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Mamata Banerjee convenes meeting of Opposition leaders, CMs on Presidential poll

Ms. Banerjee has reached out to the Opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting in the national capital,

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Shillong Chamber Choir’s upcoming single is inspired by rail journeys and is a tribute to Uncle Neil, the founder of the choir

The accompanying music video starts off at the bustling Howrah Station in West Bengal, and eventually takes viewers back to the 1960s and ’70s

The Hindu

Why Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy’s arrest for ‘abusing’ Mamata has kicked up a storm

Controversial Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy was arrested on Tuesday for making “derogatory” remarks about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP and all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

The petition was filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after Mr. Roy joined the Trinamool Congress.

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress has no principles, party only has syndicates: BJP national president Nadda

J.P. Nadda, who is in West Bengal on a two-day visit, calls Trinamool Congress “Phishi-Bhaipho party“; says all regional parties have turned into family parties

The Hindu

BJP promises separate State, welfare schemes ahead of polls to befool people: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

The Chief Minister of West Bengal also criticised the Union government for not releasing funds for welfare schemes and “stopping” supply of wheat to States.

The Hindu

The Chancellor conundrum: On West Bengal decision to make CM as Chancellor

The time may have come to reconsider having Governors as university Chancellors

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Daily Dose Ep 1066: CDS appointment rules, BJP MLA booked over rape victim's video

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Maharashtra, Punjab, West Bengal, Telangana, and Ukraine.

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Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Lashing out at the BJP camp "for trying to fan separatism" in the State, the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that all communities in north Bengal had been living in harmony for decades

The Hindu

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Home Minister Amit Shah

Dhankhar met Shah a day after the West Bengal Governor said there is no rule of law in the State as it is being governed by a "ruler"

The Hindu

Urban areas lag behind in Centre’s flagship housing scheme

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has a completion rate of 67.72% in rural areas, six years after its launch

The Hindu

FIR registered against two BJP MPs in West Bengal recruitment scam

Subhas Sarkar and Jagannath Sarkar are accused in connection with irregularities in recruitments to AIIMS, Kalyani

The Hindu

MeT predicts heavy rain in north Bengal, northeast

The weatherman forecast isolated heavy rainfall with thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds in Gangetic West Bengal over the next few days

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West Bengal Forest Department’s campaign against ritualistic hunting pays off

Sustained efforts to build awareness has led to a drop in ritualistic hunting by 95%

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Daily Dose Ep 1061: Police file case in singer KK’s death, ED summons Sonia and Rahul

Yusra Hasan brings you the news from New Delhi, West Bengal, and Australia.

The Hindu

West Bengal Government pays homage to singer KK with a gun salute

Tributes pour in for the versatile singer; police registers a case of unnatural death

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Star Bollywood Singer KK Dies after Concert at 53

Star Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died of a heart attack at age 53 after a concert, officials said Wednesday, prompting a flood of tributes. "His songs reflected a wide range of emotions (and) struck a chord with people of all age groups," Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

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2024 polls will be no entry for BJP, says Mamata

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

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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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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar asks Chief Secretary for update on action taken on Abhishek Banerjee's comment

Chief Secretary is to initiate all expected action and update by June 6 regards public targeting of judiciary by Diamond Harbour MP that can neither be overlooked nor countenanced," the Governor tweeted.

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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.

The Hindu

20 BJP leaders in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri resign from posts

Dissent leaders allege irregularities in local panel formation

Dynamite News

Odisha: 6 tourists killed, 40 injured as bus overturns in Ganjam

At least six tourists from West Bengal were killed and 40 others injured when their bus overturned at Kalinga Ghati in Odisha’s Ganjam district on late Tuesday night. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Six tourists killed as bus from West Bengal overturns in Odisha

50 tourists from Howrah district of West Bengal were on a sightseeing trip to Odisha and Andhra Pradesh when the accident occurred.

The Hindu

Data | Rural inflation peaks across States, except in Tamil Nadu and Kerala

The high prices of food and beverages was one of the primary drivers of rural inflation and within it, the prices of vegetables, oils and fats, and meat and fish increased the most

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