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4 Children Among 7 Killed In Gas Cylinder Blast In West Bengal
Seven people, including four children and two women, were killed in a gas cylinder blast at a house in Pathar Pratima in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday night, a senior police officer said.
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BJP Workers Protest Against TMC's Bill Allowing Women To Work In Bars
BJP workers in Kolkata staged a protest against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on Saturday, opposing a recently introduced bill that permits women to work in bars.
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"I Will Choke You": BJP's Dilip Ghosh Threatens Women Protesters In Viral Video
A senior BJP leader credited with strengthening the party in Bengal finds himself in the middle of a massive controversy after he lost his temper and threatened to choke a woman protester.
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West Bengal Assembly Passes Bill To Allow Women To Work In Bars
The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to allow women to work in bars.
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Blog | Maa: Why A Century-Old Bengali Story Remains True In Anora, Too
Author Anurupa Devi had no formal education, was married at the age of 10 and widowed by 14, yet her creativity and passion for the written word was such that her legacy remains alive even today.
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Bengal Man Arrested For Filming, Sharing Videos Of Women Bathing At Maha Kumbh
Police in Prayagraj have arrested a man for allegedly recording videos of women bathing and changing clothes during the Maha Kumbh and uploading them on YouTube, officials said Thursday.
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Overtaking Or Highway Chase? BJP vs Trinamool Over What Killed Bengal Woman
The death of a 27-year-old woman in Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman on Monday has led to a spat between the Trinamool and the BJP, with the latter's Sukunta Majumdar, slamming Mamata Banerjee for making Bengal a "living hell for women".
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Padma Shri For Paralympics Gold Medallist, 100-Year-Old Freedom Fighter
A 100-year old freedom fighter from Goa, a Dhak player from West Bengal who trained 150 women in the male-dominated field, and India's first woman puppeteers are among 30 Indians who were awarded the Padma Shri.
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Raids Conducted In Jharkhand, Bengal In Case Linked To Alleged Bangladeshi Infiltration
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided multiple locations in poll-bound Jharkhand apart from West Bengal in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals, official sources said.
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2 Devotees Hospitalised After Pot Of Hot Khichdi Falls On Them At UP Ashram
Two women devotees from West Bengal waiting in a queue for prasad outside an ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura suffered serious burns after a person serving 'khichdi' slipped and the hot food fell on them, officials said on Saturday.
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Man Arrested Over Rape, Murder Of Women In West Bengal
Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.
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Trinamool Distances Self From Minister's "Woman Protester Drinking" Remark
West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath's comment about women drinking during the mega protest in the state has sparked a huge controversy.
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Kapil Sibal's 'No Livestream' Request, Chief Justice's 'Open Court' Reply
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today said his women colleagues were receiving threats for representing the West Bengal government in the Kolkata rape-murder case and urged the Supreme Court not to live-stream proceedings in the sensitive matter
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"Your Duty...": Chief Justice On Bengal's 'No Night Shift For Women' Note
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
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4 Children Among 7 Killed In Gas Cylinder Blast In West Bengal
Seven people, including four children and two women, were killed in a gas cylinder blast at a house in Pathar Pratima in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Monday night, a senior police officer said.
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BJP Workers Protest Against TMC's Bill Allowing Women To Work In Bars
BJP workers in Kolkata staged a protest against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government on Saturday, opposing a recently introduced bill that permits women to work in bars.
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"I Will Choke You": BJP's Dilip Ghosh Threatens Women Protesters In Viral Video
A senior BJP leader credited with strengthening the party in Bengal finds himself in the middle of a massive controversy after he lost his temper and threatened to choke a woman protester.
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West Bengal Assembly Passes Bill To Allow Women To Work In Bars
The West Bengal assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to allow women to work in bars.
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Blog | Maa: Why A Century-Old Bengali Story Remains True In Anora, Too
Author Anurupa Devi had no formal education, was married at the age of 10 and widowed by 14, yet her creativity and passion for the written word was such that her legacy remains alive even today.
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Bengal Man Arrested For Filming, Sharing Videos Of Women Bathing At Maha Kumbh
Police in Prayagraj have arrested a man for allegedly recording videos of women bathing and changing clothes during the Maha Kumbh and uploading them on YouTube, officials said Thursday.
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Overtaking Or Highway Chase? BJP vs Trinamool Over What Killed Bengal Woman
The death of a 27-year-old woman in Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman on Monday has led to a spat between the Trinamool and the BJP, with the latter's Sukunta Majumdar, slamming Mamata Banerjee for making Bengal a "living hell for women".
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Padma Shri For Paralympics Gold Medallist, 100-Year-Old Freedom Fighter
A 100-year old freedom fighter from Goa, a Dhak player from West Bengal who trained 150 women in the male-dominated field, and India's first woman puppeteers are among 30 Indians who were awarded the Padma Shri.
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Raids Conducted In Jharkhand, Bengal In Case Linked To Alleged Bangladeshi Infiltration
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided multiple locations in poll-bound Jharkhand apart from West Bengal in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals, official sources said.
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2 Devotees Hospitalised After Pot Of Hot Khichdi Falls On Them At UP Ashram
Two women devotees from West Bengal waiting in a queue for prasad outside an ashram in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura suffered serious burns after a person serving 'khichdi' slipped and the hot food fell on them, officials said on Saturday.
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Man Arrested Over Rape, Murder Of Women In West Bengal
Nadia district police in West Bengal, on Wednesday afternoon, arrested a youth in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a woman in her early twenties, whose half-charred and semi-nude body was recovered earlier this morning.
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Trinamool Distances Self From Minister's "Woman Protester Drinking" Remark
West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Swapan Debnath's comment about women drinking during the mega protest in the state has sparked a huge controversy.
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Kapil Sibal's 'No Livestream' Request, Chief Justice's 'Open Court' Reply
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal today said his women colleagues were receiving threats for representing the West Bengal government in the Kolkata rape-murder case and urged the Supreme Court not to live-stream proceedings in the sensitive matter
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"Your Duty...": Chief Justice On Bengal's 'No Night Shift For Women' Note
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
