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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday announced the decision to strip the political heads of urban civic bodies such as municipal corporations and municipalities, and rural civic bodies like panchayats, of the authority to issue birth and death certificates. Announcing this at a press conference, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal said henceforth only government officials will be authorised to issue birth and death certificates.“The state Health Department will distri…