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Workers death: NHRC notice to Bihar govt, Muzaffarpur SSP

New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the Bihar government and the Muzaffarpur district authorities over reports that two worker... Read More


Cal HC: Criminal law no remedy for property dues

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- Criminal proceedings cannot be used to recover money arising from a civil, familial and property dispute, the Calcutta High Court has held while quashing a cheating and criminal b... Read More


Puja organisers to receive fire-fighting training

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- Durga Puja organisers may soon have to undergo mandatory training in basic fire-fighting techniques, with the state Fire and Emergency Services Department seeking to make such tra... Read More


Food safety drive: KMC receives compliance reports from eateries

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- Several eateries whose food licences were suspended by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) following a city-wide food safety crackdown have submitted compliance reports to the... Read More


SBI Kolkata celebrates Hindi Day

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- Hindi Day was celebrated at SBI, LHO Kolkata, with CGM R Natarajan formally inaugurating the Hindi Fortnight celebrations on September 14, 2026. The event also featured the readin... Read More


Ring roads, six tunnels on Bengal's road map

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- PWD and PHE minister Ajay Poddar, speaking at an interaction at the Bharat Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, said he had recently discussed with Union Roads and Highways minister ... Read More


ED raids six city locations in chit fund probe

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted search operations at six locations across Kolkata as part of a money-laundering probe into an alleged multi-crore chit fund... Read More


Abhishek says 'I'm nowhere nearly done'

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- 'The scar tells you I've been through something. The eyes tell you I'm nowhere near done!' TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee posted this message on Instagram along ... Read More


HC nixes Fire Dept's TMC party office vacation order

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed an order directing the Trinamool Congress to vacate the sixth and seventh floors of its Camac Street office over alleged fire-safety v... Read More


State pushes for research in Bengali

Kolkata, Sept. 16 -- West Bengal plans to strengthen collaboration between universities and research institutions in the state and those elsewhere in India and abroad, while encouraging Bengali resear... Read More