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The Latest Breaking News from West Bengal

Largely peaceful Phase 3 records over 64% polling

2024 Lok Sabha elections phase 3: election over in 282 out of 543 Lok Sabha seats; Left Front’s Murshidabad candidate clashes with Trinamool supporters; PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah cast their votes

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Tensions in Murshidabad mar polling in West Bengal

Kolkata: Third phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal records 73.33% polling, with some instances of tension.

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Supreme Court provides relief to nearly 24,000 Bengal teachers

West Bengal school teachers issue: Supreme Court says scrapping all recruitments would be unwise and valid appointments should be segregated from the illegal ones

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Another Election Show: Students of Kolkata’s Jadavpur and Presidency on Modi vs Mamata

In this episode of Another Election Show, we caught up with students of Jadavpur University and Presidency University at Kolkata in West Bengal. The two leading universities are often in the news for the ideological or political activism of their students.

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What’s the big poll issue in West Bengal? Communalism, corruption or unemployment

Our election caravan has reached West Bengal, where the Sandeshkali row is raising the political temperature, and the BJP and Mamta Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress are set to lock horns in a fierce battle.

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Sporadic incidents of violence mar third phase polls in Bengal

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in the four constituencies in West Bengal as TMC, BJP and Congress workers clashed with each other

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West Bengal Governor directs Raj Bhavan staff to ignore communications related to sexual harassment charges against him

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose directed all Raj Bhavan staff to ignore any communication from the Kolkata Police in connection with the complaint filed by a female Raj Bhavan employee, complaining that he had sexually harassed her

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Sandeshkhali ‘mistruth’ spread by BJP using money, PM Modi should stop shedding crocodile tears: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of spreading lies in Sandeshkhali, calls out PM Modi for crocodile tears in recent sting.

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Where men migrate and the river meanders

In the 1960s, the river Ganga changed the course of thousands of people’s lives after it was channelled into the Farakka Barrage Project, setting them up for displacement and uncertainty. Shiv Sahay Singh meets those most affected by the project to understand the link between the erosion of the riverbank…

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In mission to trigger review of State OBC lists, NCBC hits a wall of absent socio-economic data

The National Commission for Backward Classes’s work is now being cited by PM Modi to attack Congress’s social justice platform

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Mamata accuses BJP of scripting Sandeshkhali incident

West Bengal CM accuses BJP of scripting Sandeshkhali incident, questions PM Modi's silence on sexual molestation allegations.

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Police form team to probe molestation allegation against Bengal Governor

West Bengal Police have formed a separate team to probe molestation allegations against Governor CV Ananda Bose, made by a woman employee at Raj Bhavan. Read further on Dynamite News:

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BJP orchestrated Sandeshkhali incident to defame Bengal: TMC

TMC releases video alleging BJP conspiracy to defame West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

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In West Bengal, candidates battle record-breaking temperatures on the campaign trail

Lok Sabha election 2024 news | West Bengal candidates battle record-breaking heat during Lok Sabha elections, taking measures to stay hydrated and cool.

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BJP should answer allegations of harassment against Governor: CM Mamata Banerjee

The tears of the woman who levelled allegations of sexual assault against West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose were heart-breaking, the State’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said

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Congress Lok Sabha tally will be at all-time low, says Modi

Prime Minister Modi criticizes TMC in West Bengal for turning Hindus into second-class citizens and indulging in corruption.

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West Bengal Governor bans entry of police, state Finance Minister into Raj Bhavan

Following allegation of alleged sexual harassment against the West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, the Governor issued an order on Thursday banning the entry of the police and Minister of State for Finance, Chandrima Bhattacharya, into the Raj Bhavan. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Eastern front: On the electoral battle in West Bengal

The Bharatiya Janata Party nurtures high hopes in West Bengal in the general election

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Raj Bhavan employee accuses West Bengal Governor of sexual harassment

Allegations of sexual harassment against West Bengal Governor by Raj Bhavan employee in Kolkata before PM's visit.

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Law and order is a State subject, SC says as West Bengal complains of CBI’s ‘unilateral’ investigations

Supreme Court categorically said law and order is a State subject after the West Bengal complained that the CBI claims “unilateral right” to investigate offences committed by Central employees within State jurisdiction.

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Corruption woes and CPIM-Congress alliance: The TMC’s hard road in Murshidabad

“Nobody fulfils what we deserve as citizens. All political parties only give false promises,” said Mohammad Siraj, 60, sitting at a tea stall in Sarangpur village in Murshidabad’s Domkal. “There is no employment, no industry, nothing. Elections come and go but nobody does anything.”

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86% students clear West Bengal class 10 State Board exams

86.31% of West Bengal class 10 students passed the State Board exam, with top scorers from Ramgola High School.

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Abhishek terms Adhir as BJP agent; blames him for obstructing formation of INDIA bloc in Bengal

Abhishek Banerjee accuses Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of being BJP agent, obstructing opposition bloc in West Bengal.

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HC order on school jobs termination emerges a key poll issue in West Bengal

Supreme Court is likely to hear the special leave petition of the West Bengal govt challenging the Calcutta HC order on termination of jobs of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff.

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Sandeshkhali arms recovery | Will Mamata Banerjee win polls by threatening people, asks Nadda

Sandeshkhali arms recovery: The CBI on Friday seized arms and ammunition, including a police service revolver and foreign-made firearms, during searches at two premises of an associate of Sheikh.

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