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"Threw Bombs, Fired Bullets": BJP Leader Alleges Attack By Trinamool Workers, 4 Arrested
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Priyangu Pandey today alleged he was attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
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Bengal Bandh Today After Police Use Tear Gas, Water Canon On Protesters
The BJP has called for a 6 am to 6 pm bandh (strike) in West Bengal to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to the state secretariat 'Nabbana' over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata.
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Latest News Live Updates: Election Commission Announces Poll Dates For 5 States
Election Commission will announce poll dates for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry later today. The states are due for elections in April-May. This is the first major set of elections to be held in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic after the Bihar election.
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Bharat Bandh: Near Total Strike In Kerala, Protests in Bengal, Odisha
Bharat Bandh: Ten central trade unions are participating in the nationwide Bharat Bandh today. They are protesting the new labour and farm laws of the central government. In West Bengal protesters blocked trains in some areas while in Kerala markets are closed in Kochi.
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Bharat Bandh Protests Affect Trains, Buses; Bengal, Kerala Hit: 10 Points
The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala. Tyres were burnt and buses were vandalised at many places in Bengal. Protesters blocked roads and obstructed train services in all the three states. Around 20 crore workers o...
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Will Protest Against Bharat Bandh On September 10 In Bengal: Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Friday said it supported the issues raised by political parties that had called for a nationwide shutdown on September 10, adding that it will however hold protest rallies in West Bengal as it is against strikes since these lead to waste of working hours.
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Human Rights Body Seeks Report on Action on Bengal Women Protesters
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government following complaints that women protestors were assaulted by police during a rally on August 27.
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Darjeeling shutdown for Gorkhaland state: Buddhist monks facing food crisis
Around 12,000 Buddhist monks and students living in pagodas and monasteries of northern West Bengal's Darjeeling hills face an impending food crisis with the pro-Gorkhaland shutdown continuing for the tenth day on Monday.
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Gorkhaland bandh: News blackout in Darjeeling sparks furore
On the seventh day of an indefinite bandh, Darjeeling has been plunged into a news blackout. Not just news, all channels are off for those using cable.
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Gorkhaland agitation: Arrests, violence mark GJM bandh in Darjeeling
The shutdown coincides with the Congress-led central government's reported decision to form a separate state of Telengana by splitting up Andhra Pradesh.
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First ear, then eye: the alleged cost of joining strike in West Bengal
A brick kiln worker was seriously injured and his eye severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters for participating in the trade union strike of Wednesday and Thursday and marching in a CPM rally.
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Bharat Bandh: Mamata Banerjee 'salutes working class for rejecting strike'
Claiming that the two-day countrywide strike called by trade unions was a damp squib, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to ban parties calling shutdowns.
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Bharat Bandh: Shutdown supporters block roads, squat on railway tracks in West Bengal
The supporters of the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike today blocked some roads in some districts of West Bengal and squatted on railway tracks.
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"Threw Bombs, Fired Bullets": BJP Leader Alleges Attack By Trinamool Workers, 4 Arrested
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Priyangu Pandey today alleged he was attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
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Bengal Bandh Today After Police Use Tear Gas, Water Canon On Protesters
The BJP has called for a 6 am to 6 pm bandh (strike) in West Bengal to protest against the police action on those who took part in the march to the state secretariat 'Nabbana' over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata.
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Latest News Live Updates: Election Commission Announces Poll Dates For 5 States
Election Commission will announce poll dates for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry later today. The states are due for elections in April-May. This is the first major set of elections to be held in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic after the Bihar election.
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Bharat Bandh: Near Total Strike In Kerala, Protests in Bengal, Odisha
Bharat Bandh: Ten central trade unions are participating in the nationwide Bharat Bandh today. They are protesting the new labour and farm laws of the central government. In West Bengal protesters blocked trains in some areas while in Kerala markets are closed in Kochi.
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Bharat Bandh Protests Affect Trains, Buses; Bengal, Kerala Hit: 10 Points
The two-day Bharat Bandh called by ten trade unions disrupted normal life in many parts of the country today. Sporadic violence was reported in West Bengal, Odisha and Kerala. Tyres were burnt and buses were vandalised at many places in Bengal. Protesters blocked roads and obstructed train services in all the three states. Around 20 crore workers o...
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Will Protest Against Bharat Bandh On September 10 In Bengal: Trinamool
The Trinamool Congress on Friday said it supported the issues raised by political parties that had called for a nationwide shutdown on September 10, adding that it will however hold protest rallies in West Bengal as it is against strikes since these lead to waste of working hours.
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Human Rights Body Seeks Report on Action on Bengal Women Protesters
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government following complaints that women protestors were assaulted by police during a rally on August 27.
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Darjeeling shutdown for Gorkhaland state: Buddhist monks facing food crisis
Around 12,000 Buddhist monks and students living in pagodas and monasteries of northern West Bengal's Darjeeling hills face an impending food crisis with the pro-Gorkhaland shutdown continuing for the tenth day on Monday.
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Gorkhaland bandh: News blackout in Darjeeling sparks furore
On the seventh day of an indefinite bandh, Darjeeling has been plunged into a news blackout. Not just news, all channels are off for those using cable.
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Gorkhaland agitation: Arrests, violence mark GJM bandh in Darjeeling
The shutdown coincides with the Congress-led central government's reported decision to form a separate state of Telengana by splitting up Andhra Pradesh.
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First ear, then eye: the alleged cost of joining strike in West Bengal
A brick kiln worker was seriously injured and his eye severely damaged after he was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters for participating in the trade union strike of Wednesday and Thursday and marching in a CPM rally.
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Bharat Bandh: Mamata Banerjee 'salutes working class for rejecting strike'
Claiming that the two-day countrywide strike called by trade unions was a damp squib, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the Election Commission (EC) to ban parties calling shutdowns.
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Bharat Bandh: Shutdown supporters block roads, squat on railway tracks in West Bengal
The supporters of the 12-hour bandh called by the NDA to protest the petrol price hike today blocked some roads in some districts of West Bengal and squatted on railway tracks.
