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Why Kolkata Is India's Most Underrated Food City and the Restaurants You Must Eat At

The Biryani Argument Kolkata Wins Every TimeKolkata biryani contains a potato. That single fact has launched more food arguments than anything else in the Indian culinary conversation, and the city wins every one of them on merit. When Nawab Wajid Ali Shah arrived from Lucknow in 1856 after the British…

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'I was mocked for my equestrian dreams': Anush Agarwalla's twin Asian Games medals a perfect reply to his critics

HANGZHOU: When he moved to Germany, Anush Agarwalla, a boy from Ballygunge in Kolkata, was just 17. Loneliness was the closest to him in a foreign land, where an Indian teenager found himself out of place. And it was natural. Somebody who had never lived alone was on his own,…

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Kolkata: Fraud cuffs on mother & daughter

KOLKATA: A joint team of CID and the state directorate of economic offences raided a condominium in Jaipur and arrested the daughter and wife of a Ballygunge-based businessman, Shantilal Surana. They have been arrested on charges of misappropriating funds running into several crores. The mother-daughter duo was named in 13…

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KMC to deploy senior officials at pumping stations on rainy days

KOLKATA: As the city awaits the first heavy spell of rain this monsoon, the KMC drainage department has taken special measures to ensure that drainage pumping stations that flush out storm water from the city’s waterlogging-prone pockets do not falter on days when it pours. A KMC official said the…

The Times of India

Babul Supriyo's wait to take oath as Ballygunge MLA ends, Governer's decision prevails

Though Supriyo was elected on April 16, confusion consequently prevailed over his oath-taking ceremony.

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West Bengal: BJP’s Murshidabad MLA, 2 district leaders quit party posts

KOLKATA/BEHRAMPORE: The Bengal BJP faced a setback on Sunday after Murshidabad MLA and state secretary Gouri Shankar Ghosh quit the party post after a reshuffle in the district organisation. His resignation came a day after state vice-president Saumitra Khan trained guns on his partymen for the poll debacle in Asansol…

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Left sees silver lining in Ballygunge defeat

"We have had an influx of young blood in the State, which was reflected in the by election result," says Sitaram Yechury

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TMC wins bypolls to Ballygunge Assembly, Asansol LS seats

Mamata’s choice of Shatrughan Sinha pays off in border seat

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West Bengal bypolls | Low polling at Asansol and Ballygunge

Ballygunge registered 41.01 % polling, while at Asansol it was 64.07 % till 5 p.m.

The Hindu

Polling begins for by-elections in West Bengal, Bihar

By-elections for Asansol Lok Sabha seat and Ballygunge assembly segment in West Bengal, Bochahan assembly seat in Bihar are being held

The Hindu

Babul Supriyo faces tough challenge in Ballygunge by-poll

The former Union Minister who quit BJP and joined Trinamool has filed nomination on Monday

The Hindu

Babul Supriyo files nomination as TMC candidate for Ballygunge Assembly bypolls, calls it 'new journey in politics'

Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo on Monday filed his nomination for the Ballygunge Assembly bypolls in West Bengal and called it a "new journey in politics".

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West Bengal: TMC candidate Babul Supriyo confident of victory from Ballygunge assembly seat

KOLKATA: Babul Supriyo, former minister in Narendra Modi government, submitted his nomination as Trinamool Congress candidate for Ballygunge assembly seat on Monday. He went to Survey Building to submit his nomination.

The Times of India

BJP fields Agnimitra from Asansol, Keya from Ballygunge

Bypolls turning out to be a prestige fight between the BJP and the TMC

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Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo to be TMC candidates for byelections in WB

Former Union ministers Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo will be TMC candidates for Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol and Assembly by-election from Ballygunge respectively.

The Times of India

Calcutta University’s Ballygunge campus gets a healing touch

KOLKATA: Calcutta University has started renovating its over-a-century-old Ballygunge campus. The state PWD has undertaken the renovation work. The Rajabazar campus will be the next on agenda.

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