The alleged rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Gaighata area of North 24 Parganas district sparked a debate on women’s safety in West Bengal with both the ruling and Opposition parties demanding the strictest punishment for the accused.The ruling ...
5 November 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata reported a wave of violence as residents protesting against excessive noise pollution, among other issues, were subjected to “brutal attacks” during Kali Puja festivities.Sayan Kundu, a resident of Ananda Palit Road in Entally, was allegedly assaulted on Sunday ...
5 November 2024 Indian ExpressWhile campaigning for the West Bengal Assembly bypolls, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has called on voters to “take revenge” on the TMC government for the rape and murder of the RG Kar trainee doctor, arguing that the ...
5 November 2024 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department has forecast a slight temperature dip in West Bengal over the next two days. While South Bengal is expected to remain dry, North Bengal may experience scattered rainfall.“In the next two days, the temperature will ...
4 November 2024 Indian ExpressA 58-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by unknown miscreants in Siliguri on Thursday night in a brawl over Rs 500, the police said. While his daughter tried to save him, she also suffered serious injuries and was ...
4 November 2024 Indian ExpressA day after two Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs were attacked, allegedly by leaders from their own party, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday hit back at the Mamata Banerjee government for giving “a long ...
4 November 2024 Indian ExpressA 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by locals in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming ...
3 November 2024 Indian ExpressWhat allegedly started out as an argument over parking escalated into full blown clashes between two groups in North Kolkata’s Narkeldanga Friday night, prompting the police and the Rapid Action Force to resort to lathicharge and tear gas.According to ...
3 November 2024 Indian ExpressTHE KOLKATA Police on Thursday arrested over 600 people for disorderly conduct during Diwali celebrations and bursting firecrackers in violation of a ban, a senior officer said on Friday.According to a statement, 328 people across various divisions were arrested ...
3 November 2024 Indian ExpressThree children were killed in a fire sparked by bursting of crackers in Howrah district on Friday evening, police said. The incident took place in Uluberia’s Bazarpara area, they added.The police identified the victims as Tania Mistry (14), Ishaan ...
3 November 2024 Indian ExpressWEST BENGAL government employees are set for a relaxing November, with several holidays lined up.October was a festive month that began with a holiday on Gandhi Jayanti and wound up with Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja and Kali Puja festivities. ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressIt’s a trying time for Kolkata commuters — more than 800 plying buses have been terminated since August this year, due to their completion of 15 years of service.This rule has been in place since a Calcutta High Court ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressTRINAMOOL CONGRESS (TMC) MLA from Minakhan Usharani Mondal and her husband were “beaten up” allegedly by a group of her own party workers on Thursday, police said on Friday.According to a complaint filed by Mondal at the Haroa police ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressGovernor of West Bengal C V Ananda Bose will be visiting 250 places across the state from Friday onwards to address “important issues that people face” and “guide the young” in the state.On November 23, Bose will complete two ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressIn view of ensuring a safe, peaceful Diwali and Kali Puja, Kolkata Police will deploy police personnel in key residential areas, and will closely watch social media to identify “potential threats”.Additionally, police forces will be deployed in key residential ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressThe four-member panel, formed by the West Bengal government to probe allegations of evidence tampering and threatening medical students against Dr Avik De in the wake of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run RG Kar ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressAgitating junior doctors on Wednesday evening organised a three-kilometre torch rally in Kolkata demanding justice for the junior woman doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.Through the rally, the ...
2 November 2024 Indian ExpressAmid protests by junior doctors, the West Bengal health department has sought the strict implementation of the state’s Clinical Establishment Act, wherein a government-employed doctor will need a No Objection Certificate (NOC) before engaging in private practice.The health department ...
1 November 2024 Indian ExpressA woman in her 20s was allegedly gang raped in front of her husband on the Kalyani-Barrackpore Expressway in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday night, police said.Eight persons, all residents of Kanchrapara, have been arrested, ...
