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West Bengal Assembly speaker revokes suspension of seven BJP MLAs

Clashes had broken out in the Assembly on March 28 between the legislators of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP, following which the speaker suspended Mr. Adhikari and the four other MLAs

The Hindu

Law no more equal for all in country, says Shiv Sena

Party says the ruling BJP is using ED to target Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu

TMC delegation to meet Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday over 'non-release' of MGNREGA funds

Delegation led by TMC Lok Sabha leader Sudip Bandopadhyay would meet Mr. Singh to discuss pending issues on the rural employment programme among others

The Hindu

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Cracks in Mamata Banerjee-led 'opposition meet' for Presidential polls

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday will hold a meeting with several Opposition leaders to discuss presidential polls and put up a united fight against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. Read more on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal Assembly passes bill to appoint Education Minister as Visitor of private varsities

West Bengal Private University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022 was passed by a voice vote after opposition BJP MLAs staged a walkout, protesting against it.

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Can Sharad Pawar emerge as the Opposition’s consensus presidential candidate?

TMC is said to be pushing for a political person who can also reach out to Opposition parties that have never been a part of the Congress-led UPA and Sharad Pawar fits the description

The Hindu

Paramilitary forces should be called to assist police in arson-hit places of West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari told reporters that there should be a high-level meeting by the Chief Secretary, the DGP, Home Secretary and top bureaucrats on an emergency basis in view of the situation in the State.

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Tripura byelections: TMC announces star campaigners

GUWAHATI: All India Trinamool Congress on Monday released a list of its 27 star campaigners, which include party supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, for the June 23 byelections to four Tripura assembly seats.

The Times of India

Prophet remark row: Internet banned in Howrah, protests throw road, rail traffic out of gear

HOWRAH: Internet services in Howrah were shut down till 6am on Monday as protests against objectionable remarks by BJP leaders on Prophet Muhammad turned violent on Friday with protesters attacking police, resorting to arson and blocking roads and railway tracks.

The Times of India

After 11 years, Calcutta High Court directs CBI probe in Trinamool leader’s murder

Tapan Dutta was shot dead on May 6, 2011

The Hindu

Why Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy’s arrest for ‘abusing’ Mamata has kicked up a storm

Controversial Bengali vlogger Roddur Roy was arrested on Tuesday for making “derogatory” remarks about West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, a Lok Sabha MP and all-India general secretary of the Trinamool Congress.

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West Bengal Speaker rejects plea to disqualify Mukul Roy as MLA

The petition was filed by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari after Mr. Roy joined the Trinamool Congress.

The Hindu

Nadda visits Bankim Chattopadhyay's house, TMC accuses him of insulting Bengali icons

BJP says TMC is trying to create an issue and the allegations are a reflection of the panic that has set in the ruling camp

The Hindu

Trinamool Congress has no principles, party only has syndicates: BJP national president Nadda

J.P. Nadda, who is in West Bengal on a two-day visit, calls Trinamool Congress “Phishi-Bhaipho party“; says all regional parties have turned into family parties

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Trinamool may lose legislators in Meghalaya prior to election

4 of the party’s 12 MLAs could shift to UDP, NPP

The Times of India

Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

ALIPURDUAR: Amid demands for a separate state carved out of West Bengal by some BJP leaders, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that she is ready to shed her own blood, if need be, to thwart such attempts to divide the state.

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Will shed my blood but never allow division of West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Lashing out at the BJP camp "for trying to fan separatism" in the State, the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that all communities in north Bengal had been living in harmony for decades

The Times of India

West Bengal: JP Nadda’s tour to include Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay tribute, outreach to intellectuals

KOLKATA: BJP national president J P Nadda, on a two-day tour of West Bengal, is likely to address the state executive of the Bengal unit, which is still facing internal bickering and exodus. He will also address an interaction with city intellectuals as part of his outreach programme.

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TMC: Push for major projects has destroyed Goa's ecology

PANAJI: Blaming the state government for neglecting mangroves and Goa's ecology and environment, TMC Goa on Sunday wrote to governor P S Sreedharan Pillai asking for restoration of forests and mangroves.

The Hindu

J.P. Nadda on two-day visit to Bengal from June 7

The visit is significant in the wake of key BJP state functionaries Babul Supriyo, Arjun Singh and Joy Prakash Majumdar switching over the TMC in recent times

The Times of India

Kolkata: Attack on ex-ward president’s house

KOLKATA: Over 30 men, allegedly owning allegiance to a TMC councillor, attacked the former TMC local ward committee president’s house twice in Kasba on Friday night. The tension continued into the wee hours of Saturday, claimed victim Bapi Dev.

The Hindu

Urban areas lag behind in Centre’s flagship housing scheme

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has a completion rate of 67.72% in rural areas, six years after its launch

The Hindu

FIR registered against two BJP MPs in West Bengal recruitment scam

Subhas Sarkar and Jagannath Sarkar are accused in connection with irregularities in recruitments to AIIMS, Kalyani

The Hindu

Singer KK's demise: BJP MP writes to Amit Shah to seek probe by central agency; TMC hits back

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh claimed that the State government accorded him a gun salute

The Times of India

A day after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's 'Madhya Pradesh' prod, Purulia Trinamool leader quits pakodis, vows to walk more

PURULIA/KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's sometimes-serious-admonishment and sometimes-jocular "advice" to a Purulia Trinamool leader, on why he should control his "Madhya Pradesh", has had its effect in less than a day: Jhalda Municipality chairman Suresh Agarwal, whose schoolboyish pride and unease during Banerjee's "interrogation" has gone viral on social…

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