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Bengal bloodshed: Suvendu’s PA killed in car near Kolkata
India / May 7, 2026
Bengal bloodshed: Suvendu’s PA killed in car near Kolkata

KOLKATA: Motorcycle-borne assailants fatally shot BJP’s Bengal face Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath at pointblank range and critically injured another aide, Buddhadeb Bera, inside their car in a Madhyamgram lane, close to

West Bengal: Security pared back in Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat
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VCK in no hurry to grab TVK’s offer, to take Left advice

CHENNAI: As Vijay’s TVK has reached out to minor partners in DMK-headed alliance for support to form a govt in Tamil Nadu, VCK is in no hurry to grab TVK’s offer of a Cabinet berth without internal deliberations and Left parties’ advice. Senior VCK

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Suvendu Adhikari calls killing of aide Chandranath Rath a 'pre-planned murder'; appeals not to take law into own hands
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