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Bengal BJP leader’s death was suicide not murder, Mamata Banerjee tells President Kovind

In the letter to President Kovind, the Bengal CM cited the preliminary probe and said it does not appear to be a political case as being projected by the BJP.

Mystery shrouds Bengal BJP MLA’s death as family claims murder, police cite suicide note

BJP MLA Debendra Nath Roy, 60, was found hanging at a shop just over a kilometre away from his house in the north Bengal town of Raiganj Monday.

BJP MP Locket Chatterjee tests positive for Covid-19

In a tweet, the MP from Hooghly said she has a mild fever and was in self-isolation for the past one week.

Amit Shah, Nirmala, Smriti Irani — BJP pulls out the big guns to take on Mamata in Bengal

BJP, which launched its poll campaign with an Amit Shah virtual rally on 9 June, has divided Bengal into 5 zones, with one cabinet minister addressing a rally for each zone.

Trinamool’s cut-money was CPM’s subscription — Bengal’s long history of political ‘extortion’

While the cut-money allegations have put Mamata govt on the backfoot, political experts say extortion has been an intricate part of Bengal’s politics for the past four decades.

Netaji’s grandnephew Chandra Bose dropped as Bengal BJP V-P for ‘speaking up against CAA’

Chandra Kumar Bose says Modi a tall leader but BJP has become a machine to win polls, topple govts. Bengal BJP says he was dropped with 2021 elections in mind.

Mamata is invoking Bengali pride again — her new ‘strategy’ to counter Covid flak

For 12 days, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee held no press conference. When she finally did Tuesday, after a heated discussion with PM Modi, she resorted to playing up 'Bangla' refrain.

Police issue order to play Mamata’s Covid song on Tagore birthday, BJP calls it ‘insulting’

The circular asked all district policemen to play Bengal CM’s awareness song on coronavirus in residential areas to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday Friday.

Bengal BJP goes to town over Mamata ‘fudging Covid numbers, PDS scandal’, starts survey

Launched last week, the survey also asks if people of certain areas are violating lockdown due to Mamata Banerjee’s ‘appeasement’ policy.

Man behind viral Kolkata hospital video faces ‘boycott’ as Babul Supriyo tweets his identity

24-year-old student had shot a video that showed bodies lying unattended at a Covid-19 hospital in Kolkata, which BJP has used to target Mamata govt.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.