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CM gives Rs 1,200 cr push to end Ghatal's flood woes

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- As Ghatal once again grapples with floodwaters, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday set a June deadline to end the region's recurring misery, announcing Rs 1,200 crore fo... Read More


SIR deletions, welfare exclusion: CM's remarks raise legal questions

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's recent remarks linking deletion of names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) with denial of welfare benefits have ra... Read More


SC junks urgent hearing plea against Milan Pradhan's interim bail

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused an urgent hearing on West Bengal's challenge to the Calcutta High Court's interim bail to Congress Nandigram candidate Milan Pradhan, indica... Read More


Day 3 of hunger strike: Wakode's parents refuse to give up; Youth Cong workers back protest

Mumbai, Sept. 30 -- The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode, who allegedly died by suicide, stood firm on their demand for the arrest of the institute's Professor Suryanarayana Doolla and direc... Read More


Central Avenue: BJP office linked to Min vandalised

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- A BJP party office on Central Avenue, allegedly linked to Tourism minister-of-state Purnima Chakraborty, was reportedly vandalised late Tuesday night. BJP workers found banners a... Read More


South Point School: Class IX student stabbed by classmate

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- A class IX student of South Point High School was allegedly attacked with a sharp object by one of his classmates inside the classroom on Wednesday afternoon. The shocking incide... Read More


BJP 'factional clash' spills into Shibpur P.S; 4 workers, including dist leader, held

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- Four BJP workers, including a district leader, were arrested after a mob allegedly attacked Shibpur police station late on Monday night, hours after a clash in the Chowra Bustee a... Read More


Ex-Min Indranil Sen appears before the ED

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- The former minister Indranil Sen appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake for questioning over the alleged misappropriation of... Read More


SIR tribunal judge 'seeks to quit', cites long distance

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- A judge of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) appellate tribunal has reportedly sought to step down from the assignment, saying the long daily commute to the tribunal in Joka an... Read More


SIT to probe SRFTI violence, report by Oct 1

Kolkata, Sept. 30 -- The state government has constituted a six-member SIT to probe the September 27 violence at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) campus, amid nationwide condemna... Read More