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West Bengal: Hindu students wear ‘Namabali’ after school allows Hijab wearing students entry, asks Hindu students to respect ‘dress code’ to ‘diffuse tension’

OpIndia Staff - 25 November, 2022

Scuffle broke out between two groups of students over wearing religious attire to school in Howrah, West Bengal

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West Bengal: 9-year-old girl dies after crude bomb kept in house explodes, uncle and alleged TMC worker Abdul Hossain arrested

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2022

A 9-year-old girl died in a crude bomb explosion at her uncle's house in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district

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West Bengal: TMC MLA tells party workers to ensure that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants supporting TMC are placed on the voters’ list

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2022

The TMC MLA on Tuesday (November 15) was addressing a public gathering in Bardhaman when he made these comments.

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TMC remodels ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore into party office, gets rapped by Calcutta High Court. Here is what we know so far

Dibakar Dutta - 11 November, 2022

The Calcutta High Court directed the administration of Rabindra Bharati University and the West Bengal government to protect the heritage building from being tampered.

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West Bengal: Three men barge into a house and attack two women for being lesbians, burn their private parts

OpIndia Staff - 9 November, 2022

Sahebul Sheikh, Kadam Mollah and Saheb attacked two women in the night in Murshidabad in WB for being lesbians

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari accuses Mamata Banerjee govt of creating fake data to claim employment generation in rural Bengal, demands probe

OpIndia Staff - 7 November, 2022

Suvendu Adhikari alleged that WB govt was creating 'fake' jobs to claim employment generation ahead of Panchayat polls.

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West Bengal: Police unleashes brutality against protesters demanding appointment letters despite clearing TET exam in 2014

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2022

Miffed by the apathy of the West Bengal government, the TET candidates launched protests demanding immediate recruitment.

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Mominpore violence: Anti-terror agency NIA files FIR, probe begins on MHA’s orders

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2022

The MHA is said to have directed the NIA to take over the probe after it received a report from the state government. Also, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly had asked the MHA to deploy central paramilitary forces in the violence-hit parts of the state and had demanded a probe by NIA.

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