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Land for power lines: HC asks rights body to serve PIL copy to Adani firm
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday asked APDR to serve a copy of its public interest litigation (PIL) to Adani Power Ltd, where the rights body alleged that power transmission towers…
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Calcutta HC upholds life sentence to Pakistani terrorist held in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the life sentence of a Pakistani terrorist arrested in Kolkata with explosives in 2009. A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Shabbar Rashidi…
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SFI to screen BBC docu in two Kolkata education institutes today
Kolkata: The CPI(M)’s student wing, Students Federation of India (SFI) will be screening the controversial BBC documentary in two prime institutes in Kolkata, namely Calcutta University and NRS Medical College & Hospital…
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Digi Yatra at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada, Hyderabad airports by March
Delhi: Digi Yatra will be implemented at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawada and Hyderabad airports by March 2023. In the first phase, Digi Yatra was launched on December 1, 2022 at Delhi, Bengaluru and…
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Secularism is the glue to keep country together: CPI(M) member Subhashini Ali
Kolkata: Secularism is absolutely essential to keep people together and the country moving, said CPI(M) member Subhashini Ali, setting the tone for the session Born in 1947′ at a literary meet in…
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Kolkata: SFI seeks permission to air BBC documentary on Modi at Presidency university
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) of Presidency University in Kolkata has asked for permission from the university’s administration to show the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the…
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Man killed in Howrah for protesting against daughter’s molestation
Kolkata: A 35-year-old man was lynched in West Bengal’s Howrah district by two local youths after he made an attempt to prevent his minor daughter’s molestation. While the police have arrested one…
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Role of regional parties to be important for 2024 LS polls: Amartya Sen
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen asserted that it “would be a mistake” to think that the 2024 Lok Sabha election would be a one-horse race in favour of the BJP, and felt…
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Protests are good: TMC leaders on mass outreach face anger
Kolkata: TMC leaders who are visiting different villages as part of an outreach programme ahead of the panchayat elections have been facing protests over various issues. When Birbhum MP Satabdi Roy went…
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Union Minister Pramanik surrenders in 2009 burglary case
Kolkata: Union Minister of State for Home Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday surrendered at a court in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district in connection with his alleged involvement in a burglary case in two…
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Lalan Sheikh death: Calcutta HC seeks video-recording of autopsy process
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought the video- recording of the post-mortem of March 2022 Bogtui carnage prime accused Lalan Sheikh, who died mysteriously in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
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Kolkata: Irked by ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, Mamata refuses to go on stage
Kolkata: A controversy erupted at the inauguration ceremony of West Bengal’s first Vande Bharat Express on Friday morning as irked by ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans on her arrival Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
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Teachers’ scam: CBI seals records storeroom of Bengal education dept
Kolkata: Bikash Bhawan, the headquarters of the West Bengal education department, has now come under the scanner of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam.…
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OYO announces up to 60 per cent off for Christmas and New Year Holidays
Delhi: Global hospitality technology company OYO has announced a special Christmas and New Year holiday offer for travelers in India. With this offer, guests can avail up to 60 per cent off…
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CBI accused of theft by Lalan Sheikh’s wife
Kolkata: The widow of Lalan Sheikh, the main accused in the Bogtui massacre who died in CBI custody, has lodged a police complaint alleging theft by the central investigating agency, an official…
