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Kolkata municipality serves demolition notices two days before Bakrid
Kolkata: With only two days for Bakrid, residents of Tiljala-Topsia neighbourhood in West Bengal’s capital city woke up to demolition notices pasted on their doors from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), declaring…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking ban on child employment in orchestras, spas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, sought responses from the Centre, child rights body NCPCR, and the NHRC on a PIL seeking an absolute ban on the employment of…
- India
Mamata, Abhishek Banerjee back CJP: TMC leader Derek O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee have expressed full support for the satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party, TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien said…
- India
Bangladeshi couple held in West Bengal after 14 years of illegal stay
Kolkata: A Bangladeshi couple allegedly living illegally in West Bengal for the last 14 years has been arrested from the Jagacha police station area in Howrah district, police said on Sunday. The…
- Kolkata
BJP sweeps Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll by over one lakh votes
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday swept the repoll to Bengal’s Falta Assembly seat with a victory margin of more than one lakh votes in the constituency long seen as a citadel of…
- India
Falta counting: Massive lead for BJP in early trends
Kolkata: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secured a commanding lead of more than 9,000 votes over his nearest rival after the first round of counting in the repoll to West Bengal’s Falta assembly…
- India
I-PAC raid row: SC to hear ED plea against Mamata Banerjee today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday, May 22, a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and…
- Kolkata
Bakrid: Calcutta HC reserves order on Bengal cattle slaughter restrictions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, May 21, reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging a West Bengal government notification that restricts cattle slaughter ahead of Eid ul-Adha, with the…
- Kolkata
BJP-led Bengal govt makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in all madrasas
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has made the singing of “Vande Mataram” at assembly prayers compulsory in all madrasas with immediate effect, according to an official order. The order by the Directorate…
- India
West Bengal: Falta repoll sees over 60 p c polling till 1 pm
Kolkata: The repoll in the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal on Thursday, May 21, saw a voter turnout of over 60 per cent till 1 pm, with no untoward incident reported…
- India
BJP govt in Bengal will be of nationalists: Suvendu
Siliguri: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, May 20, said the BJP government in West Bengal will be of the nationalists and that it will uphold Indian tradition and culture. He said…
- Hyderabad
UoH student kills self, ABVP activists allegedly assaulted him before death
Hyderabad: A first-year MA student at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) died by suicide on Monday, May 18, with fellow students alleging that he was physically assaulted and publicly humiliated by activists of…
- India
Video: Jai Shri Ram, saffron lotus drawn outside mosque in West Bengal
West Bengal: Muslims in Uluberia town of Howrah district, West Bengal, who came to offer morning namaz on May 17, were in for a shock after they saw Jai Shri Ram and…
- India
Roads meant for movement, not namaz: VHP backs UP, Bengal governments
New Delhi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday welcomed the action taken by the governments in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal against offering namaz on roads, saying that the streets are…
- India
West Bengal discontinues aid to imams, starts free buses for women
Kolkata: Signalling a sharp policy shift, the West Bengal cabinet on Monday, May 18, decided to discontinue religion-based assistance to imams and others, roll out the ‘Annapurna’ financial support scheme for women…