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CMCH principal falls sick; students fast enters 8th day

CMCH principal falls sick; students' fast enters 8th day

Meanwhile, twenty former students of CMCH joined the hungerstrikers in a token fast for a day to express their ...

18 July 2018 12:59 AM GMT

Workers carry the cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his rally, at Midnapore College in Midnapore district of West Bengal on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Central team set to visit state to probe incident

The tent at the Midnapore rally had collapsed while PM Modi was in the middle of his speech.

18 July 2018 12:46 AM GMT

The scene after the makeshift tent collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modis rally in Midnapore on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Case filed against organiser, decorator for tent collapse

The Centre had on Monday sought a report from the West Bengal government on the incident.

18 July 2018 12:39 AM GMT

Finance Commission chairman N.K. Singh talks with chief minister Mamata Banerjee as state finance minister Amit Mitra looks on during the press conference on 15th Finance Commission at Nabanna Savaghar in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Taken serious note of Bengal debt overhang'

West Bengal's total debt stood at Rs 3.40 lakh crore, which is one of the highest among states.

18 July 2018 12:35 AM GMT

Workers attacked police volunteers as they could not reach the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modis rally due to heavy traffic on the route. (Photo: Screengrab | ANI)

BJP workers attack civic police volunteers near PM Modi's rally in...

The incident took place on Monday at Chowringhee crossing in Kharagpur.

17 July 2018 4:48 AM GMT

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Government justifies contest from 2 constituencies

It said the petitioner had failed to demonstrate the injustice it may cause to the voters at large and could not ask the...

16 July 2018 7:49 PM GMT

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Supreme Court to decide validity of women entry ban

Ban against basic tenets of Hinduism'

16 July 2018 7:49 PM GMT

Delhi High Court. (Photo: PTI/File)

Ensure cleanliness, avoid dengue, says Delhi high court

The oral directions by the bench came during the hearing of a PIL.

16 July 2018 7:49 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives an autograph to a woman who was injured after a portion of a tent collapsed at his rally, at a hospital in Midnapore, West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi attacks Mamata's reign of fear, syndicate raj'

There were dramatic scenes at the venue when the canopy collapsed midway through Modi's speech.

16 July 2018 7:17 PM GMT

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen. (Photo: AFP)

Kolkata Archbishop slams Taslima's tweet on Teresa

The Archbishop said people like Nasreen who have not understood Mother's work properly say such things.

15 July 2018 7:33 PM GMT

Workers carry the cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his rally, at Midnapore College in Midnapore district of West Bengal on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to address farmers' rally in Midnapore town today

It is making all efforts to increase its tally in the next general election from the current two.

15 July 2018 7:30 PM GMT

The figure is the highest estimated death toll yet of violence that erupted on August 25 and triggered a massive refugee crisis, with more than 6, 20,000 Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh in three months. (Representational image)

Love and dialogue are key to addressing pressing issues'

The Bharat Soka Gakkai organised a peace symposium' to deliberate on issues, and propagate the message of tolerance.

15 July 2018 1:20 AM GMT