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Election Commission bars TMC MLA Narendranath Chakraborty from campaigning for by-polls in 2 West Bengal seats

KOLKATA: The Election Commission has barred Trinamool Congress MLA Narendranath Chakraborty from campaigning for by-polls to two constituencies in West Bengal for violating the model code of conduct by allegedly issuing open threats to BJP voters and supporters.

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Daily Dose Ep 1006: UP on Ashish Mishra’s bail, Mamata calls for opposition unity

Tanishka Sodhi brings you the news from the Parliament, the Supreme Court, West Bengal and Ukraine.

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Mamata Banerjee writes to all Opposition leaders, calls for united fight against BJP

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to all Opposition leaders and chief ministers calling for a united fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Centre.

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Mamata writes to Opposition CMs to resist BJP’s intention of misusing Central agencies

‘The ED, the CBI, the Central Vigilance Commission and the Income Tax Department are being used to target, harass and corner political opponents across the country for vendetta,’ she says.

The Hindu

Strike hits transport, bank services in some states

NEW DELHI: Public dealings at banks and public transport services were hit in several states, including in West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which were impacted by the all-India strike called by central trade unions to protest the government’s labour and economic policies, including disinvestment and privatisation of public sector…

The Times of India

Central trade unions’ nationwide strike | Banks, insurance sectors affected all over India; steel, oil sectors also seeing partial impact: AITUC official

Unions’ strike partially impacts banking services; stir in Visakhapatnam opposing steel plant sale

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After hat-trick of wins, Sreenidi Deccan face Churchill Brothers in I-League

KALYANI (West Bengal): After notching up a hat-trick of wins, new entrants Sreenidi Deccan would look to continue their strong form when they face Churchill Brothers in their I-League match on Monday.

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Bogtui mass killing: Will hit streets if CBI investigates at behest of others, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

SILIGURI: "Let CBI do their work, we will cooperate. But if CBI doesn’t do their work and at BJP, CPM and Congress’s behest do something else, we will hit the streets in protest" said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday referring to the ongoing Calcutta high court mandated CBI…

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West Bengal Police calls claims by Suvendu Adhikari on Twitter fake

Police say that person in the photograph is an ASI in Mamata’s security team

The Hindu

Birbhum violence: 15-member CBI team with CFSL experts reaches Rampurhat village to probe case

After the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the Birbhum violence case, a 15-member team of the Central agency reached the crime scene in Rampurhat on Saturday to probe the case.

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Rajasthan: Governor is a 'soft target' and 'punching bag', says Jagdeep Dhankhar

JAIPUR: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said the governor has become a 'soft target' and 'punching bag' when the ruling party in a state turned out to be different from that at the Centre. He would be called the 'agent of the Centre' and by many other names.

The Times of India

Bengal’s violent politics of area domination

Eight people were burnt to death in a village in the State’s Birbhum district on March 21, as a retaliation to the killing of a local leader. What makes West Bengal so susceptible to vendetta politics and deadly violence? Why are factional feuds on the rise? Shiv Sahay Singh reports…

The Hindu

I-League: New coach fails to change Punjab FC's fortunes

CHANDIGARH: Dutchman Ed Engelkes' first match as RoundGlass Punjab FC coach ended in a disappointing 0-2 loss to Real Kashmir FC in the Northern Derby of the I-League, played at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal on Friday.

The Times of India

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates robotic angioplasty facility at private hospital in Jaipur

JAIPUR: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the robotic angioplasty facility at a private hospital in Jaipur on Friday.

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Adani highest bidder for West Bengal's Tajpur deep-sea port

KOLKATA: India's largest private port operator Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) Ltd has emerged as the highest bidder for the West Bengal government's greenfield deep-sea port project at Tajpur in a neck-to-neck fight with JSW Group, a source said on Friday.

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BJP’s Roopa Ganguly breaks into tears in Rajya Sabha on Birbhum killings

Trinamool Congress members troop into well of House to protest her emotional statement

The Times of India

Punjab FC, RKFC eyeing a return to winning ways

CHANDIGARH: A sudden dip in form followed by an overnight change of hands at the helm, RoundGlass Punjab FC will look to get back to winning ways when they take on neighbours Real Kashmir FC in an I-League match at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal on Friday. The game…

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Consent requests for CBI probe in 128 bank fraud cases pending with States

They involve ₹21,074.43 crore and Maharashtra tops the list of cases

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Daily Dose Ep 1002: Umar Khalid denied bail, Kerala MPs ‘manhandled’ at protest

Supriti David brings you the news from Delhi, West Bengal, the Parliament, and the United Nations Security Council.

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West Bengal: Calcutta high court reserves order on Birbhum killings

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday reserved order in a suo motu petition, along with a bunch of PILs seeking a probe by CBI or NIA, in the death of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

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More than ₹21,000 crore worth bank fraud cases | CBI probe pending for consent from five non-BJP ruled States

“Nine States have withdrawn general consent to the CBI to investigate cases,”Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said

The Hindu

Hope West Bengal govt will punish culprits of Birbhum incident: PM Modi

Eight people were burnt to death on Tuesday in the district following the murder of a local Trinamool Congress functionary

The Hindu

Invoke Article 355 in West Bengal over Birbhum killings, Congress leader writes to President

BJP MPs in Lok Sabha seeks central intervention, killings not political violence, Trinamool says

The Hindu

Birbhum killings | Number of those arrested to 22, Left Front holds rally at Rampurhat

West Bengal Governor slams CM Mamata Banerjee or ‘diversionary tactics’, says attempts being made to shield guilty

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP MLA calls former intelligence chief a TDP agent

‘West Bengal CM has made a true revelation about TDP government’

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