Tag: West Bengal
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West Bengal girl makes public her wish to end life, gets ‘Momo Challenge’ invite
In the Momo challenge, a user is told to perform a series of extreme and dangerous tasks that are allegedly violent and may end up in suicides.
August 22, 2018 -
HC asks Mamata govt to ensure no slaughter of animal in public
The court, in its order on Tuesday, permitted the state government to issue a public notice in the manner it was done last year
August 22, 2018 -
PSCWB is hiring for 957 posts | Apply from tomorrow at pscwbapplication.in
The interested candidates will have to give a written test (MCQ type) and then selected candidates will then be called for Personality Test.
August 22, 2018 -
Bengal | Behrampore police accused of killing 30-year-old man in custody
Gour Ghosh had been picked up by the police at 15 August midnight in connection with a case of maintenance filed by his first wife
August 21, 2018 -
Mamata announces Rs 10 cr donation for flood relief
West Bengal government will contribute Rs 10 crore to the Kerala chief ministers relief fund in the wake of the recent rainfed floods in the southern state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said Sunday. Miss Banerjee on Sunday tweeted in her Twitter handle “My heart goes out to the people of Kerala battling #KeralaFloods In this …
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August 20, 2018 -
Feminist welfare
Unicef’s accolades for West Bengal’s flagship Kanyashree scheme were reinforced on the eve of Independence day with the removal of a critical clause ~ the family-income ceiling. The umbrella initiative in societal welfare will now bring within its ambit all girl students in government or government-assisted schools. It is fervently to be hoped that the …
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August 20, 2018 -
A painful signal
Social sector benefits, notably rice at Rs 2 a kg and 100 days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi NREGS, have scarcely been able to address the grinding privation in the Junglemahal belt that straddles West Bengal’s Purulia, Bankura, West Midnapore and the newly-created Jhargram districts. Whether or not this failure on the food front …
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August 18, 2018 -
Bengal to add over 2000 mw of power capacity in next 5 years
He also said renewable energy has become an important component in achieving energy security and to diversify the power mix.
August 17, 2018 -
868 dead due to rains, floods in 7 states during monsoon
As many as 191 people have died in Uttar Pradesh, 183 people in West Bengal, 139 in Maharashtra, 52 in Gujarat, 45 in Assam and 11 in Nagaland.
August 17, 2018 -
Honour the Titan
I last spoke to Somnath Chatterjee in June, a few days before his hospitalisation. It was, as always, a very gentle request. He was the embodiment of old world courtesy. This was in connection with setting up of a Cancer Treatment Facility in Assam, the State of his birth, which he so dearly loved. Not …
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August 17, 2018 -
Left parties form human chains in Bengal to celebrate Independence Day
Pledging to make every sacrifice in the struggle to protect the rights of the citizens, Left parties in West Bengal on Wednesday formed human chains across the state on the country’s 72nd Independence Day. Left Front chairman Biman Bose, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra, top leaders of other LF partners, other Left parties and …
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August 15, 2018 -
17 suspected Bangladeshi pirates arrested in Sunderbans
As many as 17 suspected Bangladeshi pirates were arrested after a boat chase at Sunderbans in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Tuesday late night and the trawler was seized, police said on Wednesday. “During intensified patrolling on the Matla river in Sunderbans, ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, a suspected boat was spotted …
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August 15, 2018 -
BJP will free India from infiltrators: Dilip Ghosh
BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said on Tuesday the BJP is committed to free the country from infiltration because the party does not indulge in ‘vote bank politics’. Without naming Trinamul Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said, those parties who are holding brief for infiltrations and opposing National Register of …
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August 15, 2018 -
Arms racket busted in West Bengal, two arrested
"The raids are still on. More people are involved in the racket. Revealing the names of the arrested would make their associates cautious," he added.
August 13, 2018 -
Car of Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh attacked, BJP points fingers at TMC
Dilip Ghosh, the president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, accused miscreants associated with the ruling Trinamool Congress of attacking him in Bankura's Khatra on Thursday.
August 9, 2018 -
At this special exhibition, a librarian shows the evolution of pen
The display of over 200 pens has managed to pull crowds as people flock in droves to the library to witness the rare collection
August 8, 2018 -
West Bengal | Bankura flooded after heavy rains; one dead, 2500 affected
70-year-old Gunomoy Bhandari of Nagardanga village in Mejia block drowned in the flood water after his locality was submerged.
August 7, 2018