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Women, youth want their unconditional rights back

"The way people voted in these elections is clearly reflective of the anti-establishment sentiment that was manifest after the 16 December incident," a JNU student said.




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Ramdev mentally bankrupt for comparing Modi to Nehru: Cong leader

Harish Rawat, a Congress leader has spoken out against spiritual leader Ramdev, who compared Narendra Modi to Jawaharlal Nehru."Jawaharlal Nehru was one of the founders of the Indian nation. Ramdev is a fool to compare him to Modi," says Rawat in an ...




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AAP and LS are just for political entertainment

Arvind Kejriwal and Jayaprakash Narayan don't have clear-cut perspective on the national issues.




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Budget 2014: Ramesh Damani says markets will rally until elections

Finance minister P Chidambaram's interim budget was along the expected lines for the market. The minister contained the fiscal deficit below the target and current account deficit also came in as per the estimates. The growth figure for the current f...




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Newborn named 'Lockdown' to show support for PM's appeal to stay indoors

The child was born on Monday, almost a week into the lockdown in the country




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Gambhir expresses displeasure over Dhoni getting unfairly limelight for WC

An irked Gambhir has been complaining that Dhoni unfairly hogged the limelight, sidelining the contribution of others




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Police in MP to start home delivery of FIRs for violating lockdown

The government in the state has been following the lockdown rules strictly after a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases




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Social distancing with India: Pak stays away from Saarc meets on Covid-19

Earlier this week, Pakistan stayed away from the regional trade officials' video conference on Covid-19 because as per the neighboiring country, it should have been managed by Saarc secretariat




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To track movement, Kerala police use wedding photographers who fly drones

So now those who flout the lockdown have started avoiding main roads and places where people gather and play games




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Controversial Computer Baba faces a tough time with regime change in MP

The Bharatiya Janata Party government has started curtailing the facilities accorded to him




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Jagan Mohan Reddy unmoved by Covid-19, fires TDP appointee SEC Ramesh Kumar

Through the ordinance, he truncated the term of the SEC from the existing five years to three years




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Covid-19: Cong hopeful of govt following up more of its recommendations

The Congress has constituted an 11-member consultative group which would meet at least once in two days to suggest further policy changes




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Management institutes to help group of ministers handle Covid-19 crisis

Students of these 26 institutes will provide interns to help the EGoMs with data analysis and policy inputs




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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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Krishnagar civic body poll: Congress, Left members join TMC

The TMC Tuesday nominated its candidates for the KMC by-election in ward numbers 1 and 24.




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Mamata blames Jharkhand, DVC for 'man-made'' floods

Mamata Banerjee Wednesdasy blamed the release of water from reservoirs in Jharkhand by the Damodar Valley Corporation for floods in three south Bengal districts.




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Jharkhand denies Mamata''s charge: 'Bengal was informed''

Jharkhand Wednesday denied West Bengal''s claim that it had released water without consultation.




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TMC rallies against rail, metro fare hike

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday hit the street for the second time this week to protest against the fare hike in the railways and the Metro Rail service.




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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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Kunal Ghosh meets SFIO officials, submits documents

Saradha scam, in which lakhs of investors were defrauded, came to light in April.




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Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh summoned for eighth time

Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kunal Ghosh Saturday appeared before Bidhannagar police commissionerate for eighth time in connection with the Saradha scam.




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Before her Darjeeling visit, GJM MLAs seek CM''s appointment

There was a lot of positive discussions about GTA.




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Trinamool team meets PC, demands financial relief

Reviving an old bone of contention with the Congress-led UPA government just months before the 2014 elections, Trinamool Congress leaders Monday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram.




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Ex-DGP proposed as HRC member

Former Director General of Police Naparajit Mukherjee has been recommended as a member of the state Human Rights Commission.




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Back in Darjeeling, Mamata pitches for peace, development

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday reached out to the people in the hills and appealed to maintain peace.




