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17-yr-old Kolkata student stabbed by classmate near metro's ticket counter

India, Sept. 12 -- A 17-year-old student was allegedly stabbed to death by his classmate following an argument at the Dakshineswar station of the Kolkata Metro Railway, police said. The victim was id... Read More


CBI files final charges against ex-minister Partha Chatterjee, 20 others in jobs case

India, Sept. 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed final charges against West Bengal's former education minister Partha Chatterjee, ex-minister Paresh Adhikari and his daughter, along ... Read More


Calcutta HC raises questions on call records of cop probing death of BJP workers

India, Sept. 9 -- The Calcutta high court on Monday questioned the role of the police officer who initially investigated the alleged murder of two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in East Midnapor... Read More


UP aspirants at Bengal teachers' test fan row

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- As the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) held a fresh recruitment test for teachers on Sunday, the noticeable presence of Uttar Pradesh residents among examinees at var... Read More


UP aspirants at Bengal teachers' test fan row

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- As the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) held a fresh recruitment test for teachers on Sunday, the noticeable presence of Uttar Pradesh residents among examinees at var... Read More


Bengal police arrest relatives of couple lynched over suspicion of killing child

India, Sept. 7 -- Three relatives of the couple lynched in Bengal's Nadia district on Saturday over suspicion of murdering their neighbour's eight-year-old son were arrested on Sunday, police official... Read More


TMC targets BJP as UP residents sit for Bengal teachers test citing unemployment

India, Sept. 7 -- As the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) held a fresh recruitment test for teachers on Sunday following the Supreme Court's order in the bribe-for-job case, the noticeabl... Read More


BJP's Suvendu Adhikari suspended from Bengal Assembly for a day

India, Sept. 2 -- West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari for a day on Tuesday on charges of disrupting the debate on a motion the Trinamool Con... Read More


Bengal urdu academy puts off event after Jamiat opposes invite to Javed Akhtar

India, Sept. 1 -- The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a four-day cultural event following objections by the West Bengal Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind to the government-supported academy's invitation to p... Read More


Bengal urdu academy puts off event after Jamait opposes invite to Javed Akhtar

India, Sept. 1 -- The West Bengal Urdu Academy has postponed a four-day cultural event following objections by the West Bengal Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind to the government-supported academy's invitation to p... Read More