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09/16:50 EST Cancellation Severe Weather Warning for East Gippsland, North East and West and South Gippsland Forecast Districts.




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Virat Kohli reveals his favourite cricket moment apart from 2011 WC final

Kohli, the current India skipper, also admitted the "magical" atmosphere will be missing if the cricket season currently stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic resumes in empty stadiums.




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Flood: 8 deaths reported, toll 17

With eight more deaths reported Friday, the death toll in the state due to the recent floods touched 17.




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Tripartite meeting uncertain

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold a public meeting in Darjeeling on October 24.




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Saradha scam worth Rs 2,460 cr; owner in control of deposits: Report

A total of 560 complaints have so far been filed with West Bengal police by duped investors, the report stated.




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More children go missing in Darjeeling every year: Report

A State Crime Records Bureau-backed report has termed West Bengal the source point for child trafficking within the country.




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Priya Biscuit MD claims receiving extortion calls

The management of West Bengal-based Priya Biscuit company Friday claimed to have received extortion calls.




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State Briefs:Youth lynched for extortion

A youth was beaten to death Friday when he allegedly went to extort money at Dubrajpur near Burdwan town, the police said.




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Ramesh not worried about people: Partha on land Act

Land acquisition act : 'TMC does not support forcible acquisition''




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Reconcile to reality, return Singur land: Partha to Tatas

West Bengal government Monday hit out at the Tatas for moving the Supreme Court against its decision to take over the land of the now-abandoned Tata Motors.




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Captive-bred rare species of turtles to be released in Sunderbans

After successfully hatching critically endangered Batagur turtles in captivity, officials at the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) would release a batch of the hatchlings in the Sunderbans mid-2014.




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Mamata bans vegetable export

In order to check the spiralling prices of vegetables, especially potatoes, in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday imposed a ban on their export.




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206 turtles seized at Sinthi bus depot

Kolkata police Thursday seized 206 turtles, belonging to an endangered species, from a bus depot at Sinthi in North Kolkata.




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Fresh trouble for Adhir, magistrate submits report to SEC

The Election Commission officials confirmed receiving the report.




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Left red-faced over attacks on party, CPM censures Mollah

Ex-minister told girls to avoid western wear, said Left didn''t do much for women.




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Stored potatoes a cold comfort

Cold storages release 5,000 tonne against demand of 12,000 tonne, CPM says crisis fuelled by TMC govt for petty gains.




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Tribal girl 'gangraped'' after parents refuse to pay extortion money

Birbhum Superintendent of Police C Sudhakar conceded that the rape incident took place three days ago.




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GJM hints at supporting TMC in LS polls

GJM had supported BJP''s Jaswant Singh during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.




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Congress stalwart Dasmunsi''s younger brother joins TMC

Congress wrote it off saying Satyaranjan is only known as the brother of Priyaranjan Dasmunsi.




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TMC leader threatens again, gets Mukul Roy''s support

Roy supported Mandal 's claim terming it as "self defence."




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In run up to polls, Shivpal to manage Samajwadi Party

Changed equations: Shivpal now most visible face of party after Mulayam, Akhilesh.




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Two many claimants for Rs 50-cr prime property

The appreciation rate of the 17-cottah (around 700 sq ft per cottah) land in Short Street has been phenomenal.




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State allows potato export but with rider

West Bengal government Monday relaxed its ban on export of potatoes, albeit with a rider, saying it would help in further stabilisation of prices in the state.




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Two killed over property dispute

The group reportedly comprised 21 people, including security guards, bouncers, a lawyer and a photographer.




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Tatas cannot come to Singur through lawyers, says Partha

Partha Chatterjee, tried to brush aside the auto firm's submission.




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Sudipta Sen wants special court to hear all cases against him

Sudipta Sen has lost 30 kg of bodyweight in the last month and is keeping unwell.




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Short Street: IO transferred

S-I Noor Ali also faces dept probe for not acting on complaints.




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Now, panic buying of salt in north Bengal

Kitchen essential sold for Rs 100 a kg in Darjeeling after shortage rumours.




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Short Street case: Rs 82 lakh seized from realtor''s locker

In a development in the Short Street shooting case, Police Saturday seized Rs 82 lakh in cash from the bank locker of one of the accused.




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Dissatisfied with police, HC asks CID to probe dowry torture case

After going through the BPC report, Justice Sanjib Banerjee said the police did not investigate into the FIR.




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Army seeks land to set up 2 stations in north Bengal

Later, a press release of the army said, a joint inspection would soon be carried out to identify feasibility of land in North Bengal.




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Rabindra Bharti registrar's dance in class kicks up row

He added that someone must have shot it on a mobile phone and released it to the electronic media which has presented news in a bad light.




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78 yrs after birth, Mark Tully to get birth certificate from KMC today

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has located the birth certificate of celebrated author Mark Tully.




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Gold biscuits seized at Kolkata airport

Customs department Saturday seized a consignment of gold biscuits weighing 3 kg from the NSCBI airport.




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Court sends Ghosh to police custody

Cops raid MP''s home after FB post, seize hard disk. TMC says 'fire started by Ghosh will decimate many''.




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HC stays govt order banning potato export

The Calcutta High Court Monday stayed a notification issued by the West Bengal government, which banned inter-state trading of potato.




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HC directs SFIO to further probe Tower Infotec chit fund scam

Tower Infotec had collected money from public without taking permission from concerned authorities.




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Babus defy protest ban order at Nabanna, may move court

The employees gathered outside Nabanna, chanted slogans and burnt a copy of the circular.




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Bengal lifts ban on potato export

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lifted the ban on potato and vegetable export, allowing their movement from West Bengal to other states.




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Home Secy seeks report on 'conspiracy'' to set Writers'' on fire

Jyotirmoy Nandi has been carrying out a routine pest control exercise for which he has been contracted by the Home Department.




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FIR against Taslima for 'hurting religious sentiments''

Taslima had criticised a meeting between AAP''s Arvind Kejriwal and UP cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan on Twitter.




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Target hasty TMC ordinances, short sessions in Prez speech

President said Ordinances should be normally promulgated only in the event of immediate need.




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Minutes before Prez landed, Man killed in freak mishap at airport

Bapi Oraon was killed when a dumper accidentally started and ran over him.




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Lone SP MLA joins TMC, merges party

Mukul said Mohammad''s joining would be helpful in strengthening the party in Murshidabad.




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NTPC to start work on Burdwan thermal power plant

The project was caught in a controversy over acquisition of land as well as acquisition of coal block.




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HC sets up panel to study Saradha scam report

The Bench was of the view that a committee is required to study such vast volume of report.




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True test of AAP starts now, says Smriti Irani

Irani said Nitish Kumar should look into how his own party can be in a better place rather than making comments.




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Ghost firm claims Rs 5 cr in incentive for exports it never made to Bangladesh

Preliminary investigations have revealed prima facie involvement of four customs department men.




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House passes new anti-ponzi scheme Bill, gives more teeth to courts

Chit funds and other such schemes are clearly a concern and all regulators should be more vigilant.




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TMC supports Lokpal Bill

The state governments must have the full freedom to set up and run Lokayuktas, said Derek O''Brien.