1 November 2024 Indian ExpressA 38-year-old quack was arrested in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district on Monday for allegedly raping a woman patient after injecting her with a tranquilizer, police said.According to a complaint filed by the woman and her husband, the ...
31 October 2024 Indian ExpressIn Kolkata, in view of ensuring a safe, peaceful Diwali and Kali Puja, police forces will be deployed in key residential areas and social media will be closely watched to identify “potential threats”, police said.Additionally, police forces will be ...
31 October 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Youth Congress leader Aritra Bose has been accused of assaulting officers inside a police station in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district and forcibly releasing a worker of the ruling TMC detained for questioning on the suspicion of ...
31 October 2024 Indian ExpressDiwali celebrations in the state are set to ignite with a significant boost in firecracker production and sales. According to a spokesperson of the All Bengal Fireworks Makers and Sellers Organisation, the fireworks industry in the state is set ...
31 October 2024 Indian ExpressNearly two weeks after KMC medical practitioner Dr Tapabrata Roy was arrested during the Durga Puja carnival in Kolkata for allegedly wearing a T-shirt and a badge in solidarity with junior doctors’ protest over the RG Kar rape-murder, the ...
31 October 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal is all set to light up this Diwali with a significant surge in firecracker production and sales. A year after the state government’s initiative to establish green firecracker clusters, 232 manufacturing units have received approval and over ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressAccusing the Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “blatantly violating” the Model Code of Conduct by making a political speech at a government programme in Bongaon border town in North 24 Parganas district last Sunday ahead of the November ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressA political controversy erupted after the inspector in-charge (IC) of the Manikchak police station in Malda district attended an event organised by the ruling Trinamool Congress in uniform, with the Opposition parties raising a question mark on the police ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressSuspended CPI(M) leader Tanmoy Bhattacharya was questioned by police for three hours on Monday in connection with a sexual harassment case lodged by a woman journalist in North 24 Parganas district.After coming out of the Baranagar Police Station, the ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe CPI(M) leadership has requested party workers, leaders and supporters to refrain from commenting on the sexual harassment case lodged by a journalist against former MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya, saying that its Internal Complaint Committee is seized of the matter.“Our ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the CBI to file a report before it with regard to the plea of the arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh for liquidating his fixed deposit ...
30 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe newly formed West Bengal Junior Doctor Association (WBJDA), comprising suspended doctors of R G Kar hospital among others, has written a letter to state Chief Secretary Manoj Pant with an eight-point charter of demands that includes “no action ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressAn alleged incident at Kolkata’s SSKM Medical College and Hospital, one of West Bengal’s premier healthcare institutions, has reignited concerns over the quality of equipment and patient care in government hospitals in the state.The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressDemocratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) West Bengal secretary and CPI(M) leader Minakshi Mukherjee lodged a complaint with Kolkata police on Saturday, seeking action against a fake Facebook account that she alleged was using her name to spread provocative ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe CPM Sunday suspended former MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya from the party over sexual harassment allegations by a woman journalist, who also filed a police complaint against Bhattacharya at Baranagar Police Station, accusing him of “sexual advancement and outrage of ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressA recent remark of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has opened up new fissures within the ruling TMC with TMC leader Santanu Sen asking his party colleague Atin Ghosh to clarify his stand.On Saturday, Adhikari claimed that Deputy Kolkata ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressAs trade resumed through land ports along the Bangladesh border, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated a passenger terminal building and a friendship gate “Maitri Dwar” at Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.The Maitri Dwar ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressA minor girl was rescued from Bihar and three persons linked to a trafficking ring were arrested, the West Bengal Police said on Monday. Authorities confirmed that the trafficking network has been “dismantled.”The gang, allegedly led by Nandkishore Kumar, employed ...
29 October 2024 Indian ExpressAccusing the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of “state-sponsored infiltration” and claiming that women in the state were not safe, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exhorted party workers to begin preparations for ...
28 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday said it has provisionally attached five hotels/resorts, 120 land plots, and 29 flats/offices/shops worth Rs 163.20 crore while investigating the Group C and D staff recruitment scam under the West Bengal Central School Service ...
