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- India
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…
- Pakistan
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…
- Kolkata
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…
- Hyderabad
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…
- Business
Tea sector unhappy over total negligence in Union Budget
Kolkata: As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman remained totally silent about the tea industry in her Budget speech, the sector operators are frustrated and the observers of the industry are surprised. According…
- India
Kolkata: SFI to screen BBC’s Modi documentary at Presidency University
Kolkata: After failing in the first attempt, the Students Federation of India (SFI) has again arranged for the screening of the controversial BBC documentary in Kolkata’s iconic Presidency University (PU) on Tuesday.…
- India
13 LS seats with sizeable portion of Muslim voters under focus of Bengal BJP
Kolkata: Understanding that sheer dependence on majority votes is not enough for bigger electoral achievements in West Bengal, the state unit of BJP has now decided to concentrate on 13 Lok Sabha…
- India
AirAsia flight aborts take-off after suspected bird hit at Lucknow airport
Lucknow: A Kolkata-bound AirAsia flight aborted its take-off after a suspected bird hit at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport here, officials said. “The pilot of an AirAsia flight aborted take-off after…
- India
Trinamool Congress to extend full support to its arrested spokesman Saket Gokhale
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leadership has decided to extend full support, including legal assistance, to its national spokesman and right-to-information (RTI) activist Saket Gokhale who had been recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate…
- India
Peaceful screening of BBC documentary at Jadavpur University
Kolkata: A controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was screened peacefully within the premises of the prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata without any resistance either from the state administration…
- Kolkata
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…
- Kolkata
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…
- Kolkata
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…
- India
Mohammed Shami ordered to pay monthly alimony to estranged wife Hasin Jahan
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Monday ordered Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay a monthly alimony of Rs 1.30 lakh to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan. Out of the Rs 1.30 lakh,…
- India
Teachers’ scam: Youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh arrested by ED
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested youth Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh in connection with the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. Sources said that Ghosh was arrested from…
