“Our delegation is going to Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow) on a humanitarian mission to be with the grieving families of those killed and also meet those injured in the incidents,” a senior party leader said.

The protesters demanded rollback of the new citizenship law and NRC, which they dubbed as the BJP’s “gameplan to divide the country”.

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Union Minister Babul Supriyo accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “misguiding people, due to which they have started protesting” against the amended Citizenship Act and proposed implementation of National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Murshidabad Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar confirmed that six persons were arrested for trying to spread hatred in the society. “Two of them have been remanded in police custody,” Kumar said.

The two-day conclave is being attended by delegates from 28 countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan, UK, Poland, US, Australia, Thailand, Russia, Italy and China among others.

As a result, KMDA sources said, it would take at least a month before the “very critical” Tallah bridge is dismantled. According to sources, dismantling of Tallah bridge would not begin before mid January next year.

Government officials said some self-help groups have been identified as kadya sathis. Apart from Sufal Bangla retail outlets, 935 ration shops and 405 khadya sathis have been identified across the city for selling subsidised onions.

According to Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA), the scheme — Gatidhara — not only helped jobless youth to earn, but also prevented the auto industry in Bengal from contracting.

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According to sources, several departments have been getting clearances for their project from the Finance Department, but those are not getting implemented because of land issues.

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Police Commissioner Humayun Kabir said that they seized 21 arms, including 9mm and 7mm pistols, besides carbines, and 108 rounds of bullets.

Four people were killed after a section of the over 50-year-old bridge in south Kolkata had collapsed on September 4 last year.

Ghosh, who had vacated the Kharagpur Assembly seat after he was elected to Lok Sabha this May, has been camping in the city for the last six days campaigning for the party candidate, Premchandra Jha, and planning the party’s strategy.

Over seven lakh people are deciding the fate of 18 candidates in the three constituencies.

During the protest, a scuffle broke out between the protesters and police, as the latter tried to stop them near the corporation. The BJP alleged that police even resorted to lathicharge, in which three of their supporters were injured.

Sources in the CBI said the probe into the sale of Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s paintings and Saradha scam had overlapping zones since some of the owners of the deposit mobilising company had allegedly bought the paintings during exhibitions organised by the party mouthpiece ‘Jago Bangla’ in 2010 and 2011.

The Congress and CPI(M)-led Left Front, which have been pushed to distant third and fourth in the state, are contesting the bypolls after entering into an electoral understanding. The bypoll results will be declared on November 28.

JUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Ray criticised the JNU administration for refusing to initiate dialogue with the students and denying the elected students' union to act as a legitimate voice.

Dhankhar said the reception was on the expected lines considering that ruling party leaders are “making comments” against him. He accused the state government of controlling his movement by denying him a helicopter for the event.

Addressing a public meeting at Sagardighi in Murshidabad district, Banerjee said nobody can take anyone’s citizenship away and make that person a refugee.

A five-year-old girl from Hooghly district died of “dengue shock syndrome” in a Kolkata hospital on Tuesday, while a three-year-old boy from Lake Town in the city died at Institute of Child Health (ICH) on Sunday.

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