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WBSSC scam: Calcutta HC orders termination of 842 Group C staff
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered termination of services of 842 non-teaching staff in the Group C category who were allegedly provided appointments illegally against the monetary considerations in different…
- India
Mamata writes to Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in Bengal
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has written to the Centre seeking permission for poppy cultivation in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday told the state Assembly during the special and…
- India
Cattle smuggling: TMC leader Anubrata Mandal sent to ED custody till March 10
Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an alleged money laundering case related to West Bengal cattle smuggling case. The midnight…
- India
Can’t give additional DA even if beheaded, says Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said in the Assembly that her government will not be able to provide additional dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees “even…
- India
Adenovirus alarm: 4 more child deaths reported from Kolkata
Kolkata: The adenovirus menace in West Bengal seems to be assuming alarming proportions as deaths of four more children, admitted in a Kolkata hospital with its symptoms, were reported in the last…
- Kolkata
Controversy brews over question on Mahatma Gandhi in Bengal secondary school exam
Kolkata: Controversies have started brewing over a controversial question in the history paper in the ongoing secondary examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Examination (WBBSE). The controversies were over…
- India
40 years after murder, SC acquits West Bengal man of killing wife
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a West Bengal resident of the charge of killing his wife 40 years ago, ruling his conviction on the basis of extra-judicial confessions cannot…
- India
By-election results: Cong wins 3, BJP and ally 2; TMC suffers shock defeat in WB
New Delhi: The assembly by-election results on Thursday brought some solace for the Congress as it wrested one seat each from the BJP and the TMC in Maharashtra and West Bengal respectively…
- India
Gadkari approves highway projects in Andhra, Bengal
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned Rs 1,292.65 crore under the Bharatmala Pariyojana for the development of 32 km long 6-lane access controlled greenfield highway…
- India
Bengal: English question paper appears on social media; state board rules out leak
Kolkata: Purported image of a few pages of the English second language question paper was circulated on social media, sometime after the class 10 state board examinations began in West Bengal on…
- India
Calcutta HC slaps penalty on headmistress for delaying transfer process
Kolkata: A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday reprimanded the headmistress of a leading girls’ school in West Bengal on charges of contempt of court. A penalty of…
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Hyderabad: Police nab 4 gold thieves in West Bengal within 48 hours
Hyderabad: Abids Police on Monday arrested four people in Howrah District, West Bengal for the theft of gold worth Rs 1.05 crores. According to the police officials, all four were nabbed within…
- India
TMC misleading backward castes in Bengal with fake assurances: BJP
Kolkata: Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of misleading members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities with “fake assurances”, BJP leader Sudip Das on Monday asked them to be…
- India
Bengal MP complains of getting threats for protesting against coal smuggling
Kolkata: Dibyendu Adhikari, two-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP and younger brother of leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, alleged on Saturday that he is receiving life threats over…
- India
Calcutta HC questions irrational posting, distribution of Bengal teachers
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the “irrational” distribution of postings of teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal where schools with adequate number of…
