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BJP Calls For Strike In North Bengal After Violence Over Teen's Death
The BJP has announced a 12-hour bandh in north Bengal on Friday in protest against "atrocities on a tribal community".
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"Bandh And Development Can't Go Hand In Hand": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that she has long put an end to to "bandh politics" in the state, as that always "came in the way of development".
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"Don't Support Bandhs But Backing Farmers' Demands": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, more than ever, came out in support of farmers protesting against the central government's three new agricultural ordinances saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration must either withdraw the laws or simply step down.
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"Enough Is Enough, There Will Be No Bandh In Bengal": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the strike called by the trade unions would have no impact in the state.
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Islampur Clashes, Student Deaths Risk Sparking New Political Flashpoint In Bengal
The BJP in West Bengal has called for a bandh on September 26, protesting the death of two students at Islampur in the Uttar Dinajpur district last Friday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in Milan in Italy on a government trip, however, said the party won't be allowed to organise the shutdown. The BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swa...
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Mamata Banerjee Supports Dalit Cause, Shocked Over Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Mamata Banerjee, Gorkha Leaders Discuss Peace In Darjeeling: 10 Facts
This afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which led an agitation earlier this year alleging that Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress government was attempting to impose the Bengali language in Darjeeling schools. The chief minister has invited some other local political leaders from Da...
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, Bimal Gurung Wants Bandh Intensified
The Darjeeling hills were limping back to normalcy as several shops, markets, government offices and government-aided schools reopened today, while GJM chief Bimal Gurung asked his partymen to intensify the bandh that started 92 days ago.
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Darjeeling Bandh For 78 Days: Mamata Banerjee, Hill Parties Talk, But No Solution Yet
For the first time in 78 days, there's a thaw in the ice between Darjeeling and Nabanna, office of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. But could the thaw be shortlived.
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Bandh In Darjeeling Brings Hard Times For The Second-Flush Tea
The cup that cheers is in big trouble in Darjeeling. For almost two weeks now, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's bandh has meant no tea plucking in the 87 gardens in the hills that produce the world's finest teas.
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Army Swells, Tourists Stranded In Darjeeling As Bandh Continues Till 6pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared the 12-hour bandh called in Darjeeling by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) illegal and upgraded Army presence in the hills from two columns last evening to eight this morning (each column has about 40 personnel) to ensure the situation remains under control. The bandh continues till 6 pm today...
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Mamata Banerjee Stays Back In Darjeeling Amid Protests, Calls In Army
Mamata Banerjee called in two columns of the Army in Darjeeling this evening after supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the BJP ally that is the dominant political party in the hills, threw stones at the police who lathi-charged and tear-gassed them. The Morcha has called a 12-hour bandh tomorrow. The chief minister, who is in Darjeeling, has ...
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Army Called in Darjeeling After Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Activists Clash With Police, Damage Vehicles
Angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists today torched at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse them in Darjeeling. There will be a 12-hour bandh tomorrow.
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United Against Notes Ban, Trinamool, Left Divided In Call To Block Bengal
The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal today warned employees that they will lose a day's pay and benefits if they don't come to office on Monday, the day Left parties have called a state-wide strike against centre's ban on old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will even hold a mega march in Kolkata to protest the ...
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Kolkata Shrugs Off Bandh, Gets A Durga Puja 'Gift' From Mamata Banerjee
If you are in West Bengal and went to work today despite the strike call by trade unions, you will receive a Durga Puja gift this year - one extra day of holiday. And you have Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to thank for it.
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BJP Calls For Strike In North Bengal After Violence Over Teen's Death
The BJP has announced a 12-hour bandh in north Bengal on Friday in protest against "atrocities on a tribal community".
-
"Bandh And Development Can't Go Hand In Hand": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that she has long put an end to to "bandh politics" in the state, as that always "came in the way of development".
-
"Don't Support Bandhs But Backing Farmers' Demands": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today, more than ever, came out in support of farmers protesting against the central government's three new agricultural ordinances saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration must either withdraw the laws or simply step down.
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"Enough Is Enough, There Will Be No Bandh In Bengal": Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the strike called by the trade unions would have no impact in the state.
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Islampur Clashes, Student Deaths Risk Sparking New Political Flashpoint In Bengal
The BJP in West Bengal has called for a bandh on September 26, protesting the death of two students at Islampur in the Uttar Dinajpur district last Friday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is in Milan in Italy on a government trip, however, said the party won't be allowed to organise the shutdown. The BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swa...
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Mamata Banerjee Supports Dalit Cause, Shocked Over Deaths In Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her support to the cause of the Dalits and said she was shocked over the death of four persons in Madhya Pradesh during the nationwide bandh called against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Mamata Banerjee, Gorkha Leaders Discuss Peace In Darjeeling: 10 Facts
This afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is meeting leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which led an agitation earlier this year alleging that Ms Banerjee's Trinamool Congress government was attempting to impose the Bengali language in Darjeeling schools. The chief minister has invited some other local political leaders from Da...
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Darjeeling Limps Back To Normalcy, Bimal Gurung Wants Bandh Intensified
The Darjeeling hills were limping back to normalcy as several shops, markets, government offices and government-aided schools reopened today, while GJM chief Bimal Gurung asked his partymen to intensify the bandh that started 92 days ago.
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Darjeeling Bandh For 78 Days: Mamata Banerjee, Hill Parties Talk, But No Solution Yet
For the first time in 78 days, there's a thaw in the ice between Darjeeling and Nabanna, office of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. But could the thaw be shortlived.
-
Bandh In Darjeeling Brings Hard Times For The Second-Flush Tea
The cup that cheers is in big trouble in Darjeeling. For almost two weeks now, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's bandh has meant no tea plucking in the 87 gardens in the hills that produce the world's finest teas.
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Army Swells, Tourists Stranded In Darjeeling As Bandh Continues Till 6pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared the 12-hour bandh called in Darjeeling by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) illegal and upgraded Army presence in the hills from two columns last evening to eight this morning (each column has about 40 personnel) to ensure the situation remains under control. The bandh continues till 6 pm today...
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Mamata Banerjee Stays Back In Darjeeling Amid Protests, Calls In Army
Mamata Banerjee called in two columns of the Army in Darjeeling this evening after supporters of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the BJP ally that is the dominant political party in the hills, threw stones at the police who lathi-charged and tear-gassed them. The Morcha has called a 12-hour bandh tomorrow. The chief minister, who is in Darjeeling, has ...
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Army Called in Darjeeling After Gorkha Janmukti Morcha Activists Clash With Police, Damage Vehicles
Angry Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists today torched at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse them in Darjeeling. There will be a 12-hour bandh tomorrow.
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United Against Notes Ban, Trinamool, Left Divided In Call To Block Bengal
The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal today warned employees that they will lose a day's pay and benefits if they don't come to office on Monday, the day Left parties have called a state-wide strike against centre's ban on old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will even hold a mega march in Kolkata to protest the ...
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Kolkata Shrugs Off Bandh, Gets A Durga Puja 'Gift' From Mamata Banerjee
If you are in West Bengal and went to work today despite the strike call by trade unions, you will receive a Durga Puja gift this year - one extra day of holiday. And you have Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to thank for it.
