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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”.

The Hindu

ED moves CHC against Bengal minister's SSKM admission

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Calcutta High Court challenging a lower court order that led to West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in connection with the School Service Commision (SSC) recruitment scam, being admitted in the state government-run SSKM Hospital. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Calcutta High Court asks ED to take arrested Bengal Minister to AIIMS in Odisha

Partha Chatterjee was held in teacher recruitment scam

The Hindu

Jagdeep Dhankhar | The party loyalist

The controversial West Bengal Governor is set to be elected next Vice-President of India

The Hindu

Gopalkrishna Gandhi extends felicitations to President-elect

He has served as the West Bengal Governor from 2004 to 2009

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1106: ED arrests TMC minister, CJI criticises media’s ‘kangaroo courts’

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

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Minister in India's West Bengal arrested in education scam probe

India's financial-crime investigation agency arrested a West Bengal government minister on Saturday for allegedly making money off recruitment for state-run schools, officials said.

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ED arrests Partha Chatterjee over SSC recruitment scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee after being questioned for around 26 hours over teacher recruitment scam. Read more on Dynamite News:

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2022 Vice-President Election | Opposition in damage-control mode

Margaret Alva appeals to Mamata

The Hindu

BJP will not get majority in 2024 elections, says Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says BJP government at the Centre has been ‘monumentally incompetent’

The Hindu

Seven die after consuming illicit liquor in Howrah

The liquor shop owner has been arrested.

The Hindu

India reports 20,557 new COVID-19 cases

The 40 new fatalities include 11 from Kerala, six each from West Bengal and Maharashtra.

The Hindu

CBI files charge sheet against 41 in coal pilferage scam in West Bengal

Along with the CBI, Enforcement Directorate is currently probing the scam and has quizzed TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife

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Calcutta HC questions West Bengal BJP’s July 21 rally plans

Supporters have begun arriving for the TMC’s massive annual Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata on July 21

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West Bengal BJP MLAs arrive in luxury buses from hotel for Presidential poll

Ruling TMC and main Opposition party trade allegations over violation of code of conduct

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La. Ganesan takes oath as West Bengal governor

Mr. was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Prakash Shrivastava in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

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‘Words and stories can be dangerous’: director Milli Bhatia and writer Sonali Bhattacharyya

Bhattacharyya’s play Chasing Hares uses folk theatre to depict a trade union dispute in West Bengal. ‘South Asian artists have always been here – but now it’s our time,’ Bhatia says

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President Kovind accepts Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as West Bengal Governor

Mr. Dhankhar’s resignation comes a day after he was announced as the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Alliance

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Margaret Alva is Opposition vice-presidential candidate

A meeting of 17 Opposition parties held in New Delhi today decided to field Margaret Alva as their candidate for the vice-presidential election

Dynamite News

West Bengal: 2 dead, 1 injured in crude bomb explosion in Malda

As many as two people were killed and one was severely injured in a crude bomb explosion in the Manikchak area of the Malda district in West Bengal on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Morning Digest | NDA declares West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as vice-presidential candidate; Chinese President meets PLA border troops involved in LAC stand-off, and more

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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar is NDA’s nominee for Vice President

‘Kisan putra’ overcame socio-economic hurdles to go on to high achievement in public life, says BJP’s J. P. Nadda

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Jagdeep Dhankar to be NDA's Vice Presidential candidate

The NDA had announced on Saturday that West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar as the Vice Presidential candidate. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Jagdeep Dhankhar is NDA’s Vice-President candidate

In July 2019, Mr. Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal.

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