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Bongodorpon

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Bongodorpon

Voices of the Region, Echoes to the World

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‘Cultural insensitivity’: Mamata slams PM Modi over ‘Swami’ prefix to Ramakrishna’s name | India News

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NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for adding an “unprecedented and improper prefix” to Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsadeva’s name while paying tributes on his birth anniversary.Mamata accused the Prime Minister of “aggressively displaying his cultural insensitivity to great figures of Bengal.”“Yet again,…

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Kolkata vehicle registration: Record 1 lakh vehicles registered in Kolkata in 2025, worry over road congestion | Kolkata News

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Kolkata witnessed a record surge in vehicle registrations in 2025 (File Photo) KOLKATA: The city recorded its highest surge in vehicle registrations in 2025, taking the total registered vehicle count to 23,66,267. The new figures underscore an accelerating shift towards private mobility in the metropolis.The city’s 2025 registration figure — 1,09,807 — surpassed the previous…

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Can’t force father’s surname and caste on child raised by single mother, says Bombay high court | Mumbai News

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Mumbai: A child raised exclusively by her mother cannot be compelled to carry her father’s name, surname, and caste merely because the format once demanded it, the Bombay high court said in response to a 12-year-old girl’s plea for correction of her name in school records and of the caste entry from ‘Maratha’ to ‘Scheduled…

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Unbeaten but Unconvincing: India sweep group stage 4-0 — Tougher tests await in Super 8 | Cricket News

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Hardik Pandya, left, celebrates with captain Suryakumar Yadav the wicket of Netherlands’ Michael Levitt during the T20 World Cup cricket match between India and Netherlands in Ahmedabad, India, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: It’s been four games and four wins but India are yet to have a complete performance with the…

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First propaganda, then damage control: How Galgotias University walked back its claim over robodog row | India News

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NEW DELHI: Galgotias University on Wednesday issued an apology and went into damage control, pinning the entire blame on the Professor who was tasked with manning the pavilion, after a massive controversy erupted over its false claims around ‘in-house innovation’ displays at its booths at the ongoing AI Impact Summit 2026. In its apology, the…

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Four ducks in 7 innings, no problem: Abhishek Sharma remains No. 1 T20I batter; Ishan Kishan breaks into top 10 | Cricket News

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Abhishek Sharma (ICC Photo) NEW DELHI: India opener Abhishek Sharma retained his position at the top of the ICC T20I batter rankings despite recent struggles, while wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan broke into the top 10 in the latest update.Abhishek has endured a difficult T20 World Cup campaign so far. He began with a golden duck against…

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‘Boy vs girl’ budget: Rajasthan BJP MLA’s sexist remark sparks row; he asks ‘what is wrong?’ | India News

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NEW DELHI: A Rajasthan BJP MLA sparked a controversy during the assembly debate on the state budget after drawing a gendered comparison between present BJP government’s budget and that of the previous Congress regime.Participating in the debate on Monday evening, Weir MLA Bahadur Singh Koli described the BJP’s budget as a “youth budget” and the…

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Bengal BJP’s 9 ‘Parivartan Yatras’ to crisscross state, kickoff on March 1 | Kolkata News

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Mayapur (Nadia): A day ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the ISKCON temple in Mayapur, Bengal BJP on Tuesday announced its “Parivartan Yatra” schedule, crisscrossing Bengal’s 294 assembly segments.The events will begin on March 1 and end later during the month, with PM Narendra Modi addressing the concluding rally at the Brigade…

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