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Alliance at national level, may fight each other in states: Mamata
New Delhi, Feb 14 : Virtually shutting the doors for an alliance with the Congress in her state, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said while there will be a pre-poll alliance of non-NDA parties at the national level to take on the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, they may fight each other at the state level. Full Story


Congress to tie-up with Left in Bengal
New Delhi, Feb 14 : Notwithstanding talk of a post-poll alliance, the Congress is all set to tie-up with the Left against the ruling Trinamool Congress for the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal where it won 4 seats with a vote share of nearly 10 per cent in 2014. Full Story


Mamata to fight with Cong, Left at national level
New Delhi, Feb 14 : West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday committed to fight unitedly with Congress and the CPM at the national level, against the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Full Story


Bangladeshi national arrested for illegally entering India
Siliguri, Feb 14 : A 25-year-old Bangladeshi national Mujibur Miya was intercepted by the personnel of the Border Interaction Team of 41 Battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Panitanki checkpoint in Siliguri for illegally entering India. Full Story


Social media rumours trigger mob violence in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 13 : Mob violence was reported from different areas of the North 24 Parganas district West Bengal following the rumours regarding miscreants roaming around shared with graphic images on social media, recently, police said on Wednesday. Full Story


23 films to be screened at 2nd Bangladesh Film Fest
Kolkata, Feb 13 : Twenty-three films would be screened at the four-day 2nd Bangladesh Film Festival, to be inaugurated here on February 15, a senior Bangladesh diplomat said on Wednesday. Full Story


Mamata should focus on governance in Bengal: BJP
Kolkata, Feb 13 : The West Bengal BJP on Wednesday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in Delhi for an opposition rally convened by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), should concentrate on governing her state properly rather than dreaming of becoming the prime minister. Full Story


Mukul Roy granted anticipatory bail by Calcutta High Court
Kolkata, Feb 13 : The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader Mukul Roy in connection with TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas's murder case. Full Story


Mamata prays before Gandhi statue for ouster of PM Modi
New Delhi, Feb 13 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday prayed in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament to save the democracy and remove the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government at the Centre. Full Story


CBI lets Kolkata police chief go after five days consecutive questioning
Shillong, Feb 13 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday allowed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to leave Shillong after questioning him in the Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams for five consecutive days. Full Story


TMC hold protests outside Parliament over CBI, Rafale issue
New Delhi, Feb 13 : Trinamool Congress MPs on Wednesday wore black clothes to protest against the Centre for allegedly misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation. The TMC MPs were protesting outside Parliament on Wednesday. Full Story


Metro train stuck in Kolkata, services hit
Kolkata, Feb 13 : The Kolkata Metro Railway services were partially disrupted on Wednesday after a train got stuck between Dum Dum and Belgachia stations following a power supply breakdown, an official said. Full Story


Bengal boy sets mother ablaze
Kolkata, Feb 13 : A teenage boy in north-east Kolkata's New Town area allegedly set his mother on fire following a quarrel, police said on Wednesday. Full Story


Kolkata takes on Jaipur in literary face-off
New Delhi, Feb 13 : For five days every January the Pink City of Jaipur becomes the centre of attraction as literary stalwarts from India and abroad assemble in huge numbers -- spanning languages, genres and themes -- to participate in the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). This has been happening for over a decade. Full Story


Posters pop up in Delhi to welcome Mamata Banerjee with a democratic jibe
New Delhi, Feb 13 : 'Welcome to Delhi, where democracy is alive and kicking, Didi', reads one of the many posters that have popped up in the Central Delhi ahead of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's arrival here on Wednesday. Full Story


'Sorry for the interruption' everywhere in country under BJP rule: Mamata on Akhilesh being barred from taking Allahabad flight
Kolkata, Feb 12 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath after former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was not allowed to attend a function at Allahabad University allegedly by the state government. Full Story


West Bengal Chit fund scam: Hands of the influentials are too long, says former MP Kunal Ghosh
Shillong, Feb 12 : Former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who appeared for questioning at the CBI office here in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, has hinted that hands of the influentials are too long in this scam. Full Story


West Bengal Chit fund scam: Hands of the influentials are too long, says former MP Kunal Ghosh
Shillong, Feb 12 : Former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who appeared for questioning at the CBI office here in connection with Saradha chit fund scam, has hinted that hands of the influentials are too long in this scam. Full Story


Probe ordered into circulation of Bengal secondary exam paper on Whatsapp
Kolkata, Feb 12 : An investigation has been ordered into circulation of a portion of the first day's question paper of Bengali first language of the secondary (Madhaymik) examination, conducted by the West Bengal board, on the social media on Tuesday, an official said. Full Story


Mamata held sit-in at Metro channel, allow us too: BJP
Kolkata, Feb 12 : In a fresh standoff with West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government, the BJP has written to the Kolkata police seeking permission to hold a demonstration at the same spot where the Chief Minister sat on a protest against the centre recently, defying a ban her own government had imposed on such agitations there. Full Story


Satyajit Biswas murder: Mukul Roy files anticipatory bail plea
Kolkata, Feb 12 : BJP leader Mukul Roy on Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail plea in Calcutta High Court division bench in connection with TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas' murder case. Full Story


Kolkata top cop Kumar influencing probe, says ex-MP
Kolkata/Shillong, Feb 12 : Former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was interrogated along with Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar by the CBI in Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams, said on Tuesday he has lodged an "official complaint" against the top cop for allegedly influencing the ongoing probe. Full Story


Mamata condemns Akhilesh snub
Kolkata, Feb 12 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condemned the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for preventing Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav from taking a flight to attend an event in Allahabad University. Full Story


Saradha chit fund case: Rajeev Kumar, Kunal Ghosh grilled on Day 3
Shillong, Feb 11 : Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh on Monday appeared for questioning at the Central Bureau of Investigation office here in connection with chit fund scam. Full Story


CBI to question Kolkata police chief again on Tuesday
Shillong, Feb 11 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has again summoned Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday after questioning him on Monday along with former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in connection with the Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams. Full Story


SC junks WB BJP's plea challenging ban on loudspeakers' use
New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea of the West Bengal unit of BJP that set aside the Calcutta High Court's 2013 order, which had put a ban on use of loudspeakers in the residential areas in the state, stating that studies of children were more important than election campaigning. Full Story


Trinamool turns up the heat on BJP over MLA's murder
Kolkata, Feb 11 : Two days after accusing BJP leaders of involvement in the murder of its MLA Satyajit Biswas, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Monday turned up the heat on the saffron party, warning that those seeking protection from leaders in Delhi will be brought back and put to justice. Full Story


Another Trinamool leader killed in Bengal, party blames BJP
Kolkata, Feb 11 : Two days after a Trinamool Congress MLA was shot dead, the body of another leader of West Bengal's ruling party was found in Hooghly district on Monday, police said. Full Story


Trinamool terms Interim Budget 'vote-oriented'
New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Trinamool Congress on Monday termed the interim Budget 2019-20 as "vote-oriented" and questioned the Narendra Modi government's track record on providing jobs, alleging that unemployment is at an all-time high in the last 45 years. Full Story


SC refuses court monitoring of Saradha chit fund scam probe
New Delhi, Feb 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea by a group of investors for court monitoring of the probe into the Rs 10,000-crore Saradha chit fund scam by the CBI and the Directorate of Enforcement. Full Story