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Forward Bloc to intensify movement against ‘land grabbing’ in Howrah
June 15, 2025 4:53 am
Farid Mollah, a farmer leader of AIFB, said the issue would be one of the key points of discussion during the two-day state conference (June 14-15) of the party’s farmers’ wing, that was held in Cooch Behar
A boycott call for Chinese and Bangladeshi products in markets of Bengal's border district Cooch Behar
May 29, 2025 4:00 am
Bhabaniganj market has 4,700 shops including a section called Chinese patty, which has shops selling Chinese items.
Amid TMC-BJP turf war, Cooch Behar voters have one wish: Peaceful polling
April 19, 2024 9:51 am
The other two seats going to polls in the first phase are Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri. The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases in West Bengal, which has 42 seats.
All eyes on Cooch Behar today with highest deployment of Central forces in first phase
April 19, 2024 9:52 am
EC directs TMC minister to stay ‘within his booth area’ after getting BJP complaint
Hours before polling, two TMC workers injured, party blames BJP
April 19, 2024 5:32 am
Accusing the BJP of orchestrating the attack, North Bengal Development Minister and TMC’s Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha said the duo were on their way to the booth committee president’s house in Dinhata when they were attacked with sharp weapons.
As Lok Sabha race heats up, a ‘critically endangered’ turtle revered as god becomes poll mascot in Bengal
April 13, 2024 12:08 pm
For over a decade, a village in north Bengal and conservationists have been trying to save an endangered group of black softshell turtles that live in the local temple pond and are worshipped as a Vishnu avatar
EC plans to deploy 263 companies of Central forces in first phase, 112 in Cooch Behar alone
April 14, 2024 8:11 am
At present, 277 companies of Central forces are present in the state, according to officials.
The Rajbanshis and the history of their statehood demand
April 25, 2024 1:48 pm
The Rajbanshis are the largest Scheduled Caste (SC) group in West Bengal, with a population of around 50,00,000. Since Independence they have been demanding a separate state for themselves which they believe existed long before the contours of India came into existence. Given their large population, the Rajbanshi vote will have significant impact in the upcoming general elections.
In recent BJP turf Cooch Behar in Bengal, it's Modi's schemes vs Mamata's
April 11, 2024 9:28 pm
Sitting MP Nisith Pramanik constantly brings up Sandeshkhali, also appeals to Muslims; TMC's Jagadish Chandra Burma Basunia harks to steps taken by Mamata govt for Rajbongshis
ASER 2023 findings: ‘In Cooch Behar, 79% 14 to 18-yr olds unable to do basic arithmetic’
January 18, 2024 3:39 am
At 61.3 per cent, more than half of 14 to 18 year old youths in the district could not read simple sentences in English.
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Polling ends in West Bengal, 84.24 per cent voting in final phase
May 05, 2016 8:37 pm
The fifth and last phase of assembly elections in underway in 25 constituencies around two districts in West Bengal.
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