Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed that the BJP-led Union Government will not last long.Sharing the dais with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee during the Trinamool Congress’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Yadav said, ...
22 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP in West Bengal appears divided over holding a ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on Sunday to protest the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state even as the ruling party is set ...
22 July 2024 Indian ExpressIndian exports through Petrapole, South Asia’s largest land port situated on the India-Bangladesh border, have been stalled amid the ongoing student protest in the neighbouring country.“On our side, the land port is open and we are doing our best. ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressSamajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will attend the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) Martyrs’ Day rally scheduled to be held in Kolkata’s Esplanade on Sunday.TMC sources said the former UP CM may meet Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence before going ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressFrequent power cuts, low voltage leading to slowing of electric appliances, accompanied by humid and hot climate — all snowballed to give rise to major protests in 10 places in Malda district’s Manikchak area on Thursday, only for the ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP in West Bengal appears divided over holding a ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on Sunday to protest the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state even as the ruling party is set ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will likely attend the Governing Council meeting of the Niti Aayog scheduled to be held in Delhi on July 27. This would be the first visit of Banerjee to the national capital, after ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressBangladeshi students at the West Bengal universities on Saturday expressed concern over the safety of their beloved ones in their motherland that is gripped by violent student protests that claimed over 100 lives and imposition of national curfew.Katha Ghosh, ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressDue to a global IT outage, flight operations were disrupted nationwide, affecting travel and flight schedules at Kolkata Airport. At least 25 flights, including 14 departures and 11 arrivals, have been cancelled, according to airport officials.Two IndiGo flights from ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench order restraining her and three others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor ...
21 July 2024 Indian ExpressFrequent power cuts and low voltages causing fans to slow down – all snowballed into a major protest breaking out in various places by the villagers in Malda’s Manikchak area, only to be baton charged by police. Amidst the ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressIn a bid to expedite the process of obtaining a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC), a crucial document for visa and job applications, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police has launched a new portal.The portal allows ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressAfter the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express was forced to halt Friday morning due to ongoing protests by students in Bangladesh, the train’s journeys scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been cancelled.Sources said that after Saturday, a call will be taken ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressAmid demand for an overhaul of the state BJP unit following the party’s successive drubbings in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal BJP unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday warned party leaders Arjun Singh and Saumitra Khan ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressA teenage girl was allegedly raped by seven people, including four minors, inside a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district, a senior police officer said on Thursday.The seven accused, named in the FIR by the girl’s family, have been arrested ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressFive persons, including three policemen, were injured during a violent clash in Malda district’s Manikchak area on Thursday during protests over prolonged power outages in the area. Police said they have arrested 15 people in connection with the violence.Two ...
20 July 2024 Indian ExpressSaddam Sardar, a fake-gold dealer who had been on the run since his arrest and subsequent escape under the cover of a mob attack on police in West Benal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday, has been caught again.The ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressWith Assembly elections in West Bengal two years away, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government has set up a “Programme Monitoring Unit (PMU)” to oversee its flagship social welfare programmes that have proved to be popular among people.Launched by Chief ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressAmong the eight pending Bills, which have become a bone of contention between the Raj Bhavan and West Bengal government, and the issue has now reached the Supreme Court, seven deal with the appointment of vice-chancellors to the state ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressEnglish, zoology, psychology, and mass communication are some of the subjects students seek the most in the centralised online admission process for undergraduate courses in West Bengal colleges. On the other hand, Sanskrit, philosophy, and economics received the fewest ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has constituted a seven-member committee, headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court, to review the three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNA), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), and Bharatiya ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Cold Storage Association has offered to supply potatoes to the state government at Rs 26 per kg amid high prices in the retail market, officials said on Wednesday.At present, potatoes are being sold in the retail ...
19 July 2024 Indian ExpressPolice in Howrah have arrested three men, including a local businessman, for publicly thrashing the family members of a woman help, after she allegedly ran away with a youth.The police action came after a video showing the businessman beating ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressAs disagreements have become apparent within West Bengal’s BJP leadership, senior BJP leaders on Wednesday called for an organisational overhaul in a meeting, a first for the party after the Lok Sabha polls this year.Speaking to the media, party ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal BJP MLA and leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that there was no need for the “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” slogan—given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and that the saffron party should do away with ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe loco pilot of the freight train that was travelling at 78 kmph tried to hit the emergency brakes when it spotted the Kanchenjunga Express up ahead but could not prevent the crash — that’s what a probe report ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressFailure of automatic signal, lapses at multiple levels in managing operations, and non-availability of critical safety equipment such as walkie-talkie with the loco pilot and train manager are some of the reasons cited for the June 17 train collision ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressAlleging that “genuine Hindu voters” were not allowed to vote in the recent Lok Sabha elections and the just concluded bypoll in four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday launched a web portal where people who ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressTHE CALCUTTA High Court on Tuesday restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three Trinamool Congress leaders from making any “defamatory or incorrect statement” against Governor C V Ananda Bose until August 14 when the matter will be ...
