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Dad wants law to be named on her

The father of the Delhi gangrape victim has now asked the Centre to name the proposed new anti-rape law after his daughter.

Scientific temper needed, says PM

Hitting out at naysayers and activist community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating the centenary session of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) stressed the need for the development of a scient

PM opts out of discussion abruptly

A discussion by eminent scientists on “Science for Shaping the Future of India’ at the centenary session of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) was to be chaired by none other than Prime Minister Manmoh

Mamata meets pm first time after pullout

Leaving all recent acrimonies behind, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the centenary session of the Indian Science Congress at the Salt Lake

‘Corruption in LF rule to be probed’

A departmental inquiry has been started into the alleged corruption cases in the panchayat department during the Left Front rule when Surjya Kanta Mishra was the panchayat affairs minister.

Rift within Trinamul comes to fore

The brewing discontent within the Trinamul Congress over the old guard versus new entrants came to the fore when two senior party MPs, Saugata Roy and Mukul Roy, crossed swords in public over the issu

Bengal: Protester who set self on fire dies

A man, who had attempted suicide by setting himself on fire in front of the Karaya police station on December 3, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday afternoon.

Trinamul member throws currency notes on dancing

A controversy has broken out after young girls danced in skimpy clothes at a Trinamul Congress foundation day function at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district with a Trinamul leader allegedly throwing wads of currency notes at them.

Woman gangraped in WB, girl assaulted in Gujarat

A middle-aged woman was allegedly gangraped and murdered in West Bengal while a minor girl in Gujarat was gangraped, which led her to attempt suicide, as a rash of rape cases were reported in the country today in which two village officials were among the arrested.

Mamata promises to turn Bengal into “sonar Bangla” in 10 years

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said she would turn her state into a “sonar Bangla” or golden Bengal if she got an opportunity to work for just 10 years.

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