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'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.

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West Bengal declares Rakhi holiday on August 11

KOLKATA: The state government has declared a holiday on August 11 - Thursday - on account of the Rakhi Bandhan festival in Bengal. All state government offices and educational institutes will remain closed.

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West Bengal: Swasthya Bhavan keeps medical facilities ready for monkeypox cases

KOLKATA: With the number of confirmed monkeypox cases gradually on the rise in India, the state health department has intensified its preparedness for surveillance and medical care facility to isolate and treat the suspected or confirmed cases.

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West Bengal: Tantuja set to receive National Award

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated Tantuja through a tweet for being set to receive a National Award. She posted on Twitter: "Happy to share that our state apex society for handlooms, Tantuja, will be receiving the National Award for Design Development for handloom products on National Handloom…

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National body nod to 5 new medical colleges in West Bengal, admission likely to start this year

KOLKATA: NEET UG aspirants have a reason to cheer as Bengal is likely to start admission to six new medical colleges - Arambagh, Tamluk, Barasat, Uluberia, Jalpaiguri and Jhargram - from this year. If all goes according to plans, there will be an addition of 600 MBBS seats as each…

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West Bengal: For four consecutive days, Covid cases stay below 1,000

KOLKATA: New Covid cases that have dipped below the 1,000-mark since August 1 seem to be on a downward slide with the number sliding to 775 on Thursday from 911 on Wednesday. The number might hover around the 700/800-mark for another two weeks before it plunges significantly and the current…

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Calcutta HC breather for 4 Rohingya women

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday asked the Centre not to deport four women Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar till it heard their pleas on August 10. The four women, now detained at Dum Dum Correctional Home after completion of their sentence in 2019, had moved court back in…

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Pride for profession taken a hit: Bengal teachers

‘Sanctity associated with teaching getting dented by recent arrest of Minister’

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West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee rejigs ministry, Babul Supriyo among five new faces in cabinet

KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government effected on Wednesday its second cabinet reshuffle since being voted to office in 2021 for its third successive term, adding five cabinet ministers and three ministers of state to give Bengal a 44-strong council of ministers, reports Debashis Konar. North Bengal strongman Udayan Guha, former…

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Babul Supriyo finds place in Mamata Cabinet

Eight new faces inducted in Ministry

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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…

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Kolkata to get 1,180 e-buses in country's biggest drive

KOLKATA: In the biggest allotment of e-buses in India, the process of handing over of 1,180 e-buses will kick off in Kolkata on Wednesday with the Bengal transport department signing a memorandum of understanding with Tata Motors Ltd for the operation and maintenance of these buses under the Opex model.…

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West Bengal: Cancer drug rates under Swasthya Sathi capped

KOLKATA: The Bengal government, which from mid-July started settling Swasthya Sathi claims directly instead of re-routing it through insurance companies, has now decided to cap package rates for cancer, orthopaedic, neurosurgery and pain-management procedures. It has also fixed rates for 129 cancer drugs while weeding out several expensive ones from…

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West Bengal: TMC scoffs at Arpita Mukherjee cash denial

KOLKATA: Expelled Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee's "close associate" Arpita Mukherjee claimed on Tuesday that the money found in her flats was kept in her absence and she had no knowledge about the same.

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Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha witnesses heated arguments between Opposition MPs and Union Minister over farm loan waivers

Union Minister Pratima Bhoumick accuses Ministers in Bengal Government of ignoring their calls

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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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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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Monsoon Session: Bengal BJP MPs protest outside Parliament over SSC recruitment scam

The ED arrested Partha Chatterjee, who was also the Trinamool Congress secretary-general, on July 23 for an investigation into the teacher recruitment scam. 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

High-scoring students look at cities outside Bengal for higher studies

The arrest of Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, accused of taking bribes for recruitment of school teachers, has shaken the faith of parents

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West Bengal: Arrested Minister Partha Chatterjee sacked from Cabinet over SSC recruitment scam

Partha Chatterjee, accused in SSC scam case, is currently under the custody of ED. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sack Partha Chatterjee from cabinet, expel him, demand TMC leaders

WEST BENGAL: West Bengal's industry minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the SSC scam, should be removed immediately from his post and expelled from the Trinamool Congress, the party's state general secretary Kunal Ghosh demanded on Thursday.

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West Bengal SSC Scam: ED recovers Rs 20 cr more cash from Arpita Mukherjee's second house

Earlier, Rs 20 crore was recovered from her residence in South Kolkata. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Explained | The discord between NDA’s vice-presidential candidate and the Bengal government

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government wrote to the Prime Minister and asked the President to recall Jagdeep Dhankhar as the State’s Governor during his term

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Sack arrested West Bengal Minister immediately: Adhir Chowdhury tells Mamata Banerjee

In a letter written to Ms. Banerjee, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said “irregularities” in the recruitment process by the School Service Commission is "an open secret”.

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