18 July 2024 Indian ExpressAfter West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress swept the bypolls for four constituencies in the state, the Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, has introduced a portal where people who “failed” to cast their vote could register.The BJP leader on ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe father of the Army officer killed during an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda called on the government to “curtail the support base of militants” in J&K.Captain Brijesh Thapa (27) was among four soldiers killed on ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe state Panchayat department on Monday directed the BDOs (Block Development Officers) to finalise tenders for rural projects by July 31 in order to utilise 75 per cent unspent funds allotted under the 15th Finance Commission.Sources in the department ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressSitting at a bus stand in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, Sheikh Boshir Ali, 31, and his mother Sahanara Khatun, 55, say they haven’t gone home since June 15. The previous night, a group of men had allegedly barged ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressA mob attacked a police team and freed a man arrested in a cheating case at Jalaberia village in the Kultali area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday.According to police, the police team had gone to arrest Saddam ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, through her counsel, Monday told the Calcutta HC that she stood by her statement that women had expressed fears about visiting Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and there was nothing defamatory in her comment.During ...
17 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday said that Governor CV Ananda Bose will be asked to administer the oath of four newly elected four MLAs. He added that if the Governor does not respond, the ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressIn a meeting with the Block Development Officers (BDOs) on Monday, the West Bengal Panchayat department directed that 75 per cent of the funds under the Fifteenth Finance Commission be disbursed by July 31.Otherwise, the Central Government may stop ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressConvicted and jailed Maoist leader Arnab Dam on Monday, under police watch, attended the counselling and took admission in the PhD course at Burdwan University, West Bengal. The admissions were earlier stalled by university authorities citing security concerns.At around ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressAfter the bypolls of four assembly constituencies concluded in West Bengal, Rajeev Kumar was reinstated as the Director General of West Bengal Police, a post he had been removed from after the Lok Sabha polls this year.On Monday, forty-eight ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday rejected the allegation that eight Bills passed by the state assembly are pending with the Raj Bhavan. Out of the eight Bills, six were reserved for the consideration of President Draupadi Murmu, ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressConvicted Maoist leader Arnab Dam, whose enrollment for PhD at Burdwan University was paused last week, will now appear for counselling on Monday, after the state correctional home Saturday approved his interim parole, allowing Dam to be transferred to ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe CBI has framed charges against 23 accused persons in the 2022 Bogtui killings case in a Rampurhat court. According to sources, the 23 persons were produced in the court to frame charges. During the hearing, six persons appealed ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressOn a July morning, 108 year-old Mahadev Sahu sits on the small porch of his home in West Bengal’s Jhargram district, recalling the day some eight decades ago, when he was out working in cucumber fields as a young ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressA passenger train collided with two cars at Khardah Railway Station on Sunday night, narrowly escaping a major accident. The Hazarduari Express had been heading towards Kolkata as two vehicles drove onto the track, striking the back of an ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressFormer West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra was hospitalised on Monday after he tested positive for Covid-19, an official said.The septuagenarian is being treated at an isolated intensive care unit, he said.“Mr Mitra was hospitalised this afternoon after he ...
16 July 2024 Indian ExpressPolice on Sunday arrested the prime accused in a case in which a realtor was beaten up and his office ransacked in North Kolkata allegedly after he refused to pay Rs 5 lakh demanded by a worker of the ...
15 July 2024 Indian ExpressBengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that the party will observe ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on July 21 to protest against the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).Speaking to media persons, Adhikari said, ...
15 July 2024 Indian ExpressA youth leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress was shot dead and another injured at Islampur in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district around 9 pm on Saturday, after the results of the Assembly bypolls were announced.Bapi Roy and Mohammad ...
15 July 2024 Indian ExpressA REALTOR was allegedly beaten up and his office was vandalised in Cossipore area of North Kolkata on Friday, police said on Saturday.Identified as Abhijit Sarkar, the realtor has been admitted to a private hospital with serious injuries, officers ...
15 July 2024 Indian ExpressSix persons, including four of a family, were killed when the ambulance they were traveling in collided with a truck in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Friday night, police said.According to a senior police officer from the district, ...
15 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal health department launched an investigation, after at least 35 patients, who underwent cataract surgeries at state-run Metiabruz Super Speciality Hospital, in Garden Reach area on June 28-29, as part of a special camp, complained of blurred ...
14 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday swept the Assembly bypolls in West Bengal after its candidates won all four seats that went to polls. In all four seats, the BJP came a distant second while Left-Congress alliance candidates lost ...
