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Calcutta High Court quashes criminal case against CU professor

Kolkata, March 5 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Professor Swapan Kumar Ghosh of the University of Calcutta (CU), accused in a case involving alleged forged voucher... Read More


Bengal to upgrade leather MSMEs, tanneries under World Bank project

Kolkata, March 2 -- In a decisive push to sharpen the competitiveness of Bengal's leather industry, the West Bengal government has launched a focused capacity-building drive for MSMEs and tanneries in... Read More


Anticipatory bail can be sought after summons: Cal High Court

Kolkata, March 2 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that an accused can seek anticipatory bail even after a charge sheet has been filed and summons issued in a non-bailable case, clarifying that appr... Read More


WBPDCL plans Rs 65 cr township at Pachhwara North Coal Mine

Kolkata, March 1 -- The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) has launched a Rs 65.16-crore township project at its Pachhwara North Coal Mine in Jharkhand to build residential and... Read More


Trademark extends to product shape: Cal HC in 'Harpic' dispute

Kolkata, March 1 -- The Calcutta High Court has passed an ad interim order restraining Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. from selling its toilet cleaner "Godrej Spic" in a bottle found prima facie to be d... Read More


Drunken act sans intent not murder: HC frees man after 13 yrs

Kolkata, Feb. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court has set aside a murder conviction and life sentence imposed on a Murshidabad man, holding that the evidence on record did not establish intention to cause d... Read More


Scheduled Caste belts: State plans smart classrooms in 358 schools

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- For hundreds of students in Scheduled Caste-concentrated pockets of Bengal - many of them first-generation learners - the traditional blackboard may soon give way to interactive di... Read More


Victim's silence before doctors no ground for acquittal: Cal HC in child rape case

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of raping a nine-year-old, holding that a traumatised child's failure to name the accused before doctors doe... Read More


Cal HC upholds life sentence in 2013 Kali Puja murder

Kolkata, Feb. 23 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of three men convicted of murdering a local club president during Kali Puja celebrations in 2013, holding that repeated blo... Read More


HC seeks Centre's role to tackle illegal construction on Kolkata Wetlands

Kolkata, Feb. 23 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday criticised the state authorities for failing to remove 505 unauthorised constructions on the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) and directed that the Cen... Read More