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Can't release EVMs, VVPATs while poll plea pending: Cal HC

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- EVMs and VVPATs linked to an election under challenge cannot be released for repair, reconditioning or use in subsequent polls while they may be required as evidence, the Calcutta ... Read More


Dengue situation improving: Min

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul on Tuesday said the dengue situation in West Bengal had improved, while participating in an anti-dengue and cl... Read More


Rain to intensify in Bengal on Wednesday

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- Bengal is likely to see another spell of widespread rain and thunderstorms on Wednesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of heavy showers in several district... Read More


Illegal G+3 construction enough to presume public hazard: Calcutta HC

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a developer and a property owner for raising an unauthorised G+3 building in a congested Kolkata lane, holding that structural ... Read More


Bankura: CJP workers clash with cops

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- A protest march by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) to the Bankura District Magistrate's office turned tense on Tuesday as demonstrators clashed with police several times amid heav... Read More


Middleman, govt official arrested

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The state Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) arrested a state government employee and a middleman on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to arrange a job on compassiona... Read More


Year-long custody cannot become punishment: HC

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- Prolonged incarceration of an undertrial cannot become "punitive detention", the Calcutta High Court has observed while granting bail to Yogesh Dua, who had been in custody for mor... Read More


Tiger attack victim's family donates organs

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The family of Aziz Molla, a 32-year-old fisherman from Maipith in Kultali, donated his organs after he was declared brain-dead at SSKM Hospital following a tiger attack in the Sund... Read More


SC directs Assam not to appoint teachers in schools, colleges under provincialisation scheme

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Assam government and its education departments not to appoint or absorb teachers in schools and colleges under the provincialisation sch... Read More


Salt Lake roads set for Rs 51-cr repair before Durga Pujas

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The residents of Salt Lake might witness crater-free roads as a large amount of money from the Urban Development and Municipal Affairs (UD &MA) department has been sanctioned for a... Read More