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Book to expose subculture of scams in India

Penguin festival to celebrate readers’ love for classics

7:48 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: Book lovers and reading enthusiasts are in for a treat as publisher Penguin Random House India returns with the 2nd edition of its Classics Festival. Starting from November 1 across eight Indian cities, the “Penguin Classics Festival: There is one for everyone” will celebrate the readers’ love for classics by showcasing a range […]

BSF recruit allegedly dies by suicide in Hazaribag

BGB action unprovoked; did not fire a single bullet: BSF

2:37 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi/Kolkata: The BSF on Friday said the Bangladeshi action of killing their trooper and injuring another along the border in West Bengal was unprovoked and that its troops did not fire “a single bullet” when a flag meeting took place between the two sides. A senior official rejected the claim made by the Border […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Sexagenarian pushed during street quarrel, dies

11:49 pm October 17, 2019

Kolkata: A sexagenarian died on Thursday after he was allegedly pushed by a car driver during a heated exchange over excessive honking in south Kolkata, police said. Ramesh Behel, 62, fell on the ground and lost consciousness after being pushed by the driver when he protested excessive honking by him, a police officer said. “The […]

BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

BJP launches Gandhi Sankalp Yatra in Bengal

9:04 pm October 16, 2019

Kolkata/Kharagpur (WB): BJP launched its ‘Gandhi Sankalp Yatra’ in West Bengal on Wednesday as part of the party’s nation-wide initiative to propagate the ideals of the Father of the Nation on his sesquicentennial. The nation-wide campaign was launched by BJP president Amit Shah on October 2, on the occasion of Gandhiji’s 150th birth anniversary. It […]

Rose Valley: CBI officials visit state secretariat

7:56 pm October 16, 2019

Kolkata: CBI officers visited the West Bengal secretariat on Wednesday as part of its ongoing probe into the multi crore Rose Valley chit fund scam. This is the first time that the investigating agency personnel have visited the state secretariat in connection with the Rose Valley scam. Sources said that the CBI personnel reached the […]