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"Disrespectful" Or "Required"? Bust Of RG Kar Horror Victim Sparks Row
A bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".
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We Need Clarifications On "Unnatural Death": Supreme Court On Kolkata Horror
The Supreme Court today began hearing the case related to the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
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Mamata Banerjee Threatening Protesting Doctors With Word Play, Alleges BJP
Hitting back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP today accused the Trinamool Congress leader of threatening doctors protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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Priyanka Gandhi's Appeal To Mamata Banerjee In Doctor's Rape-Murder Horror
Amid nationwide protests over the horrifying rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has described the incident as "heartbreaking"
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Watch: Mamata Banerjee's Laundry Day With "BJP Washing Machine"
At Mamata Banerjee's protest today in Kolkata, an outsized washing machine took centre stage. As Trinamool Congress leaders shouted slogans, the Bengal Chief Minister put in black cloth, which symbolically "turned white".
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Kolkata Cops Lathi-Charge Indian Secular Front Protesters; Several Injured
Indian Secular Front (ISF) activists fought a pitched battle with the police at Esplanade area in central Kolkata on Saturday during a protest against alleged attacks on their workers by the ruling Trinamool Congress in South 24 Parganas district.
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"Vir Das, Come To Kolkata": Trinamool MP After Bengaluru Show Cancelled
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien has invited stand-up comedian Vir Das to Kolkata, a day after his show in Bengaluru was cancelled at the last minute following protests by right-wing groups.
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Video Shows How Kolkata Police Van Was Set On Fire. BJP Says "Wasn't Us"
Youth Congress chief tweets video that has man in saffron T-shirt using a lighter to start the fire; takes jibe at BJP: "Which party's 'nationalist rioters'...?"
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Trinamool Supporters Surround Rebel MP's Car Outside BJP Office
Trinamool Congress workers showed black flags, shouted slogans and surrounded the vehicle of rebel party MP Sunil Mondal in Kolkata this morning, just as he was arriving at the BJP office in Hastings for a felicitation programme. Mr Mondal had joined the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah on December 19, along with several others. A Trinamool worker ...
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BJP, Trinamool Both Suppress Democratic Protests By Opposition Parties: CPI(M)
CPI(M) general secretary Surjyakanta Mishra on Thursday said the BJP government at the Centre was no different from the TMC dispensation in West Bengal, as both try and suppress democratic protests by opposition parties.
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Mamata Banerjee Meets PM Modi, Asks Him To Rethink CAA, Citizens' List
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday after arriving in Kolkata on a two day-visit. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan came amid a bitter face-off between PM Modi's BJP and Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has triggered massive protests across I...
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Peaceful Protests Held Across India Against Citizenship Law: 10 Points
Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...
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Tear Gas, Water Cannons On Kolkata Streets As BJP Workers Clash With Cops
Clashes erupted in Kolkata today as hundreds of BJP youth activists took out a march in the city's Central Avenue area to protest against a hike in electricity rates, sparking police retaliation. The incident occurred at a time when the BJP is flexing its muscles against the ruling Trinamool Congress following unprecedented gains in the Lok Sabha e...
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Bengal's Bolpur On The Boil As BJP Claims Theft Of Party Worker's Body
BJP workers blocked roads and set car tyres on fire at Bolpur in West Bengal's Birbhum district this evening to protest the "hijack" and "theft" by the police of the body of a BJP party worker who was shot at on Friday and died at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday.
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After Clash At BJP's Kolkata Rally, Governor Plans Round-Table: 10 Points
Kolkata witnessed an unprecedented pitched battle between the BJP workers and the police today as the party attempted to hold a rally to Lalbazar, the state police headquarters in the heart of the city. Following the violence, during which the police used batons, tear gas and water cannons and the party retaliated with stones, Governor Kesari Nath ...
