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Mamata claims CPI-M resorting to violence to enforce shutdown, says Kerala unit better than its Bengal counterpart

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the CPI-M of resorting to violence to enforce the shutdown, saying the Kerala unit of the CPI-M was better than its counterpart in West Bengal.

Trade Unions' Bharat Bandh hits road, railway traffic in parts of West Bengal

Kolkata/IBNS: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by ten Central Trade Unions (CTU) to protest against the Narendra Modi government's "anti-people policies" have hit road and railway traffic in parts of West Bengal, media reports said.

One dies of injuries in Barddhaman station building collapse

Burdhaman/UNI: One person, who sustained critical injuries when a portion of the roof near enquiry counter at Barddhaman Railway Station complex caved in yesterday, succumbed to his wounds last night.

West Bengal: Section of Burdhaman Railway station building collapses, 2 injured

Burdhaman/IBNS: A section of the main building of Burdhaman railway station in West Bengal collapsed on Saturday evening. 

Explosion at cracker factory in West Bengal's Naihati

Kolkata/UNI: A major explosion razed a cracker factory at Debok neigbourhood of Naihati town in North 24 Parganas district, police and eyewitnesses said.  

Twenty holidaymakers injured after chartered bus hits truck on Mumbai Road

Kolkata/UNI: At least 20 people were today wounded, some of them seriously, when a Digha bound charted bus in which they were travelling hit a goods laden truck parked on Mumbai Road in West Bengal's Howrah district, official sources said.

After Bengal, Maharashtra, Bihar, Centre now rejects Kerala's Republic Day tableau proposal

New Delhi/IBNS: After West Bengal, Maharashtra and Bihar, the central government has now rejected Kerala's tableau proposal for the Republic Day parade which will be held on Jan 26.

BJP moves Calcutta HC challenging TMC's no-confidence meeting at Bhatpara municipality

Kolkata/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday admitted a lawsuit of BJP challenging a no-confidence meeting called by Trinamool Congress recently at Bhatpara Municipality in the industrial township of Barrackpur.

Centre rejects West Bengal government's Republic Day tableau proposal, TMC hits back

New Delhi/IBNS: In what could lead the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the loggerheads once again, the union government has rejected the eastern state's tableau proposal for the Republic Day parade which will be held on Jan 26, media reports said.

West Bengal: Aged woman died of burn while trying to beat the cold on afire in North Dinajpur

Raigunj/UNI: A sixty-nine-year-old woman was burnt alive after her saree caught fire from an oven, she was sitting nearby warming herself to beat the shivering cold in North Dinajpur district, which is reeling under cold wave for the past week, police said today.

Government will not allow educational institutions turn into politicking hubs: HRD Minister

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid anti-CAA protests in the various universities across the country, Union human resource development minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said the government will not tolerate educational institutions turning into hubs of political activities at "any cost".

Mamata Banerjee to lead anti-CAA march in West Bengal's Purulia

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens(NRC) in Purulia on Monday.

Yaba tablets and drugs worth Rs 6 Cr seized in Kolkata, 3 peddlers arrested

Kolkata/UNI: The Special Task Force(STF) of Kolkata Police has seized contraband drugs, including yaba tablets and heroin worth Rs 6 crore, and arrested three peddlers from eastern part of the city, police said on Wednesday.

Gangasagar fair of 2020 can be viewed directly through app

Kakdwip/UNI:  Aarti and worship of Kapil Muni Temple will be seen live this year through mobile app during the days of Gangasagar fair.

West Bengal Governor unveils portrait of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday unveiled the portrait of former Prime Minister  Atal Behari Vajpayee at Raj Bhawan here.