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Four die after falling off a train August 20, 2012 17:14

On the night of Saturday, four travelers had been killed after they fell of a train near the New Jalpaiguri. nine others were also injured in the incident. According to a few sources there were…

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Hostel student beat with sticks and knives August 20, 2012 11:22

A Class VIII student in West Bengal in a public school had been attacked brutally with sticks and knives. Surprisingly the reason was extremely minor; not sharing his food with them. Allegedly his co hostlers…

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After criticising 'didi', Samaresh gets threat calls August 18, 2012 17:25

Samaresh Banarjee had recently alleged that Mamata Banarjee, West Bengal Chief Minister has been a corrupt official pointing out a needle at "corruption in judiciary". Samaresh who was once a Calcutta High Court Judge and…

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Drunken hooligans threaten family on I- Day August 17, 2012 19:24

A group of drunken hooligans had turned up the volume playing cheap songs on Independance day till late night which had troubled a neighboring house with an 88- year old man. A woman from the…

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13 year old sets self on fire following sexual abuse August 14, 2012 18:30

The tragic death of a teenaged, just 13 years, had set the moods in Burnpur to a new low after she set herself on fire. She took the decision after a few local youth had…

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Favorable verdicts from courts are bought at times: Mamata August 14, 2012 17:01

The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee had made a controversial statement bashing the judicial system as she said that the courts were corrupt too. She said that, while talking in the West Bengal…

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Medical attendant alleges gang rape August 13, 2012 19:07

A 30 year old woman had lodged a complaint at the police station that she was abducted forcibly and then gang raped. According to the victim, she was forcibly picked up into a vehicle of…

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Show-cause notice for calling Mamatha 'didi' August 11, 2012 12:24

Mamatha Banerjee or Didi, doesn't make much of a difference since her people treat them similar. But this is not the case with the officials apparently as Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh was angered after an…

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Hilsa prices skyrocket to prohibitive rates August 10, 2012 18:55

For any Bengali, Hilsa the king of all fish, is a must in the diet but the monsoon had let down their taste buds as the prices were prohibitive and the delicacy was skipped from…

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Kolkata's first private university inaugurated by Mamatha Banarjee August 08, 2012 16:58

Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamatha Banarjee has inaugurated the first private university of the state on Tuesday. The Techno India University is the first private university of West Bengal. She said that their government…

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IIT Kharagpur Professor injures two year old in an accident August 06, 2012 21:41

IIT Kharagpur professor Pradip Bhowmik accidentally rammed into a motorcycle which injured a 2 year old girl who was travelling along with her father near the institute on Sunday night. The girl's family had alleged…

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A minor girl raped in West Bengal August 04, 2012 13:31

While returning from school a Class VI girl was caught unawares and raped in the Islamapur area, the police reported. The girl after the ghastly incident returned back to school and fainted in the headmaster's…

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