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BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Suspended For "Disrupting" Bengal Assembly Session
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was suspended for the remainder of the special session of the West Bengal Assembly for allegedly disrupting proceedings convened to debate a motion condemning the alleged harassment of Bengali migrants
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"Dirty Political Game": Army Removes Protest Stage, Trinamool Slams Centre
A row has broken out after the Army dismantled a Trinamool Congress demonstration stage in Kolkata's Maidan area. The stage was put up to protest the alleged harassment of Bengali migrants
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PM Modi To Unveil Rs 5,200 Crore Projects In Bengal Today Amid TMC Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Friday to unveil a string of infrastructure projects worth over Rs 5,200 crore and address a public rally in Dum Dum.
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Rs 5,000 A Month, Job Cards: Mamata Banerjee's Scheme For Returning Migrant Labourers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a scheme for Bengali migrant workers who have been forced to return from other states. The "Shramasree project" will provide them with job cards through a web portal.
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Mamata Banerjee Likely To Skip PM Modi's Kolkata Metro Inauguration On August 22
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip the inauguration of three Kolkata metro projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22, a top state government official said on Monday.
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Mamata Banerjee Condemns Alleged Attack On Bengali Migrants In Protest Rally
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a massive protest rally in Jhargram, condemning the alleged attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants outside the state.
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Government Deportations Leave Families Of Bengali Migrants In Deep Distress
60-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of West Bengal's Birbhum district, with a blank look in his
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Opinion | The 'Real' Bengali: On Migrant Politics In Bengal And Assam
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has exhorted her party members to continue the "movement" against the detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in other states. But will that be enough to bring in votes?
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Trinamool On Streets To Protect Infiltrators: PM's Attack On Mamata Banerjee
PM Narendra Modi on Friday tore into the Trinamool Congress, accusing it of risking Bengal's identity and national security by promoting infiltration for vote-bank politics, and asserted that only the BJP genuinely stands for Bengali 'asmita'.
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'Implement CAA If You Care For Bengalis,' Himanta Sarma Dares Mamata Banerjee
Mr Sarma asked the Trinamool Congress leader to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal if she 'cares for Bengalis.' The dare was laced with a belief and allegation that Ms Banerjee is only concerned about 'Muslim Bengalis.'
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Mamata Banerjee's March In Rain Over 'Harassment' Of Bengali Migrants
With the Election Commission gearing up for a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that people whose names are not on the voters' list will be jailed
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Bengal Chief Secretary Alleges "Harassment" Of Bengali Migrants In Odisha
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, urging him to put an end to "harassment" of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in certain parts of the neighbouring state.
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Bengali Man Who Sold His Goats For Tickets Will Finally Fly Home
IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has agreed to help a migrant laborer and two others fly home from Mumbai after an earlier flight he paid for by selling family livestock was canceled.
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19 Lakh Face Uncertain Future As Assam Citizens' List Hits 'Deep Freeze'
Manju Debnath, a migrant and a Bengali Hindu from Nagaon is among the 19 lakh people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. Close to six months after the list was published, the 60-year-old is still anxiously waiting for the notification of the final list.
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Before Citizenship Bill Is Tabled, Uncertainty For Assam Hindu Migrants
Born under the British rule, Sushil Burman was a child when India achieved Independence and then went through a messy partition. In 1956, he and his father fled from Mymensingh in East Pakistan -- now Bangladesh -- for fear of religious persecution.
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BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Suspended For "Disrupting" Bengal Assembly Session
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was suspended for the remainder of the special session of the West Bengal Assembly for allegedly disrupting proceedings convened to debate a motion condemning the alleged harassment of Bengali migrants
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"Dirty Political Game": Army Removes Protest Stage, Trinamool Slams Centre
A row has broken out after the Army dismantled a Trinamool Congress demonstration stage in Kolkata's Maidan area. The stage was put up to protest the alleged harassment of Bengali migrants
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PM Modi To Unveil Rs 5,200 Crore Projects In Bengal Today Amid TMC Protests
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit West Bengal on Friday to unveil a string of infrastructure projects worth over Rs 5,200 crore and address a public rally in Dum Dum.
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Rs 5,000 A Month, Job Cards: Mamata Banerjee's Scheme For Returning Migrant Labourers
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a scheme for Bengali migrant workers who have been forced to return from other states. The "Shramasree project" will provide them with job cards through a web portal.
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Mamata Banerjee Likely To Skip PM Modi's Kolkata Metro Inauguration On August 22
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip the inauguration of three Kolkata metro projects by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22, a top state government official said on Monday.
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Mamata Banerjee Condemns Alleged Attack On Bengali Migrants In Protest Rally
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a massive protest rally in Jhargram, condemning the alleged attacks on Bengali-speaking migrants outside the state.
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Government Deportations Leave Families Of Bengali Migrants In Deep Distress
60-something Bhodu Sheikh sat on the porch of his ramshackle hut in Dorjee Para, a settlement tucked away in one corner of Paikar village in the Muslim-majority Murarai assembly constituency of West Bengal's Birbhum district, with a blank look in his
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Opinion | The 'Real' Bengali: On Migrant Politics In Bengal And Assam
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has exhorted her party members to continue the "movement" against the detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in other states. But will that be enough to bring in votes?
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Trinamool On Streets To Protect Infiltrators: PM's Attack On Mamata Banerjee
PM Narendra Modi on Friday tore into the Trinamool Congress, accusing it of risking Bengal's identity and national security by promoting infiltration for vote-bank politics, and asserted that only the BJP genuinely stands for Bengali 'asmita'.
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'Implement CAA If You Care For Bengalis,' Himanta Sarma Dares Mamata Banerjee
Mr Sarma asked the Trinamool Congress leader to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in West Bengal if she 'cares for Bengalis.' The dare was laced with a belief and allegation that Ms Banerjee is only concerned about 'Muslim Bengalis.'
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Mamata Banerjee's March In Rain Over 'Harassment' Of Bengali Migrants
With the Election Commission gearing up for a Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in West Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that people whose names are not on the voters' list will be jailed
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Bengal Chief Secretary Alleges "Harassment" Of Bengali Migrants In Odisha
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, urging him to put an end to "harassment" of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in certain parts of the neighbouring state.
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Bengali Man Who Sold His Goats For Tickets Will Finally Fly Home
IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has agreed to help a migrant laborer and two others fly home from Mumbai after an earlier flight he paid for by selling family livestock was canceled.
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19 Lakh Face Uncertain Future As Assam Citizens' List Hits 'Deep Freeze'
Manju Debnath, a migrant and a Bengali Hindu from Nagaon is among the 19 lakh people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. Close to six months after the list was published, the 60-year-old is still anxiously waiting for the notification of the final list.
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Before Citizenship Bill Is Tabled, Uncertainty For Assam Hindu Migrants
Born under the British rule, Sushil Burman was a child when India achieved Independence and then went through a messy partition. In 1956, he and his father fled from Mymensingh in East Pakistan -- now Bangladesh -- for fear of religious persecution.
