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Lithium-ion battery crunch has hit West Bengal’s electric vehicles dreams, says mayor

KOLKATA: Bengal’s e-vehicle aspiration, particularly e-buses in public transportation, has hit a bump following a massive crunch in supply of lithium ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EV). The admission came from transport minister Firhad Hakim on Thursday at a symposium organised by the Merchant Chamber of Commerce.

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Durga Puja to go global on Saraswati Puja

KOLKATA: UK’s Bengali diaspora will launch a campaign to create a global tourism interest in Bengal’s Durga Puja at their Saraswati Puja in London. Durga Puja has already bagged Unesco’s heritage tag.

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West Bengal: Covid cases ebb but daily deaths at 30+ as co-morbidities take toll

KOLKATA: Even though the number of Covid cases has dropped sharply since the third wave peaked in early January, the number of deaths hasn't declined appreciably, hovering above 30 per day in Bengal and between 5 and 9 in Kolkata.

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Mamata re-elected TMC chief, warns against infighting

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was re-elected the TMC chairperson on Wednesday, urged party leaders to put up a united fight against the BJP and warned against infighting.

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Telangana CM slams Centre over Budget 2022, says BJP needs to be thrown in Bay of Bengal

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday expressed disappointment over the Union Budget 2022 and said that the BJP-led Centre needs to be "removed and thrown in the Bay of Bengal".

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Guv’s actions instigating ‘BJP goondas’ to kill TMC men, says Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she had blocked governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter to protest against his “unconstitutional and unethical acts”, which were encouraging “BJP goondas” to kill Trinamool workers.

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Water bodies of Bengal’s arid regions turn havens for migratory birds

Nearly 133 species spotted in 20 water bodies, says official

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West Bengal governor attacks Mamata govt again, alleges violence, trampling of human rights

KOLKATA: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, and launched another attack on the Mamata Banerjee government, stating that he cannot see "trampling of human rights" and the state "getting drenched" in violence.

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West Bengal: Stamp duty, circle rate sops now till March 31

KOLKATA: The Bengal government on Saturday extended the 2% stamp duty concession and 10% reduction in circle rate to home buyers till March 31.

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Now, BJP’s Kolkata unit gets a jolt, no respite in districts

KOLKATA: The Bengal BJP cracking the whip on two former state vice-presidents has hardly been able to stem the rising dissent within its party ranks.

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Trinamool Congress likely to move motion in Rajya Sabha against Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress is likely to move a motion in the Rajya Sabha against Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar in the coming budget session.

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Elephant corridors to be restored in south Bengal

403 human deaths recorded between 2014 and 2019

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West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee has become lawless: BJP

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday slammed the Mamata Banerjee government after its Lok Sabha member from Barrackpore Arjun Singh was allegedly attacked by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Kankinara.

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Mamata Banerjee questions indifferent attitude of Centre towards West Bengal over Netaji's tableau

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the Centre is building Subhas Chandra Bose's statue in Delhi at the same time when it rejected West Bengal's tableau, depicting the role of Netaji in Indian Freedom struggle highlighting the indifferent attitude of the Centre's towards the State.

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DMs from Bengal skip virtual meet with PM Narendra Modi

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually interacted with DMs of various districts, but Bengal DMs skipped the meeting. Several of the state’s DMs told TOI they had no information about the meeting. Earlier, in May 2021, the PM had an interaction with DMs but then, too, officers from…

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West Bengal: After quitting WA group, BJP’s rebel Bankura MLA fries ‘chops’

KOLKATA: It happens only in Bengal when a savoury or snack becomes a symbol of political rebellion. After quitting BJP’s WA groups, BJP MLA Niladri Sekhar Dana has posted pictures of himself frying chops — the Bengali savoury — in Bankura. As if to dispel doubts about the political nature…

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West Bengal Covid positivity rate dips over 9 days to third wave’s lowest

KOLKATA: The Covid positivity rate in Bengal has been on the decline for the nine consecutive days and it dipped to 11.1% on Saturday, the lowest during the third wave. On Saturday, the number of tests conducted in the last 24 hours — 82,564 — has been the highest during…

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Rs 1,000 crore World Bank loan to expand West Bengal’s social schemes

KOLKATA: The World Bank has approved a $125-million loan (around Rs 1,000 crore) to Bengal to expand coverage of around 400 state-run social schemes, especially direct cash transfers targeted at the vulnerable sections, over the next four years.

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Less than 10,000 fresh Covid cases in West Bengal, positivity at 12.6%

KOLKATA: Bengal recorded 9,154 cases on Friday, the second time in the last few days that the new case-load dipped below 10,000.

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Land search for second Kolkata airport

KOLKATA: Bengal chief secretary H K Dwivedi has asked the DM of South 24 Parganas, P Ulganathan, to finalize a plot of around 3,000 hectares in Bhangar for setting up the city's second airport to reduce congestion at Dum Dum.

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U-19 World Cup | India replacements to fly to Antigua on January 22

The 5 are Uday Saharan (Rajasthan), Abhishek Porel (Bengal), Rishith Reddy (Hyderabad), Ansh Gosai (Saurashtra) and Pushpendra Singh Rathore (Rajasthan)

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Bengal fresh Covid cases below 11,000, positivity 16%

KOLKATA: The daily tally of fresh Covid infections in Bengal fell to 10,959 on Thursday even as the state’s test positivity rate dipped to 16. 27%.

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West Bengal: ‘Incidental Covid’ responsible for most deaths during third wave

KOLKATA: Around 30% of Bengal’s 554 Covid fatalities in the past month were from Kolkata, the state health department data revealed on Thursday. A majority of those who succumbed to Covid in the state during the period had mild Covid infections but severe comorbidities.

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West Bengal: Centre’s overriding powers on officers unconstitutional, says CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee shot off another letter to PM Narendra Modi on Thursday opposing the “overriding powers” the Centre was seeking to appropriate in the transfer of all-India service officials. This is Banerjee’s second letter to Modi on the issue.

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91% bereaved families apply for Covid relief in Bengal, 80% paid

KOLKATA: Bengal has received as many as 18,554 Covid death compensation claims, or 91% of the total recorded deaths of 20,231, and honoured nearly 80% of those, spending nearly Rs 75 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund, even as claims from Kolkata — which has had the highest share…

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