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'B'deshi' tag sparks fears of harassment: TMC MP

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Alleged Bangladeshi tag raised fresh fears of harassment of poor residents in Bengal over their purported Bangladeshi identity, stated TMC Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam in a social ... Read More


'Police being misused to target TMC leaders'

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose alleged that police in West Bengal were being misused to target party leaders and activists, with FIRs not uploaded online and mandatory notices a... Read More


Samik: BJP confident of winning civic polls alone, sans NCPI tie-up

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Speculation over a possible BJP-NCPI alliance for the upcoming civic polls in West Bengal gained momentum on Wednesday, but state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya sought to play do... Read More


HC refuses urgent plea by ABP scribes in JU violence report

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to give an urgent hearing to journalists of Anandabazar Patrika who have approached the court for quashing of FIRs arising from the new... Read More


Billboard row: Derek O'Brien, Sumit Roy appear before police

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's personal assistant, Sumit Roy, appeared before the investigating officers at the Shakespea... Read More


Stale stock haul exposes food safety lapses at Tangra eatery

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- KMC Food Safety officials unearthed around 500kg of stale, expired and unlabelled meat, fish and prawns during a surprise raid at Big Boss Restaurant in Tangra's Chinatown on Wedne... Read More


Kolkata's Durga Puja pandals celebrate Uttam Kumar at 100

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- In a city obsessed with Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, how could Bengal's biggest festival not celebrate the birth centenary of its beloved matinee idol? This year, Uttam Kumar is being re... Read More


DHR's dilapidated loco shed gives way in Darjeeling, seven injured

Darjeeling, Sept. 2 -- A portion of the tin loco shed of the World Heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) collapsed in Darjeeling on Wednesday morning, injuring six railway staff and a contractua... Read More


Ganga erosion ravages Malda, nine schools suspend classes

Malda, Sept. 2 -- With rampant erosion along the Ganga threatening several areas of Malda, the district administration has suspended classes at nine primary schools in Manikchak and Ratua-I blocks. Of... Read More


Minor's 'gangrape' in Dinhata sparks political row, 5 accused

Cooch Behar, Sept. 2 -- Five minors have been accused of gang-raping a minor girl in the Dinhata police station area. The girl was later admitted at Dinhata Sub-divisional Hospital. She is currently u... Read More