14 July 2024 Indian ExpressWhen Cyclone Remal hit West Bengal two months ago, the historic Botanical Garden in Howrah’s Shibpur was battle-ready. Teams were deployed from 6 in the morning to keep a close watch on the trees as gusty winds reaching a ...
14 July 2024 Indian ExpressConvicted Maoist leader Arnab Dam, who had topped the interviews list to pursue PhD in History from Burdwan University in West Bengal, went on a token fast at the Hooghly correctional home on Thursday after the university paused admissions ...
14 July 2024 Indian ExpressAmid incidents of mob lynching and the surfacing of videos of public flogging and torture in the state, the West Bengal Police on Thursday admitted that people taking the law into their hands was concerning and said that guidelines ...
13 July 2024 Indian ExpressTwo Indian men fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine have appealed to Indian authorities to help them get back home as they described the “horrific” situation on the frontlines, with one of them saying 13 of 15 ...
13 July 2024 Indian ExpressOne more aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh has been arrested in connection with a video of a teenager being sexually assaulted in the Kamarhati-Ariadaha area of North 24 Parganas district.According to Barrackpore police, accused Prasen Das alias Laltu, ...
13 July 2024 Indian ExpressSuvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal assembly, gave Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi “a USB drive with video footage” of various alleged incidents of “mob violence” perpetrated in West Bengal.This was Adhikari’s first ...
13 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government ordered the transfer of 384 officials in the Land and Land Reforms department by July 12 and 72 more revenue officers by July 15. In a notification issued on Wednesday, the government further ordered departmental ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressSenior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, expressing fears that development and welfare funds intended for the people of West Bengal might be diverted and mismanaged to “delay” an impending financial crisis.Adhikari ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that she will meet Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav in Mumbai on Friday before attending the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. This will be the Trinamool Congress ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressAmid the arrest of one more aide of TMC strongman in Kamarhati in North 24 Parganas district following the surfacing of another video of torture, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit out at BJP IT cell chief Amit ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressAnother aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh was arrested on Thursday in connection with a video that had surfaced online showing a teenager being sexually assaulted inside the Ariadaha Taltala Sporting Club in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Officials ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressAs four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal went to bypoll on Wednesday, the Opposition BJP filed nearly 100 complaints alleging violence, intimidation and bogus voting by the ruling TMC, prompting the Election Commission to seek an action taken report ...
12 July 2024 Indian ExpressA 22-year-old youth died days after he was released on bail in a theft case in the Dholahat area of Sundarban police district.The police have initiated a departmental inquiry based on a complaint of the family of the deceased, ...
11 July 2024 Indian ExpressCiting his complaint against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Indira Mukherjee, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to submit a report on the actions taken ...
11 July 2024 Indian ExpressAs more videos of atrocities inside a club in the Kamarhati-Ariadaha area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district have emerged, police have booked three cases against TMC strongman Jayant Singh and his aides and arrested seven people. Singh ...
11 July 2024 Indian ExpressWith rising prices of food items and vegetables, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Enforcement Branch to raid markets. Blaming a section of businessmen for seeking more profit, she asked state ...
11 July 2024 Indian ExpressAn old video has surfaced of a person being brutally assaulted allegedly by the associates of a Trinamool Congress strongman inside a club in the Kamarhati area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, sparking a political outrage.Two persons ...
10 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Meteorological Department on Monday issued a red alert (heavy to very heavy rainfall) for three districts – Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, and Cooch Behar – and said that the north Bengal region is likely to receive heavy rainfall for the ...
10 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Opposition parties in West Bengal on Monday launched a fresh attack on the TMC government after the Supreme Court turned down the state’s government plea.Challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order for a CBI probe into allegations of land ...
10 July 2024 Indian ExpressWith parts of West Bengal, especially its northern districts, facing flood-like situation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday held the Central government responsible, alleging that it did not consult the state government before renewing the Farakka treaty with Bangladesh.Addressing ...
10 July 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Monday accused Union Minister Shantanu Thakur of issuing official passes for smugglers at the Indo-Bangladesh border. The minister oversees shipping, ports and waterways for West Bengal.Moitra shared an image of the “pass” on ...
10 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police have booked CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim and Amit Malviya, BJP co-observer for Bengal, for circulating the video of the Chopra public flogging.Police sources reported that a First Information Report (FIR) was filed based on ...
9 July 2024 Indian ExpressTHE CONDITION of former Railway minister and veteran politician Mukul Roy, who was admitted to a hospital last Thursday, after he fell down at his residence, is stable, doctors said on Sunday.Roy is admitted in the Intensive Therapy Unit ...
9 July 2024 Indian ExpressHeavy rainfall has led to a flood-like situation in several areas of north Bengal with the Meteorological Department on Sunday predicting heavy showers in the region in the days ahead.With several low-lying areas in Jalpaiguri district getting submerged in ...
