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Congress Candidate From Bengal's Murshidabad Dies Of COVID-19 At Kolkata Hospital

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 15, 2021

Congress candidate Rezaul Haque, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kolkata after testing positive for COVID-19, died early this morning, health department sources said.

Congress Releases List Of 39 Candidates For Upcoming Bengal Assembly Polls

India News | ANI | Sunday March 21, 2021

Congress on Saturday released a list of 39 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, fielding Neajuddin Sk in Murshidabad, Silvi Saha in Krishnanagar Uttar (north) and Dharmendra Shaw in Bhatpara.

Anti-Terror Probe Agency NIA To Probe Murshidabad Bomb Blast

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 3, 2021

The NIA on Tuesday registered a case to probe a recent bomb explosion at a railway station in West Bengal's Murshidabad in which 22 people including state minister Jakir Hossain were injured, an agency spokesperson said here.

2 Arrested In Bomb Attack On Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 26, 2021

The West Bengal CID has arrested two persons in connection with the blast in Murshidabad's Nimtita Railway Station in which state minister Jakir Hossain and over 20 others were injured, a senior official said on Friday.

Injured Bengal Minister May Not Be Target Of Blast: Probe Agency

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2021

West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain, who was seriously injured in an explosion last week in Murshidabad district, might not be the target of the blast and the bomb seemed to have gone off accidentally, an officer of the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said on Monday.

Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain Injured In Bomb Attack, CID Takes Over Probe

India News | ANI | Thursday February 18, 2021

West Bengal CID takes over the case, in which state Labour Minister Jakir Hossain suffered injuries, after unidentified people hurled a bomb at him in Murshidabad on Wednesday, sources said on Thursday.

Mir Jafar To Bad Cow -- Mamata Banerjee Condemns Turncoats

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday February 9, 2021

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a page out of history today to hit back at the turncoats from her party who have joined the BJP. In Murshidabad for a political rally ahead of the coming elections, the Chief Minister reminded her audience that it was the place where Bengal's last independent nawab, Siraj-ud Daula, ruled.

"Like A Royal Bengal Tiger...": Mamata Banerjee Responds To JP Nadda

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday February 9, 2021

BJP chief JP Nadda and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee traded barbs - he claimed the ruling Trinamool was blocking the state's development and she accused the opposition of lying - on Tuesday while campaigning for the forthcoming election

BJP's Parivartan Yatra Stopped In Bengal's Murshidabad For "Route Breach"

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 8, 2021

The BJP's "Parivartan Yatra" was on Monday temporarily stopped from moving ahead in West Bengal's Murshidabad district as "members of the saffron camp, despite request, took a route that had a few sensitive pockets", a senior police officer said.

5 Killed As Boat Capsizes During Durga Idol Immersion In Bengal

Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 27, 2020

Five people were killed after two country boats capsized in a water body in West Bengal's Murshidabad on Monday, police said.

NIA Arrests Another Al-Qaeda Terrorist From West Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 27, 2020

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another person from West Bengal's Murshidabad district for his alleged involvement with a Pakistan-sponsored module of the al-Qaeda, a senior officer said on Sunday.

Secret Chamber Found At House Of Suspected Al-Qaeda Terrorist: Bengal Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 20, 2020

A secret chamber was found on Sunday by the National Investigation Agency at the residence of suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Sufiyan, one of the six arrested from Murshidabad district in West Bengal, officials said.

9 Al Qaeda Terrorists Arrested In Kerala, Bengal Raids: Probe Agency NIA

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Saturday September 19, 2020

Nine Al-Qaeda terrorists have been arrested as the National Investigation Agency conducted multiple raids in Kerala and Bengal. The raids were conducted in West Bengal's Murshidabad and Kerala's Ernakulam.

Bengal Migrant Labourers Quarantined After Trekking 500 km From Odisha

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 24, 2020

Eleven migrant labourers of Murshidabad and Birbhum districts of West Bengal who had trekked all the way from Odisha were stopped by police around 200 km from their homes in Nadia district. The migrant workers are now quarantined in a building in Haringhata block of Nadia.

Mamata Banerjee Promises Money To Migrants Outside Bengal Amid Lockdown

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Thursday April 16, 2020

Placards in hand, nearly a thousand villagers, including children, blocked a road at Domkal in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, complaining that they had been going hungry for the last 25 days of the COVID-19 lockdown.