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HC commutes death to 60 yrs in Jhargram child rape-murder

Kolkata, July 23 -- The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence of two men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Jhargram district to life imprisonment without r... Read More


Attempt to traffic minor girl from Nepal: 2 held

Siliguri, July 23 -- Two individuals, including a woman, were arrested while attempting to traffic a 16-year-old girl from Nepal into India. The accused, Shankar Rai and Kanchi Rai, both residents of... Read More


Secondary Edu Board urges EC to exempt staff from poll duty

Kolkata, July 23 -- The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has urged the state Election Commission to exempt its staff and officers from election-related duties, citing an acute manpower... Read More


Man's body found on footpath; one held

Kolkata, July 23 -- A youth was arrested from Joynagar in South 24-Parganas for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old man whose body was found on the footpath of Sarat Bose Road in Tollygunge area on Tu... Read More


'JU denied nod for independent Engg. counselling'

Kolkata, July 23 -- The state Higher Education department has reportedly turned down a proposal by Jadavpur University (JU) to conduct an independent spot counselling round for undergraduate engineeri... Read More


Ranaghat: RPF apprehends woman with about Rs 56L worth gold biscuits

Kolkata, July 23 -- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) apprehended a woman from Ranaghat Railway Station with gold biscuits worth about Rs 56.68 lakh on Tuesday. According to the Eastern Railway auth... Read More


Specimen OMR sheet for Semester III HS exam released

Kolkata, July 23 -- The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has released a specimen copy of the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) answer sheet to be used for answering Multiple Cho... Read More


HC moved over 'missing animals' at Alipore Zoo over one fiscal

Kolkata, July 23 -- An alleged discrepancy in the animal inventory of Alipore Zoological Gardens has prompted a public interest litigation in the Calcutta High Court. A Kolkata-based voluntary organi... Read More


TMC flags video of cop brutality on Bengal workers in Gurugram

New Delhi, July 23 -- A video allegedly showing police brutality in Gurugram, Haryana, has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Partha Pratim Roy shared ... Read More


TMC salvo over 18K crimes against women in Odisha

Kolkata, July 23 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday raised serious concerns over what it described as an alarming surge in crimes against women in Odisha, claiming that nearly 18,000 such in... Read More