West Bengal - Page 195

Equating West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (R) to Indias former prime minister Indira Gandhi, PAAS chief Hardik Patel (L) said he has never seen such a feisty leader. (Photo: Twitter | @HardikPatel_)

Will campaign for Mamata Banerjee in 2019 polls, join TMC if needed:...

'Hardik is like my younger brother. He has a very good sense of politics and he is very sensitive too,' Mamata Banerjee...

10 Feb 2018 12:16 PM IST

Parents staged protests in front of the school, alleging that the school did not take any lessons from the G D Birla incident and no special security was arranged for the students. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

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After uproar, Kolkata teacher detained for sexually assaulting Class 2...

Protesting parents got into a brawl with the police and injured two on-duty officers of the local police station.

9 Feb 2018 2:27 PM IST

Dissenting BJP leader and former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha also criticised the Finance Bill, saying the government was making several amendments through it, which should not have been the case. (Photo: PTI)

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Arun Jaitley did not apply his mind to budget, says Yashwant Sinha

BJP leader and former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha also criticised Jaitley for being dismayed with the role of...

7 Feb 2018 8:03 AM IST

The Indian Coast Guard station in Haldia received an immediate medical evacuation request from the master of a Panama registered merchant vessel Yan Dun Jiao-I which was about 64 nautical miles south of the Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas on Saturday. (Photo: DC)

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ICG rescues ill Chinese mariner in Bay of Bengal despite sour...

The ill mariner was given first-aid by the ICG medical team on board the merchant vessel.

4 Feb 2018 8:44 PM IST

: Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly on Saturday emphasised on smooth transition of the Under-19 World Cup winning players, who impressed with their discipline and controlled aggression during their victorious campaign.(Photo: AFP)

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Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly praise Prithvi Shaw's men post World...

India defeated Australia by eight wickets to clinch their fourth U-19 World Cup title.

3 Feb 2018 7:10 PM IST

Angry locals also set at least three buses on fire in anger. (Photo:

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2 college students run over in Kolkata, mob torches buses, pelt stones

A bus reportedly jumped signal at Chingrighata crossing on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, killing the two youth.

3 Feb 2018 2:38 PM IST

The bypolls were necessitated following the deaths of Sultan Ahmed, TMC MP from Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency in Howrah district, and Madhusudan Ghose, Congress MLA from Noapara assembly seat in North 24 Parganas district. (Photo: File/PTI)

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TMC sweeps Bengal bypolls, BJP takes 2nd spot, Congress biggest loser

In the Uluberia seat, TMCs's Sajda Ahmed defeated BJP's candidate Anupam Mallik by over 4.5 lakh votes.

1 Feb 2018 7:17 PM IST

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Senior Cong leaders should be 'mentors, not tormentors': Jairam Ramesh

'Congress needs to deal with leaders like Modi and Amit Shah in the language they understand,' says Jairam.

28 Jan 2018 5:05 PM IST

$\But do we know where all this money is coming from and where it is going? If this is not money laundering I dont know what is,\ Bedi said. (Photo: PTI)$ Sports

On day of Player Auction, Bishan Singh Bedi terms IPL money-laundering...

The former left-arm spinner could not have timed his attack on the league with millions spent on day one of the IPL...

27 Jan 2018 7:43 PM IST

As bitcoin fell, Bitcoin Cash a clone of the original that was generated from another split on August 1 surged, trading up as much as 35 per cent on the day at around $850, according to industry website Coinmarketcap.

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ICAI to carry study on cryptocurrency

MCA would also take opinions from other expert agencies before taking a view on the subject.

26 Jan 2018 10:57 AM IST

Business

Paytm to invest Rs 500 crore to create digital awareness

Paytm is hoping to cover one crore merchants across the country in the next three to six months.

26 Jan 2018 10:22 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee said she personally talked to Rajnath Singh and conveyed that it was politically and administratively a bad decision to withdraw troops. (Photo: PTI | File)

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Will be happy if Padmaavat' is screened in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister said the BJP should control the organisations and ask them to abide by the court order.

25 Jan 2018 9:09 AM IST