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Bengal Governor dismisses state’s claim of not being consulted on interim VC appointments
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday “dismissed” state Education Minister Bratya Basu’s claim that Bose had appointed interim vice-chancellors for 11 universities without consulting the state government. He implicitly…
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Raj Bhavan-Bengal govt tiff aggravates as Guv appoints interim VCs in 10 state varsities
Kolkata: The tiff between the Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat in West Bengal over the appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) in different state universities aggravated further on Thursday over the decision of…
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Adhir lashes out at TMC for luring his party MLA
Kolkata: Congress’ West Bengal president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday hit out at party MLA from Sagardighi Bayron Biswas for joining the TMC saying that the party had decided to give him…
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Mamata Banerjee might reach Patna a day before Opposition party meeting
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee is likely to reach Patna a day in advance of the crucial meeting of all non-BJP parties convened by Bihar Chief…
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No central discrimination against Bengal: State BJP chief
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar has asserted that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “pet phrase” of central discrimination against the eastern state was “wrong as facts and figures show the opposite”.…
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More the state govt resists, more will be BJP’s popularity in Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari
Kolkata: The more the West Bengal government tries to prevent the BJP from carrying out its political activities, the more the party’s popularity will rise, leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly,…
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Bengal Raj Bhavan-State Secretariat row heading to court?
Kolkata: The Governor House-State Secretariat tiff in West Bengal is now probably heading for a legal encounter as the state education department is consulting its legal brains on how to counter the…
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Mamata Banerjee to skip Niti Aayog meeting on May 27
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to skip the Niti Aayog meeting slated to be held in New Delhi on May 27, a senior official at the state secretariat…
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MiG-29’s additional fuel tank dislodges during training, falls in forest
Kolkata: An additional fuel tank of a MiG-29 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) got dislodged during a training session on Monday, and fell in a forest area near the Kalaikunda…
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Bengal Guv miffed with state varsity VCs over non-submission of weekly report to Raj Bhavan
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Anand Bose has taken objection to the reluctance on the part of the vice-chancellors of different state universities in submitting weekly reports to the Raj Bhavan despite…
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After CBI questioning, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee resumes mass outreach programme
Bankura: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday resumed his mass outreach campaign from Bankura district in West Bengal, which was suspended for two days after he was summoned by CBI in…
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Centre’s agency-raj makes our task challenging: Mamata
Kolkata: On a day when her nephew has been called in for questioning by the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted that the centre’s “agency-raj” has made her task of…
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Add ‘no authentic data’ disclaimer to ‘The Kerala Story’: SC halts ban in WB
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the West Bengal government’s order banning the screening of the film “The Kerala Story” and asked Tamil Nadu to ensure the safety of moviegoers…
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Political slugfest begins in Bengal over SC decision on ‘The Kerala Story’
Kolkata: Political slugfest started in West Bengal soon after the Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the ban on screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state that was imposed by the Mamata…