9 July 2024 Indian ExpressDays after three members of a family died in a fire that burnt their house in Bolpur, police on Sunday said they have arrested a relative of the victims for conspiracy.According to police, Smriti Bibi, a relative of the ...
9 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Union Home Ministry has initiated disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and a DCP for allegedly maligning the office of the West Bengal Governor by promoting and spreading canards, a central government official said.The Union ministry ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressA man of about 50 was allegedly beaten to death on the suspicion of being a thief on Sunday morning at Bhangar in South 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, where several cases of mob lynching due to rumours ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressTHE WEST Bengal CID on Friday arrested a couple from Delhi on charges of human trafficking.The police identified the couple as Buddhadeb Gan (31) and Sonia Fakir (28) who hail from Kanyani, Nadia district.The anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) of ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe condition of former Railway minister and veteran politician leader Mukul Roy, who was admitted to a hospital on Thursday after he fell down at his residence, is critical, doctors said on Saturday.An official at the hospital said Roy ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressFor 66-year-old Supti Pande, the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Maniktala constituency, protecting the legacy of her late husband and former TMC and state minister Sadhan Pande, is more important than winning the Maniktala Assembly bypoll, scheduled on July ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Mayor and state minister Firhad Hakim’s remarks at a function in Kolkata led to a political tussle on Saturday, with the BJP terming the same as “highly condemnable”.Speaking during the inaugural function of a Quran memorisation competition, Hakim, ...
8 July 2024 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday alleged that the police is “victimising the victim” in their investigation into the alleged assault on a female minority morcha worker, saying the officers are “protecting the ...
7 July 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that Rath Yatra will be held in Digha from next year on the lines of Puri.A Jagannath temple is being constructed at the coastal town in Purba Medinipur district.“Happy to announce that, ...
7 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe rain-drenched northern West Bengal is likely to receive more showers till July 9, the Met Department said on Friday. A trough from Rajasthan to the Northeast and an active monsoon over northern Bengal is likely to bring heavy ...
7 July 2024 Indian ExpressDays after the arrest of Tajimul Islam alias ‘JCB’ in connection with the public flogging of a couple, the police have arrested another local Trinamool Congress leader in connection with an assault case.According to sources, the arrested accused was ...
7 July 2024 Indian ExpressFor close to two decades, Dr Dablu Soren has struggled with getting access to manuscripts and documents that help tell the story of the Santal community in the Indian subcontinent. Since 2006, Soren, an independent scholar based in West ...
7 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the CBI to diligently trace and retrieve the original or destroyed servers, discs, or mediums where the scanned OMR sheets of the Teachers’ Eligibility Test for 2014 were stored.The court also instructed ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressA man and a woman in South Kolkata were attacked by three men, one of whom they had appointed as a sweeper, in an alleged attempted robbery on Thursday. Police are investigating the couple’s allegation that a shot was ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe police and the Airforce on Friday jointly defused an undetonated World War II bomb found in Bhulanpur under West Bengal’s Jhargram district.The bomb was spotted on Thursday, following which residents in a 1-km radius of the site were ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Government on Thursday announced an increase in the ‘one-time benefit’ for the contractual employees of the school education department upon retirement.Issuing an order on Wednesday, the state finance department mentioned that retirement benefits for the contractual ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressWhen 75-year-old Bhagabati Mondal first saw her grandson Prasen (26) tied to a tree close to the local primary health centre at Polenite under the Electronic Complex police station in Bidhannagar, she hardly recognised him. Bloodied and bruised, he ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe impasse over the swearing-in of two newly elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs in West Bengal ended on Friday with Legislative Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee administering the oath to Sayantika Banerjee of Baranagar and Reyat Houssen Sarkar from Bhagawangola.Though ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressNIA on Thursday filed the first supplementary chargesheet against three accused in the 2022 Bhupatinagar blast case, said officials. Three people were killed after a bomb exploded in a house near TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s rally venue in Purba ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressA “pre-wedding ceremony” of a Block Development Officer (BDO), allegedly organised by a local ruling TMC leader, has sparked a political controversy with the Opposition BJP calling it “unprecedented” and pointed to “politicisation of state’s bureacracy”.The viral video clip ...
6 July 2024 Indian ExpressIn a sign of an end to a month-long impasse over the swearing-in of two TMC MLAs, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday authorised Deputy Speaker to administer the oath to the newly elected legislators on ...
5 July 2024 Indian ExpressPolice have arrested two more persons in connection with the public flogging of a couple over their alleged extramarital affair in Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district.With this, the total number of people arrested for the June 28 incident has ...
5 July 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said Wednesday that the state has become one of the most preferred destinations for higher education as over 87,000 undergraduate applications have been received by the higher education department’s admission portal, which was ...
5 July 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday said it would hear the defamation suit filed by Governor CV Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 10.The Governor had filed the suit after the chief minister claimed last week ...
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