabu worth about Rs 15 crore was seized from a Sikkim registered vehicle in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday morning. The consignment was headed for Siliguri in West Bengal, police said.

The Times of India

Rectify teachers' recruitment scam: Dharmendra Pradhan to WB CM

Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged multi-crore school job scam

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Mumbai: ‘Expert forger’ steals cleared RTGS forms from banks to siphon lakhs

MUMBAI: The city crime branch has arrested a 40-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly siphoning money by stealing RTGS forms cleared by the bank, changing the names of the beneficiary and forging signatures.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1114: Amit Shah on CAA implementation, ED raids National Herald’s office

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka, and Afghanistan.

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CAA rules will be framed after COVID precaution dose exercise, Amit Shah tells Bengal BJP leader

Amit Shah assured that rules regarding CAA will be framed after the Covid precaution dose vaccination exercise is over.

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West Bengal Ministers do not pick calls even if we ring 10 times: Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said it has become a habit in West Bengal of not taking calls and not listening to us, as he took a swipe at the ruling Trinamool Congress.

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School job scam: Woman throws shoes at former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee

KOLKATA: A woman on Tuesday took off her pair of shoes and made an attempt to throw her footwear at suspended Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee when the latter was being escorted out of a hospital in Kolkata by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials . It, however, missed its mark.

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Pressure mounts on Mamata Banerjee to sack MoS education Paresh Adhikari in SSC scam

NEW DELHI: The main opposition in West Bengal, the BJP, has accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to deflect the people’s attention from the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment irregularities scam by announcing reorganisation of the state and reshuffle of portfolios of her council of ministers on August 3.

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Daily Dose Ep 1113: Sanjay Raut arrested, suspension of 4 MPs revoked

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from New Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Algeria.

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West Bengal cabinet reshuffle on August 3: Mamata Banerjee

“We have to reshuffle the cabinet because senior leader Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pande have passed away and Partha Chatterjee is in prison,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

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WB: Cabinet to get '4-5 new faces', reshuffle on Wednesday

This comes soon after former minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the SSC recruitment scam case. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Trouble in the TMC: How did Telegraph report on the Partha Chatterjee controversy?

Trouble is brewing in Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal, where senior Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee was arrested in a multi-crore School Service Commission recruitment scam.

The Hindu

Police in Assam, Uttar Pradesh flag concerns at demographic changes in districts bordering Bangladesh, Nepal

They highlight an increase in number of mosques, seminaries and a high decadal growth in population in these areas

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