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Activists of two political parties clash during panchayat polls nomination filing in Burdwan on Saturday. (Photo:PTI)

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WB govt moves Calcutta HC over panchayat polls

On Thursday, the Calcutta HC had stayed the ongoing panchayat election process in the state till further orders.

13 April 2018 3:48 PM IST

India

Calcutta HC stays WB panchayat polls, imposes fine on BJP

The Calcutta High Court has imposed cost of Rs 5 lakh on BJP for misleading the court.

12 April 2018 1:23 PM IST

The Calcutta High Court. (Photo: Facebook)

India

HC orders interim stay on order cancelling extension of WB nomination...

Calcutta HC asked all concerned parties to file their affidavits while scheduling the matter for hearing on Wednesday.

10 April 2018 9:03 PM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat) in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

India

West Bengal Assembly passes resolution to change state's name to...

Resolution passed by West Bengal Assembly will go to MHA and if it okays change, name of state will become 'Bangla'.

26 July 2018 1:39 PM IST

Finance Commission chairman N.K. Singh talks with chief minister Mamata Banerjee as state finance minister Amit Mitra looks on during the press conference on 15th Finance Commission at Nabanna Savaghar in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Metros

Taken serious note of Bengal debt overhang'

West Bengal's total debt stood at Rs 3.40 lakh crore, which is one of the highest among states.

18 July 2018 6:05 AM IST

India

Veteran CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away at 83 in Kolkata

Dasgupta was the CPI's former deputy general secretary and a well-known trade unionist.

31 Oct 2019 10:49 AM IST

BJPs Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and claimed that her goons are running the state of West Bengal. (Photo: ANI)

India

WB CM doesn't follow Constitution: BJP leader Vijayvargiya

The meeting was scheduled to be held at the Zilla Parishad Guest House in Dhamakhali of North 24 Parganas district on...

22 Oct 2019 1:05 PM IST

India

NRC to ensure country's safety, Mamata spreading lies': Amit Shah in...

We had got just 2 seats in 2014, but today, we have 18 seats. Almost 2.5 cr Bengalis have voted for us,' he said.

1 Oct 2019 4:26 PM IST

According to the resolution moved by Amit Shah, Article 370 ceases to be operative from Monday itself. (Photo: ANI)

India

Amit Shah to address seminar on NRC today in Kolkata

Shah will also inaugurate a community Durga Puja besides addressing the seminar, party sources said on Monday.

1 Oct 2019 11:08 AM IST

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee

India

BJP getting paid back for its arrogance', says Mamata as TMC sweeps...

Tapan Deb Sinha of TMC won Kaliaganj seat by defeating his nearest rival Kamal Chandra Sarkar of BJP by 2,304 votes, EC...

28 Nov 2019 1:08 PM IST

$The Trinamool Congress on Thursday criticised Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for his \partisan approach\ in blaming the West Bengal government for the Jadavpur University fiasco, terming it \unfortunate and shocking\ that he went to campus without informing the ruling dispensation. (Photo: File)$ India

Mamata Banerjee referred to me as 'tu cheez badi hai mast': WB...

In another tweet, the governor posted a video of Banerjee talking to reporters after the conclusion of the Constitution...

28 Nov 2019 12:09 PM IST

At a time when students of the Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh are up in arms over the religious identity of one of its Sanskrit teachers, a college, on the outskirts of Bengal capital, has appointed a Muslim man as an assistant professor to teach the subject. (Representational Image)

India

Amid BHU protest over religious identity, Bengal college appoints...

Although the BHU authorities backed him, Khan has not been able to take classes.

22 Nov 2019 3:49 PM IST