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Abhishek urges Centre to save Ray's ancestral home in B'desh

Kolkata, July 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday expressed distress over reports that the ancestral home of Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray i... Read More


Indian Cabinet commends Shubhanshu Shukla's successful space mission

India, July 16 -- The Indian Cabinet on Wednesday 'welcomed' the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth after his 18-day stay in the International Space Station. Passing a resolution, the Ind... Read More


Cancer Diaries: Where I almost tumble off an escalator and get reminded I'm a fall risk

Kuala Lampur, July 16 -- I almost fell off an escalator the other day and it made me so angry. Yes, I know someone reading this assumed perhaps I was careless, inattentive, staring at my phone or som... Read More


HC upholds new WBSSC recruitment rules, junks appeal by 2016 waitlisted candidates

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by waitlisted candidates of the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST), upholding the new recruitment process initia... Read More


RG Kar rape-murder: HC to hear Sanjoy Roy's acquittal plea in Sept

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court will hear in September the plea of Sanjoy Roy, convicted in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College, seeking acquittal in the case.... Read More


Youth dies under mysterious circumstances at Nicco Park

Kolkata, July 16 -- In a mysterious circumstance, a youth died an unnatural death while enjoying at an amusement park in Salt Lake on Wednesday. According to sources, the youth identified as Rahul Da... Read More


South Kolkata law college 'rape' survivor appears for semester exams

Kolkata, July 16 -- The first-year student of a law college in South Kolkata who was allegedly gang-raped on campus last month appeared for her first semester examination on Wednesday, under special a... Read More


'Nearly 5.5L applications so far for over 35K teacher posts'

Kolkata, July 16 -- The number of applications for the fresh recruitment drive to fill 35,726 assistant teacher posts in state-aided and sponsored schools has crossed the expected mark of 5 lakh, with... Read More


'Animal cruelty' charges: 6 migrants from Malda arrested in Punjab

Malda, July 16 -- A fresh wave of concern gripped Malda's migrant worker families after six labourers from Chanchal-I block were arrested in Punjab's Ludhiana. The arrested workers-Zakir Hossain, Raih... Read More


HC seeks affidavits on 'illegal detention & deportation' of Bengal migrant workers

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday called for affidavits from the Bengal government, the Union government and the Delhi government in a habeas corpus petition related to the alle... Read More