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East India State News

Baruipur Accused Killed In Encounter

By BPN News Desk
A key accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur was killed in a police encounter during crime scene reconstruction, officials said. Police said the investigation into the child’s death and the violence that followed remains underway. Baruipur Rape-Murder Accused Killed In Encounter The accused, identified as Pravash Mondal, […]
Mamata Banerjee
East India State News

Chandrima Bhattacharya Quits TMC Posts

By BPN News Desk
Trinamool Congress leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has resigned from all party posts, including her role as the party’s West Bengal president, in another major setback for Mamata Banerjee amid the continuing turmoil inside the party. Bhattacharya, who was long seen as one of Mamata Banerjee’s close aides, had been appointed state president after the party’s Assembly […]
Halfia Petrochemicals
East India State News

Haldia Petrochemicals Fire Injures Over 20

By BPN News Desk
A major fire broke out in a naphtha-carrying pipeline at Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district early Tuesday, injuring more than 20 people and damaging nearby homes and railway infrastructure. Haldia Petrochemicals Fire Injures Over 20 The blaze was reported around 2.45 am near Haldia Petrochemicals’ naphtha pipeline and quickly spread to […]
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East India State News

Assam Bridge Collapse Halts Train Services

By BPN News Desk
Heavy rainfall and flooding have damaged key infrastructure across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, with a large portion of a railway bridge collapsing in Assam’s Dhemaji district and train services suspended on the affected route. Assam Railway Bridge Collapse The bridge collapse took place in Dhemaji after river waters rose sharply following intense rainfall. The district
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East India State News

TMC Attacks BJP Over Bengal Egg Meal Row

By BPN News Desk
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien has accused the BJP government in West Bengal of trying to impose vegetarianism after reports suggested that eggs could be removed from the State’s midday meal menu for schoolchildren. Bengal Midday Meal Egg Row The controversy began after reports claimed that eggs in school midday meals could be replaced with […]
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East India State News

Odisha Coal Project To Cut AN Imports

By BPN News Desk
A ₹25,016-crore coal gasification project in Odisha is expected to meet nearly 35% of India’s projected ammonium nitrate demand by 2030, strengthening domestic supply of a key industrial and fertiliser-linked chemical. Odisha Coal Gasification Project The project is coming up at Lakhanpur in Jharsuguda district and is being developed by Bharat Coal Gasification and
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East India State News

PM Modi Targets Bengal Corruption

By BPN News Desk
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people who had looted public money in West Bengal were being made to return it and face jail, as he addressed a gathering during Paschimbanga Divas celebrations in Hooghly district. PM Modi Attacks Previous Bengal Governments Speaking in Tarakeswar, Modi accused previous governments in West Bengal of slowing […]