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BJP censures Dilip Ghosh for remarks on West Bengal unit

KOLKATA: BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh drew flak from the party brass, this time in the form of a censure, for shooting his mouth off against senior state functionaries, including Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, that had "caused embarrassment to the central leadership".

The Times of India

Monsoon likely to hit North Bengal in 2-3 days: Met

KOLKATA: The southwest monsoon is likely to enter North Bengal within the next two to three days, about a week ahead of its arrival in 2021.

The Times of India

West Bengal: Kanyashree applications touch 2.5 crore after 10-day Duare Sarkar camps

KOLKATA: Kanyashree applications touched 2.5 crore in Bengal on Tuesday.

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West Bengal: Endangered Hilsa, Kajri, Vacha back, fish diversity up in Ganga

KOLKATA: Fish diversity in the Ganga, which had nearly halved in the last decade of the previous millennium and the first decade of this century, appears to be on the path to recovery, with over 90% species that had become endangered making a comeback following interventions to improve the river's…

The Times of India

A day after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's 'Madhya Pradesh' prod, Purulia Trinamool leader quits pakodis, vows to walk more

PURULIA/KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's sometimes-serious-admonishment and sometimes-jocular "advice" to a Purulia Trinamool leader, on why he should control his "Madhya Pradesh", has had its effect in less than a day: Jhalda Municipality chairman Suresh Agarwal, whose schoolboyish pride and unease during Banerjee's "interrogation" has gone viral on social…

The Times of India

2024 polls will be no entry for BJP, says Mamata

West Bengal CM calls for State-wide protests against the Centre not releasing funds

The Hindu

Railway Minister asks West Benal government to rise above politics

Ashwini Vaishnaw, who was speaking at the 'Garib Kalyan Sammelan' in Kolkata, said majority of the farmers of the State are yet to get the benefits PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.

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Elephant carries body of her calf in north Bengal for two days

Carrying it over 7 km, the elephant joins her 30-strong herd at a tea garden.

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Smuggling of exotic animals in India reaches high as kangaroos spotted in Bengal

Illegal wildlife trafficking gangs have begun transporting kangaroos – native to Australia – to the eastern Indian state of West Bengal as the smuggling of exotic animals via India rises exponentially.

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Stone tablet digs into rich past of Mahasthangarh

KOLKATA: A recent re-interpretation of a stone tablet measuring around 32 square inches discovered in 1931 at an archaeological site at Mahasthangarh in undivided Bengal, now in Bangladesh's Bogra district, has thrown fresh light on the presence of independent urban centres in the region during the Mauryan dynasty around 2,500…

The Times of India

Yes, we Cannes!

Cannes Film Festival had it all: Deepika’s Bengal tiger sari & Aishwarya’s dark-yet-floral gown; alas, gum-baring Akshay & patriotic Kangana were missing. BTW, if we have a Cannespur, what would happen to Kanpur?

The Hindu

The Glazers' reasons for wanting to buy East Bengal and what it could mean for Man Utd

The Glazer family, who have owned Manchester United since 2005, are in talks with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly to take over Indian Super League side East Bengal

Daily Mirror

West Bengal: 19 positive from 11,000 samples in second sentinel survey

KOLKATA: The second Covid 'sentinel survey' in Bengal, conducted between May 18 and 20 on 10,975 samples, has thrown up a positivity of 0.17%, with just 19 positives, a shade lower than that of the first survey, which had been 0.18%. In Kolkata, RG Kar tested 235 random samples, all…

The Times of India

West Bengal BJP MP wants separate State for Jangalmahal region

Bengal BJP holds a meeting to discuss how to keep the party’s flock together and address grievances

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BJP using agencies to run a Tughlaqi regime, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

JHARGRAM: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of using "a few government agencies" to run a "Tughlaqi regime" in the country and packing "all important institutions" with its own people.

The Times of India

Kolkata: RG Kar’s trauma care centre gets infra boost

KOLKATA: The Trauma Care Centre (TCC) at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital got a major revamp on Thursday when more beds, equipment, services and manpower were pumped into this facility. Prodded by Bengal chief minister Mamatta Banerjee, the centre will now be functional 24x7 with new services introduced for…

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West Bengal: ‘Paresh Adhikary sent email to CBI seeking time’

KOLKATA: The CBI on Thursday questioned minister of state for education Paresh Adhikary for nearly three hours, 36 hours since he went missing en route to Kolkata from north Bengal after Tuesday’s Calcutta High Court order to appear before the agency in connection with an alleged irregularity in a school…

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Monsoon may reach South Bengal early: Met

KOLKATA: Southwest monsoon reached the Andaman Sea on May 16.

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West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee appears before CBI in recruitment scam

Partha Chatterjee was the State Education Minister when the alleged appointments were made

The Times of India

Kerala govt announces Rs 1.14 crore cash award to state football team for winning Santosh Trophy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government on Friday announced a cash award of over rupees one crore to the state football team that recently lifted the prestigious Santosh Trophy beating heavyweights Bengal in a penalty shootout in the final.

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Citizenship Amendment Act was, is, and will be a reality: Amit Shah

Mamata Banerjee says BJP is insulting the citizens.

The Times of India

Heatwave in West Bengal abating due to change in wind direction & incursion of moisture

KOLKATA: The intense heatwave that prevailed over southern and western districts of West Bengal is abating owing to a change in wind direction and incursion of moisture from the Bay of Bengal, the Met department said.

The Hindu

BCCI reschedules Ranji Trophy knockout dates, final from June 22

The final is slated to be held at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru

The Times of India

Political parties play blame game over reports of Maoist resurgence

KOLKATA: Amid reports that Maoists were trying to regroup in Junglemahal area of West Bengal, their former stronghold, with posters having resurfaced in some pockets, political parties in the state have taken to blame game, maintaining that fears were being unnecessary fuelled by rival camps for individual gains.

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