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East India
North Bengal’s tea gardens, missing childhoods and unending exploitation
Fulmoni Munda’s son Taran (name changed to protect identity as per law), who would be 27 this year, had gone missing in 2011. Fulmoni, a retired tea garden worker who lives with her elder sister in the Matiali block of Malbazar sub-division in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, believes a local goon trafficked him to work in Delhi. The elderly lady waits for her long-lost son in her small cottage with only an old passport-size photo, which hasn’t been of much help in finding him.
East India
RJD’s manifesto: Special status to Bihar, airports in 5 cities, ₹1 lakh per year to ‘sisters’
Rashtriya Janata Dal on April 13 released party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections promising five new airports in the Bihar and ₹ 1 lakh every year to “sisters from poor families.”
East India
Jharkhand: Three tribal women buried alive, five injured in cave-in
Three tribal women were buried alive and five others injured in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district when a heap of soil caved in on Wednesday, PTI reported.
East India
Bengal Police files molestation case against NIA officials
The West Bengal Police has lodged a case of molestation and house trespassing against officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following a raid conducted by the agency in the East Medinipur district regarding the 2002 bomb blast case.
East India
ISF parts ways with left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, to go solo at elections
In yet another blow to the Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, the Indian Secular Front (ISF), formerly aligned with the coalition, has opted to pursue its own path. They have announced intentions to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
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BJP afraid Trinamool will bring change in Delhi if it wins in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she would bring "parivartan" (change) to Delhi after winning the upcoming assembly polls in Bengal.
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7 years on, Bihar’s Aligarh University Center yet to receive fund sanctioned for It
Seven year has passed by since a grant of 136 crore was sanctioned to set up Bihar’s Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) center in Kishanganj under Congress-led UPA government in 2013. But only 10 crore amount has been released so far, which threw the center in a debilitating situation.
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Trinamool’s manifesto promises half million jobs a year, free door-to-door ration delivery
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday released the manifesto of the Trinamool Congress for the assembly elections.
East India
Amit Shah getting frustrated over poor turnout at rallies, says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of hatching a conspiracy to harass her party leaders ahead of the elections in the state and wondered whether the Election Commission is working as per his instructions.
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In Jharkhand, another Muslim lynched to death
Mubarak Khan, a driver by profession and a resident of Maheshpur, was thrashed to death by a 17-members Hindu group who belonged to the nearby village Sirka.
East India
Don’t vote for BJP: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait in Nandigram
Rakesh Tikait, one of the faces of ongoing farmers’ agitation against Narendra Modi government’s new farm laws, held 'Mahapanchayat' ahead of the West Bengal elections in the key battleground Nandigram.
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Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joins Trinamool Congress
Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha has joined the Trinamool Congress ahead of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.
East India
‘BJP conspiracy’ behind attack on Mamata: TMC memorandum to EC
Trinamool Congress delegation met Election Commission officials on Friday and submitted a memorandum demanding an “unbiased probe” into the attack on West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and called the attack on CM a "deep-rooted conspiracy by the BJP."
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Bengal polls: JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh to contest from Jamuaria
The Left Front on Wednesday announced its candidate list for 120 seats fielding Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh in Jamuaria Assembly constituency in West Burdwan district.
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“It is a planned one,” Mamata Banerjee attacked in Nandigram
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who filed her nomination from Nandigram today and was planning to stay another day in her constituency, is being rushed to Kolkata after she attacked in Nandigram. The chief minister has sustained injuries to her leg, sources said.
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“Poribortan (change) will happen in Delhi, not in Bengal,” Mamata Banerjee to PM Modi
Retorting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark at Brigade Ground where he questioned Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Siliguri said that the "poribortan (change) will happen in Delhi, not in Bengal."
East India
Explained: Takeaways from Trinamool’s list of candidates
Weeks before the upcoming election in Bengal and after an almost theatrical deluge of leaders exiting the Trinamool Congress (TMC), party chair-person Mamata Banerjee released the candidate list for 291 assembly seats on Friday. The three remaining seats in North Bengal, namely Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong constituencies have been left vacant for the Bimal Gurung faction party ally Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) to nominate their candidates of choice.
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