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Cong suffers jolt, loses another civic body to TMC

The Congress unit suffered another 'defection'' blow as it lost control over Cooper''s Camp Municipality in Nadia district with all its members deserting the party to join the ruling Trinamool Congress.




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Model code violation: Case filed against Adhir

Following directions from the State Election Commission, Murshidabad district''s Returning Officer Monday lodged police a complaint against Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Chowdhury for his speech during a public meeting on October 27 there.




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Cong wants CAG audit into Didi''s dole for para clubs

The TMC donated Rs 41 crore to close to 2,400 para clubs this year with most of them receiving Rs 2 lakh each.




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Case of hot potatoes: Spiralling prices cost minister Roy his job

Speaking to mediapersons, Mamata narrated how she conveyed her decision to the minister.




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No SPG cover for Modi: Shinde

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Wednesday ruled out SPG cover for BJP''s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.




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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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Congress fighting me with CBI and Indian Mujahideen: Modi

Modi said the Congress was resorting to other tactics to defeat him in the Lok Sabha elections and stop his rise.




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In Anand''s chess lab: computers, cashew, chocolates, Coldplay

On the eve of title match, long-standing member of Team, Anand gives a glimpse of preparation.




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PM''s wife is first SPG protectee to have women commandos

The commandos were clad in navy blue safari suits and had wireless devices plugged in their ears.




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Will chop off hands of Congmen who tear Mamata hoardings: TMC leader

Anubrata Mandal threatened of severe backlash if Congress activists continued to tear party flags and posters of Mamta Banerjee.




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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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PCC chief slams CM on poor Aadhaar coverage

"If the CM cannot explain the failure of the state government in implementing the Aadhaar project, she must apologise,'' Bhattacharya said.




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Murder convicts perform at KIFF event

The inmates at Dum Dum Central Jail Monday got a taste of the Kolkata International Film Festival, which kickstarted Sunday.




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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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Mamata sets up five-member committee for speedy clearance of industrial projects

The committee will operate as a task force, will promote the "single window" system for the clearance of proposals.




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'Investors'' lack of will in completing projects a concern''

Pulling out of a project is a matter of concern said Industries Minister Partha Chatterjee Sunday.




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kolkata Confidential

Barring some of her 'favoured'' journalists, the region around where the CM and her close aides sit, is inaccessible to all.




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2 cold storage chains coming up in Bengal, says Anwar

He said there was no shortage of agricultural produce in the country and attributed the recent crisis to poor transportation.




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Had warned people against investing in chit fund companies: TMC MP

Adhikari said the Centre must stop unwanted intervention into cooperative societies.




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Second open jail to come up in Durgapur

The home will be set up in Burdwan''s Durgapur with a capacity of 30.




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Measures planned by govt will help economy bounce back: President

The President was here to inaugurate an international conference of the Institute of Charted Accountants of India.




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GJM wishlist: Hill tribe status for Gorkhas, right to collect revenue

Tripartite meet : Demands 3-tier Panchayati Raj system in hills, backward status for GTA area




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Defections from Cong continue, TMC gets two more civic bodies

The exodus of Congress and Left Front councillors to the Trinamool Congress continued Thursday giving the party an absolute majority in at least two more civic bodies.




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Postpone civic polls, Cong writes to EC

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee has written to the State Election Commission, requesting to postpone municipal elections in Jhargram, scheduled on Friday.




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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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Congress chief change clamour gains strength

Leading the demand for the change is a group led by Union minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.




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Cong fears probe bias, says case must go to CBI

The Opposition Congress in West Bengal Monday reiterated its demand for a CBI probe in the Saradha chit fund scam.




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Man shot at in Narkeldanga, cops say gang war

In a suspected fallout of gang war, some bike-borne persons shot at a man near Narkeldanga Post Office early on Tuesday, police said.




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Stay on HPL share transfer continues

HC dismisses all appeals in dispute over HPL disinvestment.




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Question Didi, she should come clean: Mishra

Those named by arrested Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, including the Chief Minister must be interrogated: Surya Kanta Mishra




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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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Audio-video piracy now a non-bailable cognizable offence in Bengal

The West Bengal Assembly Thursday passed a Bill making audio and video piracy a non-bailable cognizable offence in the state.




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Cong''s split wide open as scuffles mar law violation

PCC chief calls off programme, faction led by Mala Roy goes ahead with it.




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Four detained for conspiracy to torch Writers'

Four persons were detained for alleged conspiracy to burn down the heritage Writers'' Buildings.




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Cong may boycott Bengal Assembly celebrations

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) may boycott the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the West Bengal Assembly from December 4 to 6 over the Speaker''s permission to allow Congress members to counter the statement of CM Mamata Banerjee on price rise issue.




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Six months after villagers find Gupta era gold coins in Murshidabad, ASI yet to act

The discovery made headlines in newspapers, but the ASI remained unaware of the fact.




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Buddha calls for consolidation of Left forces

He said the party needed to motivate people to build a movement against "state-sponsored terrorism".




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Navy plans coast battery at Sagar Islands

In a strategic move in its defence and strengthen surveillance capabilities, the Navy is in planning for a full-fledged coast battery at the Sagar Islands on West Bengal''s coast.




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With Rahul nod, Cong to boycott House function

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.




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With Rahul nod, Cong to boycott House function

The Left Front is also likely to boycott the three-day special session.




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Police commissioner removed to stop truth from coming out: LF

Bose pointed to the multi crore Saradha Chit Fund scam in which a Trianamool Congress MP has been arrested and the one in the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority and condemned them.




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TMC wants Ganguly to step down, NGO files police complaint

Derek O''Brien said TMC has followed an approach of zero tolerance when it comes to safety and dignity of women in the workplace.




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Shunted cop wrote twice to govt before arresting Malda DM

Case looked at as hierarchy battle between IAS, IPS.




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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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Trinamool to contest LS polls in Assam, Tripura: Roy

Many leaders and workers of Forward Bloc joined the TMC in Jalpaiguri, a stronghold of the prominent constituent of the Left Front.




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CPM will soon become history, says BJP

BJP state president Rahul Sinha claimed that whatever "traces of CPM remain in Kerala would soon be wiped out".




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Kolkata confidential: Reshuffle on the cards

Trinamool Congress ministers are keeping their fingers crossed when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will preside over a review meeting of all departments.




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Defections continue, more civic bodies fall in Trinamool''s kitty

The TMC also took control of the New Barrackpore Municipality, which it was managing jointly with the Congress.




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'Matter can be taken up if placed before univ council'

The judge has denied the allegations.