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Mamata to meet industrialists on October 28

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet industrialists of the state and members of chambers of commerce on October 28:Partha Chatterjee.




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Floods: Paddy damaged in 4 dists, 5 lakh farmers hit

Reports obtained by Food and Supplies Department have estimated that 80,400 hectares of cropped area have been damaged in the recent floods.




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22 months on, panel begins recording statements

A judicial commission set up to probe into the incident began recording statements of victims'' family members Wednesday.




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In Darjeeling, Didi bats for development, attacks GJM

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said her government would not allow disruption of normal life in the name of bandhs.




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Top medical bodies mum on 'trendsetting'' judgment

Supreme Court''s award of a Rs 5.96 crore compensation to Dr Kunal Saha for the death of his wife Dr Anuradha Saha due to medical negligence drew muted reactions.




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Ghosh interrogated for 9th time

Suspended TMC MP Kunal Ghosh appeared before the Bidhannagar police commissionerate yet again.




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Sons of former food minister leave Forward Bloc

Sons of former food minister and senior Forward Bloc leader Kalimuddin Shams Saturday resigned from the Forward Bloc alleging corruption in the party.




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Gorkhaland movement will shift to Delhi, says Gurung

Slams Mamata, says no backtracking on statehood demand




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On his home turf, Adhir sends out a stern warning to TMC

Berhampore is also Congress'' strongest bastion in West Bengal, which was frequently threatened by TMC for continuous poaching.




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Fresh floods in East Midnapore after breach of embankment

Areas of Howrah and Hooghly and Contai in East Midnapore are still inundated.




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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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Modi spreading lies on free power from Narmada dam: Medha Patkar

Social activist Medha Patkar accused Narendra Modi of "spreading lies" in public meetings about getting free power from the Sardar Sarovar Project.




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TTE detained for sexual harassment

A TTE of Brahmaputra Mail was detained Monday by GRP personnel for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman passenger.




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Photo-ration cards to weed out bogus names

Work begins in 11 districts, distribution from Jan 7.




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Ghosh names minister Mitra, TMC MP

Ghosh who was grilled by the ED officials for three hours Tuesday named state transport minister Madan Mitra, TMC MP Srinjay Bose and former IPS officer Rajat Majumdar.




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Panchayat minister likely to meet World Bank officials

West Bengal may pitch in for the inclusion of another 1,000 gram panchayats under the ISGPproject funded by the World bank.




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Mollah: TMC doing more for women than Left did

Veteran leader and CPM MLA Abdur Rezzak Mollah yet again embarrassed his party when he criticised the Left and congratulated the ruling Trinamool Congress over introducing women empowerment schemes.




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'Not paid'' for their land, farmers stall Tata''s residential project

A group of farmers, numbering about 200, Thursday stalled a residential project of the Tata group.




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Trainee nurse rape: Prime accused among 2 held

Police arrested two of the three accused of raping a 19-year-old trainee nurse on October 27.




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Girl who resisted child marriage dies at destitute home

A girl, who had resisted the attempts by her family to marry her off as a child, died late Wednesday.




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Buddha doesn''t name Modi, says 'PM face dangerous''

The CPM Friday predicted demise of the UPA government in the next year''s general elections.




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Ad on subsidy to Aadhaar-linked LPG consumers creates panic

Mamata demanded that the Aadhaar must not be made compulsory to receive LPG subsidy and called for immediate review of the move.




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PC-Roy meet fuels new political equation talks

UPA government held a crucial meeting with estranged ally Trinamool Congress here to discuss financial relief for West Bengal.




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Sachin Tendulkar at Eden Gardens: Of memories some past, some waiting to be created

The CAB has decked up the stadium facade and interior with Tendulkar''s posters and cut-outs.




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Suspended TMC MP meets PC, presents 'details about the case''

Hinting at political links in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, suspended Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and presented to him "certain details about the case".