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Bengal govt orders audit to align schemes with UN goals

Kolkata, Nov. 30 -- The Bengal government has begun a coordinated exercise to match every departmental scheme and expenditure head with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ahead ... Read More


Cal High Court junks CBI probe plea in 2024 custodial death

Kolkata, Nov. 30 -- The Calcutta High Court has refused to transfer the investigation into a July 2024 custodial death at Midnapore Central Correctional Home to the Central Bureau of Investigation, di... Read More


Bengal prepares 355 acres Hind Motor land for industry

Kolkata, Nov. 28 -- Ahead of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), the West Bengal government has initiated preparatory work for developing 354.991 acres of land in the Hind Motor area for future ... Read More


Calcutta HC rules out murder in 2012 burning death, upholds acquittal of four

Kolkata, Nov. 28 -- Upholding the trial court's acquittal of four persons, the Calcutta High Court has ruled that the 2012 burning death of a woman in Bankura was not proved to be murder. The Bench o... Read More


Cal HC frees company after 40 yrs of wrongful control

Kolkata, Nov. 27 -- The Calcutta High Court has returned control of Chrestien Mica Industries Ltd. to its shareholders, ruling that the company stayed under court-appointed management for over forty y... Read More


Bengal mulls scientific waste hub to save beaches

Kolkata, Nov. 27 -- With Bengal apparently becoming an international tourist destination, the state government is planning to strengthen waste handling in the Digha-Shankarpur tourism corridor to prot... Read More


Bengal to induct anti-drone shield and jammers for coastal security

Kolkata, Nov. 26 -- In the wake of the recent Delhi terror attack, the Bengal government is moving to upgrade its security infrastructure by inducting advanced anti-drone detection and jamming systems... Read More


Contradictory FIRs, no medical proof: Cal HC quashes cruelty case

Kolkata, Nov. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed a dowry-cruelty case against a woman's in-laws after finding that the complaint appeared to be driven by "a desire for retribution" and was unde... Read More


Cal HC junks plea to reduce sentence in 1998 Malda murder

Kolkata, Nov. 25 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday upheld the life sentences of three men convicted of a 1998 murder in Malda, while noting that two of the appellants are now in their eighties-one... Read More


No ballistic proof: Cal HC acquits nine in 2009 murder case

Kolkata, Nov. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court has overturned the 2018 conviction of nine men in a 2009 murder case, holding that the prosecution failed to prove who fired the gunshot that killed the vic... Read More