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Forceful conversation in Bengal: CBI lodges FIR against 7 persons
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that they have lodged a case against seven persons for their alleged involvement in the forceful conversion of two brothers to…
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Calcutta HC rejects NHRC’s plea for appointing observer for panchayat polls
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the National Human Right Commission (NHRC)’s plea for appointing an observer for July 8 West Bengal panchayat polls. Although the hearing in the matter…
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Panchayat polls: Calcutta HC seeks explanation on withdrawal of 20,585 nominations
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday sought an explanation from the State Election Commission (SEC) on why as many as 20,585 candidates withdrew their nominations for the July 8 panchayat elections…
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Complaint filed against Maharashtra woman for offensive tweet against Mamata
Kolkata: A complaint has been registered with the Cyber Crime Division of Howrah City Police in West Bengal against a Maharashtra-based woman for posting an ‘offensive’ tweet against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.…
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Panchayat polls: Calcutta HC seeks SEC’s clarification on deployment of central forces
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the State Election Commission (SEC) to clarify itself on the deployment of central forces in the panchayat elections. A petition was moved, seeking for…
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Bengal panchayat polls: Plea in Calcutta HC over violence during nomination
Kolkata: The CPI(M) and All India Secular Front (AISF) on Wednesday filed two separate petitions in the Calcutta High Court against the ongoing violence in the nomination phase for the forthcoming panchayat…
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Calcutta HC disallows urgent hearing of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s appeal
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday did not allow an urgent hearing of an appeal by Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee challenging a single bench…
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WB govt in SC assails HC order for NIA probe into Ram Navami celebration violence
New Delhi: The West Bengal government assailed in the Supreme Court on Thursday the Calcutta High Court order transferring probe into incidents of violence during Ram Navami celebration in the state to…
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Abhishek challenges Calcutta HC’s order allowing central agencies to question him
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, hours after the single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha allowed central agencies to…
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Bengal govt challenges Calcutta HC order on SIT probe of minor girl’s rape and murder
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the decision of the single-judge bench of for constitution of a three-member Special Investigation Team…
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Govt to challenge HC order cancelling 36,000 primary teachers’ jobs, says Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that her government will challenge the Calcutta High Court order cancelling jobs of around 36,000 primary teachers in state-sponsored and -aided schools.…
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Calcutta HC orders cancellation of thousands of primary teachers’ jobs in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered cancellation of jobs of a large number of non-trained primary teachers, which may amount to above 30,000, in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided schools,…
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Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NIA files six FIRs
Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Ram Navami clashes in West Bengal following an order of the Calcutta High Court, has so far filed six FIRs. Sources said…
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Calcutta High Court orders NIA probe into death of two students in 2018 ‘police firing’
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into the deaths of two students in alleged police firing at Darivit in Uttar Dinajpur district of West…
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NIA to probe Ram Navami clashes in Bengal: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday ruled that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the clashes during the recent Ram Navami processions in certain pockets of…