28 October 2024 Indian ExpressA 25-year-old man, Sourav Gupta, was electrocuted in Bhawanipore on Friday while returning home. The incident occurred on Justice Dwarakanath Road, where water had accumulated due to heavy rain. The police have filed an FIR of unnatural death and ...
28 October 2024 Indian ExpressFive days after withdrawing their hunger strike, the protesting junior doctors in West Bengal on Saturday organised a mass convention to strategise their next move to seek justice for the R G Kar rape-murder victim and ensure that the ...
28 October 2024 Indian ExpressParents of R G Kar hospital rape-murder victim have requested an appointment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Kolkata this weekend.Shah is scheduled to land in Kolkata on Saturday night. He is slated to inaugurate the ...
27 October 2024 Indian ExpressA clear sky marked Kolkata’s weather on Saturday, a day after heavy rains lashed the city due to cyclone Dana. Water receded from many areas as the rains stopped in much respite for the people of the city, officials said.Kolkata ...
27 October 2024 Indian ExpressTHREE PERSONS were killed in West Bengal on Friday even as the state administration evacuated around 2.16 lakh people from the low-lying areas and the authorities continue to be on alert in the aftermath of Cyclone Dana. All the deaths ...
27 October 2024 Indian ExpressAmid Cyclone Dana’s impending landfall, Digha State General Hospital welcomed two new lives. Two pregnant women, safely evacuated from their homes, gave birth to a baby boy and a baby girl each.One of the new fathers, Shibu Das, expressed ...
26 October 2024 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal authorities continue to remain alert in the aftermath of Cyclone Dana, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed one casualty in the state.‘Severe’ Cyclonic storm Dana, which made landfall between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra in Odisha, brought ...
26 October 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was at Nabanna, the headquarters of the state administration, throughout the intervening night of Thursday and Friday to monitor cyclone Dana and issue necessary instructions to officials.The cyclone made landfall at 3.30 am ...
26 October 2024 Indian ExpressAfter Cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of Odisha and West Bengal, and continued through Thursday night, the tail of the cyclone crossed land on Friday at 1.30 am. The IMD has issued an alert for heavy to ...
26 October 2024 Indian ExpressAmid the relentless roar of the sea and crashing waves, people moved to a shelter camp at Ramnagar Block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal have only one question on their minds and lips — “Will our homes ...
26 October 2024 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal braces itself for severe cyclonic storm Dana, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would “personally monitor” the situation all night from the state secretariat Nabanna.“I will stay awake all night at Nabanna and monitor the situation. ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressAhead of Cyclone Dana’s landfall in neighbouring Odisha Thursday midnight, the state administration in West Bengal was racing against time to evacuate people and bring them to safe shelters with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee monitoring the situation from the ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressA major fire broke out in a commercial building located in the Terreti Bazar area of central Kolkata on Monday evening, officials said. A swift response from authorities led to the deployment of 15 fire engines to combat the ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressEvacuating old and dilapidated buildings, monitoring electricity lines and setting up a 24-hour control room with emergency teams on standby – as Cyclonic storm Dana continues to barrel towards coastal Odisha and West Bengal, Kolkata braces for its impact.According ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressWith Cyclone Dana over the Bay of Bengal likely to intensify early Friday before making landfall in neighbouring Odisha, the West Bengal government evacuated more than 1.14 lakh people from vulnerable areas, including Sundarbans and Sagar Island, to safer ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressPolice have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, whose body was found on Tuesday, a week after she had gone missing in Jaigaon town, bordering Nepal in Alipurduar district of West Bengal.“The accused ...
