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FAIFA warns of auction paralysis after steep cigarette tax hike, seeks Centre's intervention

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) on Friday warned that sharp hikes in cigarette taxes have brought tobacco auctions to a halt at 10 centres in Karnataka, i... Read More


NTPC's Q3 net profit rises 6% to Rs 4,987 crore

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- NTPC Ltd has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 (Q3 & 9M FY26). On a standalone basis, NTPC recorded a Total Incom... Read More


KMC plans health scheme for staff, councillors after resignations

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The resignation of about 200 employees, including engineers, has led the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to propose, for the first time, a comprehensive health scheme for its e... Read More


Uncertainty over SIR staff release for Madhyamik duty

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- With the Madhyamik Examinations 2026 beginning on February 2, uncertainty remains over whether teachers and officers engaged in the SIR of electoral rolls will be released for exam... Read More


HC seeks EC, state report on poll booths infra

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Election Commission and the Bengal government to submit reports within a week on a public interest litigation raising concerns over prep... Read More


Wrong body, wrong man: Calcutta High Court acquits accused in 2012 murder

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Calcutta High Court has acquitted Pintu Saha, who had remained in custody since 2012, holding that contradictions in medical evidence and serious investigative lapses created d... Read More


Malda nursing home license suspended, Rs 5L compensation imposed

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The license of the Gour Seva Sadan and Clinic, a nursing home in Malda was suspended after the local administration spotted several infrastructural deficiencies. Additional Distric... Read More


SC sets aside Cal High Court demolition order

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Supreme Court has set aside a Calcutta High Court order directing demolition of a residential-commercial building near Santiniketan, holding that the High Court acted on assump... Read More


Warm days, night chill to continue in city, predicts weatherman

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Kolkata and much of West Bengal are expected to continue experiencing mild winter weather this week, with shallow fog early in the mornings and evenings, according to the latest fo... Read More


Health dept orders probe into allegations of newborn theft at government hospital

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The state Health department has ordered a probe into allegations by the family of a woman admitted with labour pain at a government hospital in Nadia district that her newborn was ... Read More