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Greater Kolkata: State plans impact study of inland water transport

Kolkata, Jan. 16 -- The state government has decided to conduct a comprehensive study to evaluate the environmental and social impacts of inland water transport and related infrastructure projects in ... Read More


HC: Policy change can't deny homebuyers promised flat sale

Kolkata, Jan. 15 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a later change in government land policy cannot be used to deny homebuyers an outright sale promised under an earlier housing scheme. The ben... Read More


Mining lease renewal valid despite rule change: Cal HC

Kolkata, Jan. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a mining lease containing a one-time renewal clause cannot be denied renewal merely because the rules under which the lease was originally gra... Read More


State to rope in pvt clinics to run ESI dispensaries in districts

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The West Bengal government, through the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Medical Benefit Scheme under the Labour Department, has drawn up a plan to engage private clinics and healt... Read More


Bank can release mortgaged asset before sale certificate: High Court

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a bank is legally entitled to release a mortgaged property back to the borrower if the entire outstanding loan dues are cleared before a sale ... Read More


Disputed address of accused can't stall criminal case: Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Jan. 12 -- The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings linked to a commercial dispute between two shipping firms, holding that a dispute over the residence of the accuse... Read More


Calcutta High Court acquits man in wife's murder after 25 years

Kolkata, Jan. 11 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man convicted of murdering his wife in 2001, holding that a conviction cannot rest on a retracted confession supported only by inques... Read More


Bengal plans Rs 75.46 crore Padma riverbank protection in Murshidabad

Kolkata, Jan. 11 -- The West Bengal government has planned a Rs 75.46-crore riverbank protection project along the Padma River in Murshidabad district, to arrest erosion and secure vulnerable stretche... Read More


Calcutta HC trims jail term of two in 2008 bizman assault case

Kolkata, Jan. 9 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of two men for causing grievous injuries to a businessman in a daylight assault in North 24 Parganas in 2008, but reduced their jai... Read More


High Court orders CESC to shift meters from unsafe building

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed CESC Limited to shift electricity meters of two consumers from a dilapidated structure to a newly constructed meter room at the same premises, a... Read More