25 October 2024 Indian ExpressAfter a joint team of the Bihar police and forest department arrested Trinamool Congress leader Ashok Kumar Ojha and four others for smuggling elephant tusks in the Buxar district, Leader of West Bengal Assembly Opposition and BJP leader ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressDue to the anticipated impact of Cyclone Dana on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, all flight operations at Kolkata Airport will remain suspended from 6 pm on October 24, to 9 am on October 25, said ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government on Tuesday announced that schools and colleges in eight districts will remain closed from October 23 to 26 as a precautionary measure as the state is on a ‘high alert’ with Cyclone Dana likely to ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe junior doctors protesting over the rape-murder of a fellow postgraduate medical student at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have called a “mass convention” on October 26 to take a call on how to proceed with their ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressRain lashed Kolkata and adjoining districts as Cyclone Dana moved northwestwards on Wednesday — and by early on Friday, it is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwestern Bay of Bengal, an IMD official said.“Cyclone Dana ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the decision of the RG Kar Medical College authorities to suspend 51 medical students and doctors over alleged “threat culture” at the hospital.A single-judge vacation bench of Justice ...
24 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday warned of a severe cyclonic storm which is likely to cross the coast between Puri and Sagar Island in Odisha and West Bengal, on the night of October 24 and early morning of ...
23 October 2024 Indian ExpressParents of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered in West Bengal’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking time for an appointment. In an email sent to Shah’s office ...
23 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case in Kolkata on Monday called off their hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna.They also announced ...
23 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal Police, probing the death of an 18-year-old woman in Krishnanagar town of Nadia district, has ruled out sexual assault or gang rape, saying the investigation so far has not found evidence ...
23 October 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre’s “escalation” of the prices of medicine used for treating “various life-threatening diseases” by “nearly 50%”, saying that it should be avoided “to ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressIn the nearly three months that junior doctors at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata struck work to protest against the August 9 rape and murder of their colleague, services at the premier state-run hospital were severely paralysed, with ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressA delegation of BJP leaders on Monday met the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) demanding deployment of only central forces with no involvement of the state police force or civic volunteers in and around the polling booths during ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressFor the by-elections to the six Assembly seats in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided to field fresh faces – all local leaders.As reported by The Indian Express earlier, the TMC has shunned established political leaders ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressMore than 24 hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached out for talks, protesting junior doctors on Sunday evening agreed to meet her “without any preconditions”, and added that they would not end their indefinite hunger strike before the ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressA cyclonic storm is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal by October 23 and an upper air cyclonic circulation over the Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal during ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressA woman allegedly stabbed to death a man in public in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Saturday. Police have arrested the woman, who they believe was in a relationship with the victim, identified as Tapas.The police identified the woman ...
22 October 2024 Indian ExpressRELATIVES of Purnima Kandu, the councillor of Jhaldah municipality and wife of murdered Congress leader Tapan Kandu, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances at her residence on the night of October 11, said on Saturday that after ...
21 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe parents of the woman doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, joined a 20-kilometre “Justice March” on Saturday, demanding swift action from the government into the proceedings of the case.The ...
21 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is learnt to have almost finalised its list of candidates for the bypolls to the six Assembly seats slated to be held next month.Party sources said the TMC has decided to ...
20 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation , in a court submission, has highlighted that an “in-depth investigation” is on to “collect evidence on the aspect of abetment/conspiracy/harbouring the accused Sanjay Roy” and that “incriminating recorded calls and videos have been ...
20 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Alipore Meteorological Department has issued a rain forecast in West Bengal for the coming week, with heavy rainfall in some areas.The sea conditions are also expected to be rough to very rough. Fishermen are advised to avoid venturing ...
20 October 2024 Indian ExpressChief Secretary Manoj Pant has directed health department officials to ensure that security arrangements at hospitals and medical colleges are put in place in accordance with the demands of the protesting junior doctors at the earliest.Pant convened a meeting ...
20 October 2024 Indian Express“I HAVE removed the Commissioner of Police (CP), the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the Director of Health Services (DHS), but cannot remove everyone…need four months to consider other demands, including elections. Please withdraw your hunger strike.” With ...
