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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

All of Bengal to be under Swasthya Sathi scheme

Shiv Sahay Singh

Mamata said that her government planned to extend the cashless scheme where ₹5 lakh insurance is provided to every family

Activists of different parties block a railway track during a nationwide strike called by the various trade unions in Kolkata, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020.

Scuffle, stray incidents of violence in Bengal during nationwide trade union strike

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File

Defeat BJP in Bengal for the interest of the country, says Mamata Banerjee

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. File photo

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All of Bengal to be under Swasthya Sathi scheme

Scuffle, stray incidents of violence in Bengal during nationwide trade union strike

Defeat BJP in Bengal for the interest of the country, says Mamata Banerjee

New farm laws led to blackmarketing of potato, onion: Mamata

AIMIM leaders in Bengal join Trinamool

West Bengal doctors’ body opposes move to permit surgery by Ayurveda students

To counter BJP, Trinamool raises ‘outsider’ pitch

The BJP was quick to take a swipe at political strategist Prashant Kishor

To defeat BJP, it is necessary to defeat Trinamool: Yechury

No confusion about the primary adversary: CPI(M) leader

Coronavirus | COVID-19 patient deaths even after recovery worries doctors

In Kolkata, two practising doctors died earlier this week shortly after recovering from the infection

Neither has the CM has sacked me, nor have I left the party: Suvendu Adhikari

Mr. Adhikari has been keeping away from party leaders and and Cabinet meetings for the past several months.

BJP, CPI(M) oppose Bru resettlement

Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the restive northern Tripura have come on the same page to oppose

BJP’s central leaders assess party’s ground situation in Bengal

The TMC mocks the saffron party for “importing leaders” to take care of its state unit.

Observe Chhath at home: Mamata

Courts reject pujas at Kolkata’s 2 water bodies on grounds of outbreak of COVID-19 and pollution caused to them

Still a Minister and primary member of Trinamool, says Suvendu Adhikari

He is testing the waters before deciding on the future course of action, say observers

Fissure in proposed Assam grand alliance

AIUDF becomes AIMIM-like bugbear ahead of Assembly polls

Mamata urges people to observe Chhath from home as Kolkata's water bodies remain out of bound

Courts reject pujas at Kolkata’s 2 water bodies on grounds of outbreak of COVID-19 and pollution caused to them

BJP starts ‘Mission Bengal’ early

Amit Shah, Nadda to visit State every month in run-up to the polls next year

In West Bengal, it’s lull before the election storm

Present languor is not just because of post-festival fatigue but also because there is uncertainty, even among political parties, over how exactly battle lines will shape up

BJP brings in more central leaders as battle for Bengal hots up

Left, Congress to contest the polls as part of an electoral understanding

Bengal Governor slams police for browbeating BJP MP at last rites of slain jawan

He called the act “delinquency in uniform”.

Kolkata witnesses quietest and cleanest Deepavali

People largely avoid crackers

We will emulate Gujarat model in Bengal, says Dilip Ghosh

TMC, LF govts turned the State into a hub of migrant workers, says State BJP chief

Left, Congress will give tough fight in Bengal: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

‘With a tie-up, both parties can give a tough fight to Trinamool and BJP’

He will live forever through his cinema: Friends, politicians and industry colleagues remember Soumitra Chatterjee

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Chatterjee’s death is a colossal loss to the world.

Soumitra Chatterjee | The tree’s gone, the shade remains

Soumitra Chatterjee, even in his mid-eighties, was not only active but also highly sought-after. Terms like ‘has-been’ or ‘yesteryear’ never applied to him

Soumitra Chatterjee, among the greatest of Bengal’s thespians, dies at 85

Soumitra Chatterjee was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata with COVID-19 symptoms

Calcutta High Court stays probe against Kailash Vijayvargiya, other BJP leaders for ‘unlawful assembly’

The FIR was filed during West Bengal BJP’s march to State Secretariat on October 8

Jawan killed in Pak firing did not live to see his daughter

24-year-old Subodh Ghosh was eager to return home for his daughter’s ‘Annaprasan’

Bengal celebrates Kali puja, Diwali sans fireworks

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wished people on the two occasions.

Soumitra Chatterjee’s condition grave, on life support

One of the doctors attending on him said Mr. Chatterjee’s condition remained unchanged for the past 24 hours

Political opponents are being falsely implicated, says Jagdeep Dhankar

Curb this criminality: Bengal Governor

TMC and Gurung’s GJM plotted attack on my convoy: Dilip Ghosh

The BJP leadership also accused the TMC of unleashing terror in the Hills and the plains.

Stones hurled at Bengal BJP president’s convoy

Party blames Trinamool Congress for the incident, stages protests across the State.

Mamata announces filling of 16,500 teachers’ vacancies

Recruitment process starts from December and January through offline interviews.

Doctors at Centre-run Kolkata institute call off strike

Unpaid for four months, post-grad trainees at the AIIH & PH have been given oral assurance

Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Calcutta High Court cracker ban

Bench says ‘preservation of life is more important’ than festivals amid pandemic

Legacy war in Nandigram as Trinamool, its Minister hold separate rallies

In a veiled attack on party, Suvendu Adhikari says they will meet “on the battlefield”

Rising prices | Mamata seeks PM’s intervention

Centre must control hoarding and increase supply of essential commodities, she says.

Kolkata Police books Madhu Purnima Kishwar for spreading misinformation

Activist apologises after posting a fake video she received from a friend.

West Bengal adds 3,907 cases as it gears up for major openings

Four museums to reopen today; suburban trains to resume tomorrow

TMC govt. using violence against BJP workers: BJYM chief

MP cites attacks during October rally

TMC supporters forcibly ate our food, alleges BJP

Political turf war goes bizarre in Bengal

Coronavirus | Poetry in Kolkata refuses to pause for the pandemic

Poets across the world gathered online for Kolkata’s Chair Poetry Evenings this year

Cemeteries give a peek into history of Darjeeling hills

It is the resting place of early European settlers who turned the mountains into tea producing estates: ASI.

BJP insulting Bengal’s culture: TMC

Highlights Shah’s remarks on appeasement

West Bengal’s COVID-19 recovery rate nears 90%

West Bengal on Friday reported 3,942 new COVID-19 cases taking the total cases to 3,97,466. The discharge rate is inching closer to 90%, with the

Trinamool Congress slams Amit Shah over appeasement remark

Party calls Union Home Minister’s refugee community outreach as a “poll gimmick”.

Visva-Bharati teachers to move HC

‘Can’t make us pay for restoration’

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