Bengal
ED to question Bengali movie star Prasenjit Chatterjee in Rose Valley probe
Chatterjee was reportedly present in several programmes organised by Rose Valley.
Nation
Tathagata Roy on Amartya Sen’s Jai Shree Ram comments: one must accept the new or else become laughing stock
Amartya Sen had said that "Jai Shree Ram" chant was being used to wage a war.
Bengal
Madan Mitra interrogated on Rose Valley chit fund probe, MP Satabdi Roy summoned by ED on July 12
Mitra was arrested by CBI earlier and has been in jail for several months.
Bengal
Salt Lake Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta embarrasses TMC further, minister Firhad Hakim says he should leave on his own
Dutta will be asked to step down as Mayor.
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Jai Shree Ram is not part of traditional Bengali culture, being used to beat up people: Amartya Sen
Incidents of beating up Muslims who were asked to chant "Jai Shree Ram" have been reported.
Politics
Mamata Banerjee accuses Centre of placing misleading report on Bengal madrasas in Parliament
A Union minister had said some madrasas in Bengal were being used for radicalisation and recruitment.
Bengal
State-run schools in West Bengal to make computer education mandatory from class I
Children in state-run schools will be at par with those in private institutions, feel officials.
Nation
Nirmala Sitharaman proposes permitting Aadhaar use in place of PAN card
No mandatory 180-day wait to get Aadhaar cards for NRIs either.
Bengal
New MP Nusrat Jahan and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee send out message of unity on Rathyatra
Let's keep religion and politics apart, said Nusrat Jahan.