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West Bengal: Congress gets its first MLA in present assembly as party candidate wins Sagardighi bypoll

SAGARDIGHI (WB): The Congress on Thursday secured a seat in the present Bengal assembly as its candidate Bayron Biswas won the Sagardighi bypoll, after 16 rounds of counting, defeating the nearest rival of the TMC by 22,980 votes.

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West Bengal: Kolkata's second mini zoo 'Harinalaya' ready to welcome visitors

A new mini zoo has come up in West Bengal's Kolkata. The zoo has been set up in New town Rajarhat and named as "Harinalaya". Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal: Police recovers 30 crude bombs from Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas

Acting on a tip-off, on Friday recovered 30 crude bombs from the Bhatpara Municipality area in North 24 Parganas district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Fake medical representative held for duping doctors with foreign holiday bait in Noida

NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday said it has arrested a person who duped "hundreds of doctors" across several states to the tune of crores of rupees on the pretext of arranging foreign travel packages, officials said.

The Times of India

Why TMC’s Meghalaya fight may meet Goa fate

It has been two years since the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress pulled off a landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, staving off a no-holds barred challenge from the BJP and the wider Sangh Parivar. Since then, the Trinamool has tried to expand outside West Bengal but with little…

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Meghalaya polls: Mamata Banerjee heads TMC’s star campaigner list

GUWAHATI: The Trinamool Congress has unveiled its star campaigners for the Meghalaya election with party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee topping the list.

The Times of India

TMC releases manifesto for Tripura polls, promises 'Bengal model of development'

AGARTALA: The Trinamool Congress released its manifesto for the Tripura assembly elections on Sunday.

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Daily Dose Ep 1258: 6 injured in J&K blasts, flight bomb scare, Ardern’s replacement

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, West Bengal, Goa, and New Zealand.

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2 Killed After Fire Breaks Out In West Bengal's East Medinipur

At least two people were killed after a fire broke out in the East Medinipur district of West Bengal on Wednesday. Read on for details:

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Row over 'Azad Kashmir' question in exercise book; education board says mistake being rectified

KOLKATA: After an image of a Class 10 model question paper, asking students to mark "Azad Kashmir" in a map, went viral on social media, a political row has erupted in West Bengal. The opposition BJP has claimed it to be a "jihadi conspiracy" and the TMC termed it a…

The Times of India

‘We have no one’: The women and girls sold as brides in Kashmir

For as little as $35, Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will.

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Gangasagar Mela: Coast Guard Personnel Keep Watch, Boats And Aircraft Deployed

The Indian Coast Guard has deployed its boats and aircraft to provide security in the ongoing Gangasagar Mela at the Sagar island of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. Read on for details:

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PM Modi Flags Off World's Longest River Cruise MV Ganga Vilas In Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world's longest river Cruise, MV Ganga Vilas in Varanasi via video conferencing on Friday. Read on for details:

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Mehuli wins women's rifle trial, Ankur tops men's rapid fire competition

NEW DELHI: Mehuli Ghosh of West Bengal and Uttarakhand's Ankur Goel won the national shooting women's 10m air rifle trial one and men's 25m rapid fire pistol trial two in Group A here on Wednesday.

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Daily Dose Ep 1248: SC denies urgent hearing on Joshimath, Assam eviction drive

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, Assam, West Bengal, South Korea, and China.

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Sex workers and the city: The fight for rights

Organisation and solidarity are critical to ensuring the rights of sex-workers.

The Times of India

Worker falls to death from under-construction building in Mumbai; labour contractor booked

MUMBAI: A labour contractor and others were booked by the police for not providing safety gear to a 20-year-old worker from West Bengal who fell to his death at an under-construction building site in suburban Mumbai last week, said an official on Tuesday.

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After cremating mother, PM Narendra Modi virtually flags off infra projects for West Bengal

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually flagged off a host of infra projects, designed to add speed to Bengal and Kolkata, immediately after his mother’s cremation in Gandhinagar on Friday as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and a host of other CMs physically attended the programmes…

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Mamata Banerjee refuses to sit on dais at Howrah station

KOLKATA: High drama prevailed at Howrah station on Friday as a visibly annoyed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee refused to get up on the dais from where the Vande Bharat express to New Jalpaiguri was flagged off.

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RailTel Bags Work Order Worth Rs 98.56 Cr From West Bengal

RailTel has bagged an order from Bengal for capacity enhancement of the West Bengal State Data Centre (WB-SDC) at an estimated cost of Rs 98.56 crore. Read on for details:

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Youth at the centre of Modi sarkar’s good governance schemes: BJYM chief Tejasvi Surya

Tejasvi Surya contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bangalore South on a BJP ticket and won when he was just 28. In 2020, he took over as the national president of the party’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He leads the Morcha at a time when the…

Daily Mirror

'UFO' has people baffled as mysterious light in the sky vanishes in an instant

The bright light was spotted by residents above several districts of West Bengal, India, with footage being shared on Twitter showing the luminous object in the night sky

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1224: LAC clash updates, judge recuses from Bilkis plea hearing

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Ukraine.

The Times of India

BJP will sweep panchayat polls in Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

KOLKATA: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday claimed that the BJP will sweep the panchayat polls next year, as the ruling TMC is set to witness “rapid erosion” of its support base.

The Times of India

Murder convict who fled Goa arrested after 15 years in West Bengal: Goa Police

PANAJI: One and a half decades after he fled from Margao judicial lock-up, the crime branch of Goa Police arrested a murder convict in West Bengal on Friday.

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