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Kolkata: A newly built temple dedicated to Lord Jagannath in the coastal town of Digha in West Bengal has become the centre of a political flashpoint between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s government and the BJP. The BJP has called Ms Banerjee a “fake Hindu”, stating that government funds cannot be …

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP are responsible for “instigating communal violence” in the state. “RSS and BJP are the ones who are instigating communal violence in West Bengal. People of the state should be extremely careful not …

Kolkata: Several areas in north Bengal’s Murshidabad district are tense in the aftermath of violence during protests against the Waqf Amendment Act. Three people have been killed and 150 arrested in connection with the violence so far. Here are the top 10 developments from this big story Murshidabad is among …

Vowing to protect the jobs of ‘deserving’ teachers whose appointment was cancelled by a Supreme Court order, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cited the example of the all-India medical entrance exam NEET and said the top court did not cancel the whole examination in that case. “The Supreme …

Kolkata: Hours after her government faced a big setback in the teachers’ recruitment case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she does not accept the Supreme Court judgment personally, but her government will implement it and repeat the selection process. She also questioned if Opposition BJP and CPM wanted …

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was confronted by left-wing student protesters during her maiden speech at the Kellogg College, Oxford University in London on Thursday. A group of students – belonging to the UK unit of the CPI(M)’s Students’ Federation of India (SFI), showed up with placards during her speech. …

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the BJP went head-to-head in the Assembly Wednesday, trading allegations of communalism and making inflammatory statements. The row included her thundering “I’m a Hindu… don’t need certification from BJP”, and ripping into its “imported Hindu dharma”. The BJP responded with accusations of …