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India's star Olympic football captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee dies

KOLKATA: Former India football team captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died here in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged illness.

The Times of India

Posters of Abhishek Banerjee with promise of a new TMC create a flutter

Differences between the party’s old guard and new leadership have come to fore lately

The Hindu

Mamata’s backing lifts Anubrata’s ‘confidence’ in custody

Speculation rife over party’s reaction to recent arrests of two senior TMC leaders

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Uphold dignity of India's democratic values: Mamata on Independence Day

“Indians should preserve the sacred legacy of their forefathers who got the Independence”

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Explained: What is the SSC scam and what does it mean for West Bengal politics?

Over the past weeks, the West Bengal public education system has been under legal scrutiny. Both the CBI and the ED are presently investigating a multi-crore corruption scam involving the Staff Selection Commission and thousands of illegal appointments. Partha Chatterjee, one of the most influential ministers in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet,…

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West Bengal civic body sends rakhis made of water hyacinths to global leaders

"We have sent rakhis to President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, the U. S. President Joe Biden and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan," Bongaon Municipality chairman Gopal Seth said.

The Hindu

India and Bangladesh in talks for major river agreement ahead of PM Hasina’s visit

Joint River Commission meeting to decide on deals over Kushiyara and Ganga rivers

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Suvendu writes to PM, alleges corruption in central schemes in WB

The poor job card holders are either not paid properly for their efforts, or their cards are snatched away and kept by representatives in connivance with officials

The Hindu

Citizenship Amendment Act likely to be implemented by December: West Bengal BJP MLA Asim Sarkar

The Trinamool Congress said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will never allow Citizenship Amendment Act to be implemented in West Bengal.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Rain fury continues unabated in Kerala; India moves into hockey semifinals at CWG, and more

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West Bengal: Tantuja set to receive National Award

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated Tantuja through a tweet for being set to receive a National Award. She posted on Twitter: "Happy to share that our state apex society for handlooms, Tantuja, will be receiving the National Award for Design Development for handloom products on National Handloom…

The Times of India

Mamata Banerjee on four-day visit to Delhi as agencies step up heat

The visit comes at a time when central investigation agencies have stepped up probe in connection with different scams in West Bengal.

The Hindu

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee rejigs ministry, Babul Supriyo among five new faces in cabinet

KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government effected on Wednesday its second cabinet reshuffle since being voted to office in 2021 for its third successive term, adding five cabinet ministers and three ministers of state to give Bengal a 44-strong council of ministers, reports Debashis Konar. North Bengal strongman Udayan Guha, former…

The Times of India

Babul Supriyo finds place in Mamata Cabinet

Eight new faces inducted in Ministry

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West Bengal cabinet reshuffle: Raj Bhavan ready for swearing-in ceremony

KOLKATA: Raj Bhavan in the city is gearing up for the 4pm show of swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, as West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is going to reshuffle her cabinet. For the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan, governor La Ganesan who is holding dual charge of Bengal and…

The Hindu

Rectify teachers' recruitment scam: Dharmendra Pradhan to WB CM

Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged multi-crore school job scam

The Times of India

Pressure mounts on Mamata Banerjee to sack MoS education Paresh Adhikari in SSC scam

NEW DELHI: The main opposition in West Bengal, the BJP, has accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to deflect the people’s attention from the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment irregularities scam by announcing reorganisation of the state and reshuffle of portfolios of her council of ministers on August 3.

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West Bengal cabinet reshuffle on August 3: Mamata Banerjee

“We have to reshuffle the cabinet because senior leader Subrata Mukherjee and Sadhan Pande have passed away and Partha Chatterjee is in prison,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

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WB: Cabinet to get '4-5 new faces', reshuffle on Wednesday

This comes soon after former minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the SSC recruitment scam case. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Monsoon Session: Bengal BJP MPs protest outside Parliament over SSC recruitment scam

The ED arrested Partha Chatterjee, who was also the Trinamool Congress secretary-general, on July 23 for an investigation into the teacher recruitment scam. Full story on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Not my money, says Partha Chatterjee on cash recovered by ED

Agency seized ₹50 crore from his aide

The Hindu

Partha Chatterjee | The fall of a heavyweight

With its former leader in jail over corruption, Trinamool is on a sticky wicket

The Hindu

Trinamool faces the heat as protests over SSC scam grows

The party MP Abhishek Banerjee holds meeting with job seekers and students as Trinamool Congress faces heat over the scam

The Hindu

Tumbling skeletons: On Partha Chatterjee arrest and Trinamool’s woes

The sacking of Partha Chatterjee might not be enough to brush aside charges of corruption

The Hindu

Partha Chatterjee is out of Bengal Cabinet

Trinamool suspends Mr. Chatterjee

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