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SC to hear plea seeking mandatory disclosure of ethanol content in petrol on Aug 31

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition on August 31 seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle a... Read More


State Food and Supplies Minister vows to root out 'institutionalised corruption'

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- State Food and Supplies Minister Ashok Kirtania on Saturday said the state government was committed to rooting out the institutionalised corruption that had allegedly plagued the... Read More


Bengal government to introduce two 100-passenger hybrid-electric ferries for Hooghly River tourism

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- As part of its wider plan to develop eco-friendly river tourism along the Hooghly, the West Bengal government, for the first time in the country's history, is going to introduce ... Read More


'Fresh low pressure to bring heavy rain'

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The Coastal and western districts of West Bengal are likely to receive heavy rainfall till August 31 under the influence of a fresh low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Be... Read More


BJP suspends Entally leader over P.S agitation

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- BJP has temporarily suspended local leader Sudip Ram for staging a protest by locking the main gate of the Entally police station in Kolkata, sources said. Sudip had earlier bee... Read More


TMC raps Dilip Ghosh over 'Vande Mataram' attribution

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- A political row erupted after the TMC objected to the remarks of Panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh, who allegedly attributed the writing of 'Vande Mataram' to Rabindranath Tagore. T... Read More


Phones, routers, cash found in Aftab Ansari's jail cell

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- The recovery of three mobile phones, including an iPhone, two Wi-Fi routers, storage devices and Rs 31,000 in cash from the cell of life-term prisoner Aftab Ansari at Presidency ... Read More


State Health Minister clarifies body donation remark

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- State Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee clarified that he did not say people need not donate their bodies after death, and he only meant that brain-dead patients who were not d... Read More


TMC office scuffle: Another held, owner seeks eviction

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Kolkata Police have arrested one more person in connection with the August 27 clash at the TMC office on Camac Street, taking the total number of arrests to 14. The Anti-Rowdy S... Read More


HDFC Bank CEO Jagdishan opts out of reappointment

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- HDFC Bank's managing director and chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan on Saturday opted out of being considered for reappointment after his current term ends on October 26, the l... Read More