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Suvendu: Keep 'demons, tukde tukde gang away'

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while visiting Ganesh Puja pandals across the city on Monday, urged people to stay "away from demons". Taking a dig at the so-called "... Read More


Taslima backs Chinmoy, calls parole episode 'cruel state satire'

Kolkata, Sept. 13 -- Bangladesh author in exile Taslima Nasrin has come out in support of jailed Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das after his ailing mother died without being allowed to see her son, calli... Read More


State introduces Bills allowing inter-university staff transfers

Kolkata, Sept. 10 -- The state government on Thursday introduced two higher education amendment bills in the Assembly, seeking to create a legal framework for inter-university employee transfers and u... Read More


Taslima likely to be special guest at Kolkata Book Fair

Kolkata, Sept. 9 -- Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin is likely to be a special guest at the Kolkata Book Fair and plans to be in the city from January 22 to February 3. The Bangladesh stall, h... Read More


Writers' Buildings: Adani in talks for Rs 100-cr revamp

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- The West Bengal government is in talks with the Adani Group for the renovation and redesign of Writers' Buildings, including a proposal to set up a museum dedicated to freedom figh... Read More


'We will follow an inclusive approach': CM puts Mookerjee, Pranabananda in Bengal syllabus

New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, speaking at a Teachers' Day programme on Saturday, announced that his government would introduce the contributions of Syama Prasad Mookerjee and ... Read More


Suvendu draws cultural line, pushes education overhaul

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the media was free to criticise him, but warned against taking digs at the saffron colour, saying everyone had a limit ... Read More


First meeting on Bengal UCC to be held in Delhi today

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The first meeting for drafting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for West Bengal is going to be held at Banga Bhawan in Delhi on Thursday, which will be chaired by former Supreme Court ... Read More


'Uma Agomoni' to herald Puja with mega Eden show

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Before the first great drumbeats of Puja begin to reverberate across Kolkata, the BJP government is preparing its own grand curtain-raiser - 'Uma Agomoni', a spectacle to herald Um... Read More


SEC begins civic poll preparations

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) has begun preparations for the forthcoming civic polls in West Bengal, which are likely to be held by December. State Election Commissioner Kri... Read More