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HC commutes death penalty in toddler's murder

Kolkata, Aug. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of a woman and her partner for the murder of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy but commuted the death penalty awarded by a Howrah cour... Read More


Cal HC upholds man's life term for burning in-law alive

Kolkata, Aug. 20 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of Sabyasachi Roy, alias Rana Roy, for setting his sister-in-law Priya Laha on fire at her Bolpur residence in 2... Read More


Improving civic services: KMC sets 15-day limit for building sanctions

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- In a bid to further improve civic services, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has introduced two measures-setting a strict 15-day deadline for clearing online building plan a... Read More


High Court upholds gunmen's conviction in 2012 Lake Town murder

Kolkata, Aug. 19 -- Thirteen years after a man was gunned down on a Lake Town street in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction of three men found guilty of the daylight killing. A... Read More


Calcutta HC acquits man in 2014 Malda murder, flags probe lapses

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has overturned the conviction and life sentence of Ram Mandal, who had been found guilty of murdering Panchanan Mandal in Malda in 2014. The bench of Justi... Read More


HC upholds life term of six in 2007 double murder

Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentences of six men convicted of conspiracy and dacoity with murder in connection with the 2007 killings of an engineer and his driver ... Read More


State govt plans digital overhaul of BMSSY scheme for workers' welfare

Kolkata, Aug. 17 -- The Bengal government has initiated a major digital upgrade of its Bina Mulya Samajik Suraksha Yojana (BMSSY) to streamline pension distribution, financial transactions and welfare... Read More


Calcutta HC rules 2013 burn death was murder, not suicide

Kolkata, Aug. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday upheld the life sentence of Avijit Chatterjee, also known as Ramu, ruling that the 2013 death of Sanjay Halder-who suffered 98 per cent burns-wa... Read More


Unexplained pay gap is discrimination: HC pulls up nuclear research institute

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Observing that failure to explain a pay gap amounts to discrimination, the Calcutta High Court has upheld a 2022 order directing the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) to pla... Read More


South 24-Parganas: 137 bones exhumed, High Court upholds lifer in 2012 murder

Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of one Gyan Sagar Sharma for shooting an auto-rickshaw driver dead in 2012, chopping his body into pieces and burying it near h... Read More