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Union Minister Babul Supriyo Tests Covid Positive For The Second Time

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 25, 2021

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday said that he and his wife have tested positive for Covid and hence he won't be able to vote in Asansol on April 26.

"Have Witnessed Such A Rally For The First Time...": PM Modi In Bengal

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday April 18, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, campaigning in Bengal on Saturday, raised a few eyebrows after he seemed to praise the large crowd at his rally in Asansol - on a day India reported a record 2.34 lakh new Covid cases.

Babul Supriyo, 2-Time MP, Joins Assembly Poll Fight In BJP's Mission Bengal

Elections Candidates | Edited by Stela Dey | Wednesday March 17, 2021

Union Minister Babul Supriyo, a two-time MP from Asansol, has been drafted by the BJP as it stakes its most popular Bengal faces in this election.

Clash At BJP Party Offices In Bengal, Vehicles Set On Fire

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday January 22, 2021

Factional fights erupted at BJP offices at two different places in West Bengal on Tursday between old BJP workers and those who joined the party from the Trinamool Congress.

Trinamool Rushes To Placate Disgruntled Minister, Asansol's Former Mayor

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday December 14, 2020

Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has a third leader sounding a discordant note ahead of the Assembly elections in about four months from now. Suvendu Adhikari, the MLA from Nandigram, has already quit the cabinet.

CBI Raids 45 Places In Bengal, Jharkhand In Connection With Coal Scam

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar and Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Saturday November 28, 2020

A security official of Eastern Coalfield Ltd in West Bengal's Asansol suffered a heart attack during a search by the CBI in a case of illegal mining and theft. The official, Dhananjay Roy, was rushed to hospital, where he died. He was one of several people whose properties were raided by the CBI today in connection with the case.

Toyota To Provide Authorised Service At 87 New Locations In India

Written by Shams Raza Naqvi | Thursday October 29, 2020

New service centres are now operational in Narnaul (Haryana), Nagaur (Rajasthan), Jorhat (Assam), Kharagpur and Asansol (West Bengal), Morbi, Patan and Palanpur (Gujarat) and will reach 80 more locations of network reach by end of the year

Bengal Woman Takes To Crowdfunding To Support Pandemic-Hit Idol Makers

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday October 19, 2020

Moved by the plight of idol makers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a 29-year-old woman in West Bengal's Asansol city has taken to crowdfunding to support 300 clay artisans in Paschim Barddhaman district.

Sushant Singh Rajput's Tussauds-Like Wax Statue Made By Bengal Sculptor

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Friday September 18, 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput news: A sculptor from West Bengal has made a Tussauds-like wax statue of Sushant Singh Rajput. Susanta Ray of Asansol is a veteran sculptor who has created statues of famous personalities including Amitabh Bachchan and Virat Kohli. He has also immortalised politicians like Jyoti Basu and others.

Trouble Over Quarantine, Mismanagement In Migrant Trains

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie and Nehal Kidwai, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 14, 2020

The return of migrants has triggered unrest in stations of Karnataka and Bengal, with people complaining about amenities, refusing quarantine and alleging mismanagement in route allocation. The special trains for the migrants -- labourers, students and tourists -- had started on May 1, after their plight was repeatedly flagged by the states in thei...

No Food, Dirty Toilets: Migrants On Special Train Protest At Bengal Station

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday May 14, 2020

Chaos broke out at the Asansol railway station in West Bengal this morning when a shramik special train from Bangalore made a technical halt there and passengers hopped off, complaining of no food, dirty toilets and because the train was headed for north Bengal while half the 1,500 odd passengers needed to go home in south Bengal.

Cops Injured In Protests Over Setting Up Of COVID-19 Quarantine Centre In Bengal

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjee | Tuesday April 14, 2020

At least half a dozen policemen today were injured in a clash with locals who were protesting the setting up of a COVID-19 quarantine centre at a hostel in Churulia near Asansol town in West Bengal. There are at least 20 people in isolation at the quarantine centre.

Indian Railways Launches Its First ''Restaurant On Wheels''

India News | ANI | Saturday February 29, 2020

Indian Railways has launched its first ''Restaurant on Wheels'' at the circulating area of Asansol railway station for the use of passengers as well as the general public.

BJP Office In West Bengal Gutted, Party Blames Trinamool Congress

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday January 13, 2020

A BJP office was gutted in West Bengal's Paschim Burdwan district, following which party activists accused the Trinamool Congress of being behind the incident.

"Asaduddin Owaisi Is Second Zakir Naik": BJP's Babul Supriyo On Ayodhya

India News | ANI | Saturday November 16, 2019

Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Saturday called AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi "second Zakir Naik" over the Ayodhya issue that was recently decided by the Supreme Court.