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"Disrespectful" Or "Required"? Bust Of RG Kar Horror Victim Sparks Row
A bust supposed to honour the junior doctor raped and killed at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital in Augusthas triggered a row, with many online, including ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, calling it "gross", "disgusting", and "disrespectful".
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We Need Clarifications On "Unnatural Death": Supreme Court On Kolkata Horror
The Supreme Court today began hearing the case related to the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
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Mamata Banerjee Threatening Protesting Doctors With Word Play, Alleges BJP
Hitting back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP today accused the Trinamool Congress leader of threatening doctors protesting against the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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Priyanka Gandhi's Appeal To Mamata Banerjee In Doctor's Rape-Murder Horror
Amid nationwide protests over the horrifying rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has described the incident as "heartbreaking"
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Watch: Mamata Banerjee's Laundry Day With "BJP Washing Machine"
At Mamata Banerjee's protest today in Kolkata, an outsized washing machine took centre stage. As Trinamool Congress leaders shouted slogans, the Bengal Chief Minister put in black cloth, which symbolically "turned white".
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Kolkata Cops Lathi-Charge Indian Secular Front Protesters; Several Injured
Indian Secular Front (ISF) activists fought a pitched battle with the police at Esplanade area in central Kolkata on Saturday during a protest against alleged attacks on their workers by the ruling Trinamool Congress in South 24 Parganas district.
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"Vir Das, Come To Kolkata": Trinamool MP After Bengaluru Show Cancelled
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien has invited stand-up comedian Vir Das to Kolkata, a day after his show in Bengaluru was cancelled at the last minute following protests by right-wing groups.
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Video Shows How Kolkata Police Van Was Set On Fire. BJP Says "Wasn't Us"
Youth Congress chief tweets video that has man in saffron T-shirt using a lighter to start the fire; takes jibe at BJP: "Which party's 'nationalist rioters'...?"
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Trinamool Supporters Surround Rebel MP's Car Outside BJP Office
Trinamool Congress workers showed black flags, shouted slogans and surrounded the vehicle of rebel party MP Sunil Mondal in Kolkata this morning, just as he was arriving at the BJP office in Hastings for a felicitation programme. Mr Mondal had joined the BJP in the presence of Amit Shah on December 19, along with several others. A Trinamool worker ...
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BJP, Trinamool Both Suppress Democratic Protests By Opposition Parties: CPI(M)
CPI(M) general secretary Surjyakanta Mishra on Thursday said the BJP government at the Centre was no different from the TMC dispensation in West Bengal, as both try and suppress democratic protests by opposition parties.
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Mamata Banerjee Meets PM Modi, Asks Him To Rethink CAA, Citizens' List
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday after arriving in Kolkata on a two day-visit. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan came amid a bitter face-off between PM Modi's BJP and Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has triggered massive protests across I...
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Peaceful Protests Held Across India Against Citizenship Law: 10 Points
Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...
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Tear Gas, Water Cannons On Kolkata Streets As BJP Workers Clash With Cops
Clashes erupted in Kolkata today as hundreds of BJP youth activists took out a march in the city's Central Avenue area to protest against a hike in electricity rates, sparking police retaliation. The incident occurred at a time when the BJP is flexing its muscles against the ruling Trinamool Congress following unprecedented gains in the Lok Sabha e...
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Bengal's Bolpur On The Boil As BJP Claims Theft Of Party Worker's Body
BJP workers blocked roads and set car tyres on fire at Bolpur in West Bengal's Birbhum district this evening to protest the "hijack" and "theft" by the police of the body of a BJP party worker who was shot at on Friday and died at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday.
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After Clash At BJP's Kolkata Rally, Governor Plans Round-Table: 10 Points
Kolkata witnessed an unprecedented pitched battle between the BJP workers and the police today as the party attempted to hold a rally to Lalbazar, the state police headquarters in the heart of the city. Following the violence, during which the police used batons, tear gas and water cannons and the party retaliated with stones, Governor Kesari Nath ...
