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The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

Data | Rice, wheat push up inflation, but Southern States keep prices low

Cereal inflation highest since 2014, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh cross the 15% mark

The Hindu

West Bengal Government retracts RTI reply on farmer suicides

Earlier it had said 122 farmers had committed suicide in a single district in the State

The Hindu

Kurmi tribe protest in Bengal's Purulia for OBC status enters Day 2, several rail routes blocked

Several people of the Kurmi tribe on Wednesday blocked the rail tracks in several areas of West Bengal demanding Other Backward Class status for the community. Read more on Dynamite News:

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CPI(M) targets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her remarks on RSS

The CPI(M) accused the Trinamool Congress of being a ‘springboard for the RSS and the BJP’

The Hindu

Teachers Recruitment Scam: ED files complaint against 8 accused including Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against eight accused including Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal before the PMLA Special Court, Calcutta. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Kurmi stir for ST tag affects railway services in three eastern States

Train services in South Eastern Railway’s Adra and Kharagpur divisions were partially affected

The Hindu

Senior CPI (Maoist) member arrested in West Bengal: NIA

New Delhi CPI (Maoist) activist Samrat Chakraborty alias “Nilkamal Sikdar” was arrested in West Beng

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BJP rally held without permission; violent participants damaged public property: West Bengal Govt to HC

The BJP took out three processions from separate points to the State secretariat in protest against alleged corrupt practices of the Trinamool Congress Government in West Bengal

The Hindu

How climate change is altering Indian monsoon

Research shows that global warming increases the fluctuations in the monsoon, resulting in both long dry periods and short spells of heavy rains

The Hindu

Resistance begins to build against West Bengal’s new rules for school uniforms

Kolkata:

The Hindu

CBI gets former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee’s custody in school recruitment scam probe

Partha Chatterjee was earlier arrested in connection with irregularities in recruitment to the West Bengal School Service Commission

The Hindu

Delay in PM Modi government’s flagship rural housing scheme to invite penalty

Centre to fine laggard States for not meeting targets of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)

The Hindu

BJP leader summoned by West Bengal CID in coal smuggling case

BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari, who was summoned by West Bengal CID, said an investigating authority can call anyone for the sake of investigation

The Hindu

Bengal BJP protest | Four arrested in assault of Kolkata police officer; State lawless under Mamata Banerjee, says BJP

ACP Debajit Chattopadhyay was chased and assaulted with sticks by some people in the Bowbazar area during the BJP’s ‘March to Nabanna’ rally on September 13

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Daily Dose Ep 1149: Bengal police detain BJP leaders, Karnataka minister promises demolition drive

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana, the Supreme Court, and Ukraine.

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West Bengal: Court relief for Mamata govt. in Durga puja donation case

According to the state government, a total grant of Rs 240 crore 16 lakh 80 thousand has been allocated for about 43,000 community Dura puja organising clubs in the city. Read more on Dynamite News

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Calcutta High Court allows West Bengal government’s grant to Durga puja committees

The Court, while emphasising that the stand of the State is that the disbursement of the fund is for “public purpose” said that grant should be strictly utilised for the purpose.

The Hindu

BJP protest march turns violent in Bengal

BJP State president Sukanta Majumdar, LoP Suvendu Adhikari and other party leaders were detained during the party’s protest march to West Bengal Secretariat ‘Nabanna’

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122 farmer suicides in a single district in WB in 2021, reveals RTI query

In contrast, State Government has been maintaining that there were no deaths by suicide in agricultural sector; NCRB data also concur

The Hindu

Several yatris, and the chances of a political logjam

Several of India’s key political actors are on the move this week.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1145: Central Vista inauguration, Mamata’s 2024 bid to oust BJP

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, West Bengal, Ladakh and Ukraine.

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Nitish Kumar, Hemant Soren, me and other leaders will come together in 2024 LS election: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) meeting today announced that Nitish Kumar, Hemant Soren, and herself with other leaders will come together for the 2024 general election. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Why was West Bengal left out of talks with Bangladesh, asks Mamata Banerjee

Bengal Chief Minister has opposed Teesta treaty, a crucial bilateral issue

The Hindu

39 Bengal-bound exotic animals seized in Assam

Police said the two persons arrested for transporting the animals from the Mizoram-Myanmar border are from Tamil Nadu

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1144: Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra, CBI raids West Bengal law minister

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, the Supreme Court, Russia, and Brazil.

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