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HC to hear plea over Kolkata airport mosque issue

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- Calcutta High Court on Thursday fixed October 1 for hearing a petition concerning the 136-year-old Bankra Mosque located within the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airpor... Read More


Arrest call for Gyanesh puts CEC immunity in focus

Kolkata, Sept. 25 -- Opposition demands for the arrest and removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar have put the legal protection available to a serving CEC under scrutiny. Section 16 of ... Read More


Heavy rain, landslides disrupt life in North Bengal

Darjeeling, Sept. 25 -- Amid incessant rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of widespread rain and thunderstorms across North Bengal over the next few days, with a red warnin... Read More


Bengal sets 7-day deadline to reopen closed tea gardens

Siliguri, Sept. 25 -- A seven-day deadline for the reopening of closed tea gardens across the state has been set by the West Bengal government. Gardens that fail to resume operations within the stipul... Read More


GTA Sabha revives Gorkhaland demand, questions fate of 2022 resolution

Darjeeling, Sept. 25 -- Following the resignation of the GTA Chief, Chairman and Deputy Chairman and the appointment of an administrator by the West Bengal Government, the Gorkhaland Territorial Admin... Read More


Manager found dead inside bakery

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 25 -- A 55-year-old bakery manager was found murdered inside a bakery in Jalpaiguri town on Friday morning, with the cash counter allegedly broken and money missing from the cash box... Read More


Jalpaiguri man sentenced to death for killing wife

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 25 -- A Jalpaiguri court has sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife, observing that the crime falls under the "rarest of rare" category. The sentence was pronounced on Thurs... Read More


Two found dead in Sitai pond, one held

Cooch Behar, Sept. 25 -- A mysterious double death has triggered tension in Chhat Shingimari village under Sitai Police Station in Cooch Behar, where the bodies of a man and his brother-in-law were re... Read More


Balurghat: Mahipal Dighi revival remains caught in legal tangle

Balurghat, Sept. 25 -- Mahipal Dighi, a historic waterbody in South Dinajpur's Kushmandi block believed to date back to the Pala era, now remains entangled in legal disputes and administrative files. ... Read More


Panchayat head's husband held for assault on woman

Raiganj, Sept. 25 -- Police arrested Jaydeb Barman, husband of Madhabi Barman, the Pradhan of the BJP-led Patirajpur Gram Panchayat of North Dinajpur district, from his residence late on Thursday nigh... Read More