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Reliance to transfer all consumer biz from Retail to new RCPL

New Delhi, July 3 -- Reliance Retail is transferring its consumer goods business to a new entity, Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL). As per the scheme filed before the NCLT, Reliance is transferin... Read More


HC orders closure of students' union rooms in colleges sans elections

Kolkata, July 3 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed the Bengal Higher Education department to lock student union rooms in all colleges and universities where no elections have been held in the rec... Read More


Govt-aided college bodies get 6-month extension

Kolkata, July 3 -- The state Higher Education department has increased the tenure of several governing bodies of the government-aided colleges (which are not yet re-constituted) by another six months.... Read More


Samik Bhattacharya takes charge as Bengal BJP prez, says 2026 polls is 'fight for existence'

Kolkata, July 3 -- In his maiden address as Bengal BJP president, the party's Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya called the 2026 Assembly polls "a fight for existence." He said the Bengal BJP is not "... Read More


Koustav Bagchi summoned by police for threatening docs

Kolkata, July 3 -- BJP leader Koustav Bagchi has been summoned by the police in connection with the case against him for allegedly threatening the doctors and other staff of a private hospital in Barr... Read More


HC acquits man serving life for 'matricide'

Kolkata, July 3 -- The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man convicted of murdering his mother, citing serious procedural irregularities and lapses during the trial. The Division Bench comprising J... Read More


State to improve bus tracking on Yatri Sathi App's 'Where Is My Bus' feature

Kolkata, July 3 -- The state government has decided to further develop the 'Where Is My Bus' (WIMB) feature on the Yatri Sathi App to enable more effective real-time tracking of buses. Senior officia... Read More


Sensitisation workshops for senior citizens held

Kolkata, July 3 -- The department of Psychiatric Social Work under the Institute of Psychiatry carried out 5 sensitisation workshops and campaigned for mental health wellbeing of senior citizens. In ... Read More


Siddiqullah Choudhury attacked, his car vandalised

Kolkata, July 3 -- State Mass Education Extension and Library minister, Siddiqullah Choudhury was allegedly attacked by a group of people in his own Assembly Constituency Monteswar in East Burdwan on ... Read More


Bengal tops paddy production with record 256.53L MT in 2024-25

Kolkata, July 3 -- Bengal has once again emerged as the leading paddy-producing state, recording the highest-ever output of 256.53 lakh metric tons in the 2024-25 financial year. Chief Minister Mamat... Read More