20 October 2024 Indian ExpressIn a curious incident at West Bengal’s Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, nine pairs of twins were born in 24 hours, between Tuesday and Wednesday.“On average, twins are born for every 80 births that take place in the hospital,” ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressJUNIOR DOCTORS in West Bengal, who have been on an indefinite hunger strike since October 5 demanding justice in the RG Kar rape and murder case as well upgrade of security infrastructure at medical establishments across the state, on ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressBala, the 2009 Hindi film, revolved around a bald protagonist who suffered from lack of confidence and social pressure.In a unique gesture, TMC MLA from Canning East, Saokat Molla, who believes that such people are “more intelligent” than others, ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressA fire broke out at the ESI Hospital in Sealdah, Kolkata, on Friday morning, prompting officials to evacuate patients from one of the buildings. One of the patients, who was critical, died but hospital authorities are yet to confirm ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Bangladesh Navy has said that it has detained 31 Indian fishermen, along with two fishing trawlers — FB Basanti and FB Jai Jagannath — for illegally entering their territory.The detained fishermen are residents of Kakdwip of South 24 ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe 18-year-old woman, who was found dead in Krishnanagar town in Nadia district of West Bengal, had “ante-mortem” burn injuries on her face, the doctors who conducted the post mortem said on Thursday.“She got burn injuries while she was ...
19 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe on-duty doctor who was allegedly arrested for sporting a T-shirt and badge in solidarity with the RG Kar protests at the West Bengal government’s Durga Puja Carnival said that he wasn’t told the reason for his arrest.“For over ...
18 October 2024 Indian ExpressWith by-elections in six assembly seats scheduled to be held on November 13, alliance or seat sharing between the Congress and the Left is yet to be finalised.Subhankar Sarkar, newly appointed Pradesh Congress president, told The Indian Express that ...
18 October 2024 Indian ExpressBorder Security Force (BSF) officials have arrested four Bangladeshi nationals with forged Aadhaar cards along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, along with an Indian national who allegedly was hired to facilitate their entry.The forged Aadhaar cards were ...
18 October 2024 Indian ExpressAn 18-year-old woman was found dead with burn marks on her body in Krishnanagar town of Nadia district on Wednesday morning, hours after she had left home, saying she was going out to have pizza.The family alleged that she ...
18 October 2024 Indian ExpressOn the backfoot of the R G Kar rape and murder issue, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress party is eyeing the upcoming by-polls for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, seats for five of which the TMC had won ...
18 October 2024 Indian ExpressBypolls for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal were announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday afternoon. The elections for Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra will be held on November 13 and the ...
17 October 2024 Indian ExpressAs the nation celebrates Kojagari Lakshmi Puja, the weather in West Bengal is set to experience a transition. While the monsoon is on its way out, the state will still see some showers in the coming days.According to the ...
17 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday nullified the Kolkata Police’s prohibitory orders in places near the venue of the Trinamool Congress government’s Durga Puja Carnival, allowing an event being held in the vicinity by protesters against the August 9 ...
17 October 2024 Indian ExpressA complaint has been lodged against BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj, alias Nagendra Roy for allegedly assaulting a monk in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, police said.The alleged incident took place took place on Sunday when Ray visited ...
17 October 2024 Indian ExpressA five-member delegation of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front on Monday met Governor CV Ananda Bose and handed over to him a memorandum over their concerns in the wake of the RG Kar Hospital rape-and-murder case.Earlier, members of ...
16 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe ongoing deadlock over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder issue continued as no resolution was found in a meeting on Monday between Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior doctors’ associations as the state government expressed its ...
16 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe Airbus Beluga XL, a specialised wide-body airliner, made its second landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata today. The aircraft arrived from Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China at 5:47 am IST.The purpose of the ...
15 October 2024 Indian ExpressAssailants entered Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, the largest government hospital in West Bengal, and attacked a patient’s relative with with hockey sticks and wickets on Sunday morning, reigniting concerns about safety measures put in place at healthcare facilities, especially after ...
15 October 2024 Indian ExpressViolence broke out in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Sunday over a picture made during a drawing competition during a Durga Puja celebration, prompting authorities to deploy the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and impose prohibitory orders.Swati Bhangalia, Superintendent of ...
15 October 2024 Indian ExpressThe hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a “symbolic fast” at various parts of the state ...
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