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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sitting on her 'Save the Constitution' dharna at Metro Channel, Kolkata. Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is also present.
Mamata Banerjee: I am going to stage a dharna to save the federal structure. From today I'm going to sit near the Metro Channel. Tomorrow proceedings in state assembly will take place where I will hold a meeting. This dharna means satyagraha.
West Bengal Chief Minister said, "BJP is torturing Bengal. They are forcibly trying to destroy Bengal just because I did brigade rally. Yesterday you saw the language of PM where he threatened."
Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim arrives at the residence of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also present there, a meeting is currently underway.
West Bengal: Police detains the CBI team which had reached the residence of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar. The team has now been taken to a police station.
Maharashtra: 3 people died, 2 injured after a building collapsed Indira Gandhi Market, Ulhasnagar in Thane district earlier today. The injured have been shifted to a hospital.
The Congress party will hold a nationwide protest tomorrow from 10 am in all the state headquarters, to protest against the members of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha who used a pistol to shoot effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and garlanded the statue of Nathuram Godse on January 30 in Uttar Pradesh.
The permission for Yogi Adityanath's rally in West Bengal today has been declined by the West Bengal government without any prior notice, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's Office.
K Manikandan, a 26-year-old police constable attached to the Armed Reserve battalion, who was on duty at the IG office of Kilpauk (Tamil Nadu), allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself today.
The Railways ordered an inquiry into the Seemanchal Express derailment. CRS Eastern Circle Latif Khan will conduct a probe in the accident. Six people died after nine coaches of the 12487 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Seemanchal Express derailed in Bihar's Vaishali.
New Delhi/Mumbai, February 3: In a tragic incident, six people died after nine coaches of the 12487 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Terminal Seemanchal Express derailed in Bihar's Vaishali district early hours of Sunday. While rescue operations were underway, CRS Eastern Circle Latif Khan will conduct an inquiry into the mishap. The Railways issued helpline numbers - Sonpur 06158221645, Hajipur 06224272230 and Barauni 06279232222.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir today. Ahead of PM Modi's daylong tour, security across the state was beefed up. PM Modi will be visiting all the three regions -- Jammu, Ladakh and the Kashmir Valley. He is scheduled to lay foundation stones of projects worth Rs 35,000 crore and inaugurate projects worth Rs 9,000 crore. His last visit was on May 19 when he laid the foundation of the Zojilla Tunnel.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address the ‘Jan Akanksha Rally’ in Bihar's Patna today. This will be the first public meeting organised by the Congress at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan almost three decades. Earlier in 1989, Rahul’s father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had addressed the rally in Bihar at the same venue. All party workers, MPs or MLAs have geared up to make this rally a big success.
Meanwhile, demolition of the Delisle Bridge in Mumbai's Lower Parel area was underway. Due to the demolition work, 205 local trains on the Western line were cancelled.
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