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HC moved over deletion of lawyers' names in draft list

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Concerns over the alleged large-scale deletion of lawyers' names - including those of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state cabinet minister Chandrima Bhattacharya - from the dra... Read More


Policy gaps pushed raw jute sector into crisis: TMC MP

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Amid a deepening raw jute crisis, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh, warning that the sector is slippin... Read More


Textbook mix-up: Class IX pages found in Class X Bengali book

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Pages from the Class IX syllabus were found bound into several copies of the Class X Bengali textbook Sahitya Sanchayan, an error detected after textbooks were distributed in school... Read More


KMC property tax collection rises 3.22% post Q3 FY 26

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Property tax collection by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has recorded a rise of over 3.22 per cent after the third quarter of the 2025-26 financial year compared with the ... Read More


SIR hearings draw fire as pregnant woman, bedridden elderly summoned

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has triggered widespread concern and criticism after several vulnerable citizens, including a heavily pregnant... Read More


Voter list manipulation: EC orders FIRs against five poll officials

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Election Commission of India on Friday directed the concerned District Electoral Officers (DEOs) to lodge FIRs against five election-linked personnel-two Electoral Registration ... Read More


Aniket Mahato quits WBJDF trust board over 'non-transparent functioning'

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of the movement seeking justice for the RG Kar Medical College incident, has resigned from the Board of Trustees of the West ... Read More


Fear over SIR process claims another life in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Many lives have been lost in Bengal, due to the fear regarding the ongoing process of SIR. Recently, a 57-year-old man from Raynagar, Burdwan, committed suicide repoertedly due to t... Read More


ED attaches Rs 3.6 cr worth of properties of Chandranath Sinha, family

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached properties of the state Correctional Services minister Chandranath Sinha and his family in connection with the teachers' recruitment corrup... Read More


Panihati Utsav: 4 held for youth's 'murder' post scuffle

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Barrackpore City Police have arrested four persons in connection with the alleged murder of a youth at Amarabati in Panihati, Khardah. The incident dates back to Sunday, Decemb... Read More