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SC clears CBI to file six more cases in builder-bank 'nexus'

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the CBI to register six more regular cases into the "unholy nexus" between banks and developers to dupe homebuyers in real estate projects i... Read More


Nearly 200 fall ill after consuming buckwheat flour; all discharged

NEW DELHI, Sept. 23 -- Nearly 200 people have fallen ill due to food poisoning allegedly after consuming buckwheat flour during Navratri fasting in northwest Delhi, police said on Tuesday. The patien... Read More


Delhi HC settles pet spat with pizzas, buttermilk for ashram

NEW DELHI, Sept. 23 -- The Delhi High Court has directed two neighbours to distribute pizzas and buttermilk to residents of an ashram while agreeing to quash FIRs they filed against each other over ha... Read More


'Vande Bharat Sleepers to be launched once second train arrives by Oct 15'

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said the Vande Bharat Sleeper trains will be launched once the second train is ready for regular service. One train is ready for la... Read More


HC moved over electrocution deaths

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Alleging administrative negligence in the deaths of seven people due to electrocution during the recent spell of torrential rain, two organisations have approached the Calcutta Hi... Read More


Flood: Torrential rainfall strains healthcare facility

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Torrential overnight rain lashing the city put healthcare facilities under strain. Several medical colleges in the city went underwater, causing inconveniences to the patients, th... Read More


MCCI announces election of Priti A. Sureka as its prez for 2025-26

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The Merchants' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has announced the election of Priti A. Sureka as its president for the year 2025-26-the first woman to hold this position in t... Read More


Salt Lake Sector V, New Town reel under waterlogging

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Salt Lake Sector V, Bengal's Information Technology (IT) hub, was left completely waterlogged on Tuesday following the heavy downpour. Large parts of Salt Lake, under the Bidhann... Read More


CM holds CESC responsible for electrocution deaths in Kolkata

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Following the death of about eight people due to electrocution in Kolkata, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the role of CESC, empha... Read More


Hatibagan to Jodhpur Park: Heavy rains wreak havoc on Puja preps

KOLKATA, Sept. 23 -- Dark clouds have gathered not only over Kolkata's skies, submerging the city, but also over Durga Puja organisers struggling to save their pandals. Crowd-pulling pandals such as K... Read More