Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a Municipal Administrator has full authority to decide complaints of unauthorised construction and order demolition of illegal structures even ... Read More
Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- In a fresh push to fight malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency, the Bengal government has launched an initiative to fortify rice distributed through the Public Distribution Syst... Read More
Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that it would be "highly improper" for a writ court to interfere in the timelines fixed by the Railways for supplying materials critical to track s... Read More
Kolkata, Nov. 2 -- New Town is gearing up for a green mobility makeover with the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) planning to introduce an App-based Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system ac... Read More
Kolkata, Nov. 2 -- The Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), Kolkata, has planned a Rs 2.73 crore project to maintain round-the-clock surveillance of 91 navigational lights along the Hooghly River, one o... Read More
Kolkata, Nov. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that dowry-related cruelty spread over a short marriage can establish a link to a woman's death even if no act of harassment occurred immediately b... Read More
Kolkata, Oct. 31 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that an unfulfilled promise to marry cannot by itself convert a consensual relationship between adults into rape unless it is proved that the promi... Read More
Kolkata, Oct. 30 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that negligence or procedural lapses by a bank officer cannot amount to criminal conspiracy in a loan fraud unless there is clear evidence of inte... Read More
Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that the gravity of an injury, however severe, cannot by itself justify a conviction for attempt to murder unless the prosecution proves that the ... Read More
Kolkata, Oct. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that proving rash driving is not essential to establish criminal negligence under Section 304A IPC, while upholding the conviction of a private bus... Read More