Midnapur

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  Bomb Squad Team Investigates West Bengal Firecracker Factory Blast

  A bomb squad team on Wednesday conducted an investigation at the spot in West Bengal's East Midnapore district where nine people were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on Tuesday.

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  Watch: Archimedes' Principle At Work To Rescue Elephant From Deep Ditch

  Forest officials in West Bengal's Midnapur have rescued an elephant from a ditch "by applying Archimedes' principle". The operation showed how science and innovative thinking can help surmount challenges.

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  BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari's Brother Alleges Attack By Trinamool

  Somendu Adhikari, the brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was today reportedly attacked by alleged Trinamool Congress workers in Contai town of West Bengal's East Midnapur district. His car was targeted and his driver thrashed, according to Mr Adhikari. He accused the ruling party of attacking him for impeding its attempts to rig the ongoing po...

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  Bengal Forest Officer Creates Garden Using Plastic Bottles, Rubber Tyres

  A forest range officer (FRO) of Pirakata Range under Midnapur division has created a beautiful garden using waste plastic bottles and rubber tyres.

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  Man Burnt Alive In Bengal, Allegedly By Family Of Girl He Went To Meet

  A 21-year-old man was allegedly burnt alive by family members of the girl he loved, in West Bengal's East Midnapur district, police said Saturday.

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  Pointing At Mamata Banerjee, PM Modi Says Bengal's Durga Puja In Danger

  In Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the state's biggest festival, the Durga Puja, to launch a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The Prime Minister is on a day's visit to the state to speak about his government's initiative for farmers in terms of the recent rise in Minimum Support Price for selected summer crops. But it also ...

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  Bengal By-Election Result 2017: Trinamool's Chandrima Bhattacharya Wins Kanthi, BJP Comes Second

  Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress retained the Kanthi Dakshin assembly seat in East Midnapur district today. The BJP, which is trying to expand its footprint in the state, finished a distant second. Trinamool candidate and former Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya beat BJP's Sourindramohan Jana by over 42,000 votes.

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  6 Labourers Injured In Clash Inside IIT Kharagpur Campus

  At least six labourers were injured when a clash broke out between construction workers inside the IIT campus in Kharagpur in West Midnapur district today, police said.

• West Bengal panchayat elections begin: Will Mamata Banerjee's 'parivartan' yield votes?

  After weeks of legal wrangling, the panchayat polls have finally begun in West Bengal. Today, polls were held in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapur districts, together known as Junglemahal which was a hotbed of Maoist terror till Maoist leader Kishanji was killed six months after Mamata Banerjee became chief minister.

• Class VIII student tortured with blades, sticks

  In a shocking case of ragging, five boys from a school in West Midnapur in West Bengal allegedly used blades and sticks to torture a class VIII student.

• Bengal: 50 jawans on hunger strike, say they aren't allowed to visit families

  It may be the season for fasts, but for these jawans, a hunger strike they say was their last resort. Posted in one of the most challenging and even hostile places in the country, the maoist dominated west Midnapore district of Bengal, they now say enough is enough.