Bengal Writers

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  Old Photo Of Kebab Recipe From Warren Hastings' Diary Intrigues Internet

  Recently, writer Ira Mukhoty shared an old photo of a kebab recipe from the first governor general of Bengal, Warren Hastings' private diary.

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  Mamata Banerjee Condoles Mahasweta Devi's Passing

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today condoled the death of eminent writer Mahasweta Devi, saying the state has lost "a glorious mother".

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  Bengal Intellectuals Seek President's Intervention in Cases of Attacks on Rationalists

  A group of more than 90 writers and intellectuals from West Bengal have written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention in ensuring justice in the Dadri mob killing and attack on rationalists.

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  West Bengal Secretariat Evacuated After Bomb Scare

  The over 200-year-old Writers' Building of Kolkata -- once the secretariat of the Bengal government and now undergoing renovation -- was evacuated this afternoon after a warning about a bomb attack reached the Kolkata police.

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  '1993 Bengal Police Firing Worse Than Jallianwala Bagh Massacre,' Says Inquiry Commission

  Police firing on a Mamata Banerjee rally in 1993 that killed 13 Congress workers was "worse than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre", a commission of inquiry has said in its report.

• Kolkata: Court grants bail to arson accused

  A court in Kolkata on Friday granted bail to pest controller Jyotirmoy Nandi, who was arrested for "attempting to burn down" the iconic Writers' Buildings which houses the West Bengal secretariat.

• Jhumpa Lahiri loses out in Booker race to Eleanor Catton

  Indian-American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri lost out on the Man Booker Prize to Eleanor Catton, who has become the youngest writer to win the prize.

• Mamata Banerjee inaugurates West Bengal government's new seat in Howrah

  With the iconic Writers' Buildings undergoing restoration, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated the temporary building of the state secretariat in neighbouring Howrah.

• 11 departments of Kolkata's Writers' Building to be shifted by October 11

  Only 11 of the 25 departments of the West Bengal state secretariat, Writers' Building, would be shifted to an alternate location by the deadline of October 1.

• Mamata Banerjee's 200-crore extreme makeover for Writers' Building

  First, she had Kolkata painted in her favourite colours, blue and white. Now, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants to renovate her whole office - the sprawling 237-year-old Writers' Building. The renovation could cost the government upto Rs 200 crore.

• Kolkata's Writers' Buildings to be vacated for six months for repairs

  For the first time, the West Bengal state secretariat - Writers' Buildings - would be vacated for repairs with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her staff shifting to an alternative location from October 1.

• Protest against chit-fund scam turns violent in Kolkata; students, cops clash

  Student protestors, demanding action on the Saradha chit-fund scam, clashed with the police in Central Kolkata today. The protestors, who are from the student wing of the Socialist Unity Centre of India, were marching from College Street towards the Writers' Building, the secretariat building of the West Bengal government, where prohibitory orders ...

• Left-Trinamool workers clash in Bengal, blame each other for the violence

  Buses filled with Left workers and members were attacked today as they headed to Kolkata to participate in a massive protest rally organized to protest against an attack on one of its leaders over the weekend.

• Denied audience with Mamata, man attacks employee in her office with hammer

  Denied an audience with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not having an appointment, a visitor today attacked an employee of the CM's office in the West Bengal secretariat with a hammer. Secretariat sources said Aloke Saha, an employee in the receiving section of the CMO, was rushed to hospital.

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  Live Blog: KKR's victory parade begins; Mamata to felicitate IPL champs

  The Kolkata Knight Riders team, the champions of IPL 2012, will start their 6-kilometer victory rally from Hazara Crossing to the Writers Building.