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Bengal allows conversion of one-time motor vehicle tax to lifetime tax

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The state Transport Department has issued a notification allowing owners of certain motor vehicles who have paid a one-time tax to convert it into a lifetime tax by paying the resi... Read More


Modi's 'Bankim Da' remark sparks row in KMC meet

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Heated scenes unfolded in the KMC House on Thursday after a BJP councillor accused Mayor Firhad Hakim of having once referred to a part of the city as "Mini Pakistan", triggering s... Read More


Mamata opens Christmas Festival, calls for 'harmony & compassion'

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- At the inauguration of the 15th Kolkata Christmas Festival in Park Street's Allen Park, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for harmony and compassion, saying "humanity is... Read More


'BJP making a script': TMC over Malviya's 'sponsored fire' claim on New Town slum inferno

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the BJP leader and Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya after he alleged that the massive fire at Ghuni slum in ... Read More


TMC MPs protest MGNREGA name change, accuses Centre of 'desecrating' scheme's soul

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Thursday staged a protest in the national capital, holding portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore to oppose what they described as the ... Read More


Chinsurah man wrongly marked 'deceased' in Bengal's draft voter list

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- In a surprising error during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's draft voter list, a young man from Chinsurah has been mistakenly recorded as "dead" even though h... Read More


SIT seizes CCTV, broadcast footage in Messi event rampage

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the alleged mismanagement and vandalism at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) during the visit of Argentine foo... Read More


India's free trade pacts: An explainer

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- India on Thursday signed a trade pact - Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) - with Oman, its 17th deal so far as the country aims to boost bilateral trade and inv... Read More


Govt introduces Securities Markets Code Bill to revamp capital mkt laws

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The government has unveiled ambitious plans to comprehensively overhaul the existing regulatory framework for the securities markets in the Indian subcontinent through the Securi... Read More


Parliament passes Bill to repeal or amend 71 obsolete, outdated laws

New Delhi, Dec. 17 -- Parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill seeking to repeal or amend 71 obsolete and outdated laws with a view to enhancing ease of living for citizens. Piloting the Repealing and A... Read More