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Security forces keep vigil in Murshidabad to prevent fresh violence

By Odisha News Online Apr 15, 2025 71

KOLKATA, APR 15 : Security forces kept a strict vigil to prevent any fresh episode of violence over the Waqf (Amendment) Act in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on April 15, officials said. Personnel of the BSF, CRPF, State Armed Police and RAF have been deployed in large numbers in Jangipur, Dhuliyan, Suti and Shamsherganj, where […]Continue Reading

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Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

By Odisha News Online Apr 9, 2025 104

KOLKATA, APR 9 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in the state. Addressing a programme of the Jain community in Kolkata, Banerjee said she will protect the minority people and their property. “I know you are aggrieved because of the enactment of the […]Continue Reading

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SC upholds Calcutta HC order invalidating 25,000 appointments made by Bengal School Selection Commission

By Odisha News Online Apr 3, 2025 69

NEW DELHI, APR 3 : The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the decision of the Calcutta High Court invalidating nearly 25,000 teaching and non-teaching staff appointments made by the West Bengal School Selection Commission (SSC) in 2016, Live Law reported. The bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar approved the […]Continue Reading

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Writer Taslima Nasrin accuses Mamata govt of forcing removal of ‘Lajja’ play from Bengal theatre festivals

By Odisha News Online Dec 24, 2024 221

KOLKATA,DEC 24 : Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin accused the West Bengal government of stifling the voice of artistes and writers, claiming that the play ‘Lajja’ (Shame), adapted from her novel, was forced to be cancelled at two theatre festivals in the state. Nasrin alleged that the police intervened at the Gobardanga Natyoutsav in North […]Continue Reading

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Kolkata medic rape-murder case: Junior docs appeal to President Murmu, PM Modi for intervention

By Odisha News Online Sep 13, 2024 234

KOLKATA, SEPT 13: Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal have written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting their intervention in the RG Kar hospital impasse. Copies of the four-page letter written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front were also sent to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Health Minister JP […]Continue Reading

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Anti-rape bill passed in West Bengal Assembly

By Odisha News Online Sep 3, 2024 243

West Bengal , Sept 3 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday described the anti-rape bill tabled in the state assembly as “historic.” The bill proposes death penalty for those convicted of rape if their actions lead to the victim’s death or a vegetative state. In addition, it stipulates a life sentence without […]Continue Reading

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Trinamool boycotts 3 TV channels for ‘anti-Bengal agenda driven propaganda’

By Odisha News Online Sep 2, 2024 272

WEST BENGAL, SEPT 2 : The Trinamool Congress has decided to boycott three news channels, alleging an “anti-Bengal, agenda-driven propaganda” amid the outrage over the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee’s party, in a statement, said that they will not be sending spokespersons to these […]Continue Reading

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Bengal CM Mamata writes to PM Modi again, seeks stringent central laws in rape and murder cases

By Odisha News Online Aug 30, 2024 238

KOLKATA, AUG 30: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating her request for stringent central legislation and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes like rape and murder. Banerjee, who wrote to Modi a few days ago on the issue following nationwide uproar over the rape and murder of […]Continue Reading

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We want justice, but BJP calls for bandh: Mamata’s jibe at BJP’s ‘Bengal Bandh’

By Odisha News Online Aug 28, 2024 202

West Bengal, Aug 28 :  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the BJP for its 12-hour shutdown (Bengal Bandh). The CM, who has faced severe criticism for her handling of the case of alleged rape and murder of a doctor trainee at the RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata said that the bandh […]Continue Reading

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Will hand over doctor murder probe to CBI if police fail to solve case within a week: West Bengal CM Mamata

By Odisha News Online Aug 12, 2024 242

KOLKATA,  AUG 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government will hand over the RG Kar hospital doctor murder probe to the CBI if the police are unable to solve the case by Sunday. Banerjee also said she wants the case to be tried in a fast-track court. “I want the […]Continue Reading