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Stock markets edge up amid weak global market trends, tariff-related uncertainty

Mumbai, July 16 -- Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally higher in a rangebound trade on Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines amid weak global market trends and tariff-r... Read More


Multiple question paper sets for upcoming HS Sem III exams

Kolkata, July 16 -- In a move to curb unfair practices, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) will introduce five sets of question papers for each subject in the upcoming HS S... Read More


2010 Madrasah recruitment: HC bars over 73K candidates

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday quashed the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission's notices dated August 5 and 9, 2024, which had allowed 73,978 candidates to appear in a seco... Read More


TMC leaders get interim protection in 2021 post-poll 'murder case'

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed that no coercive action be taken for now against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Beleghata, Paresh Paul and two Kolkata Municipal Co... Read More


Jalpaiguri court sentences youth to 25 years jail for raping 12-yr-old girl

Jalpaiguri, July 16 -- A special POCSO Court in Jalpaiguri sentenced a youth to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for the kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old girl. The verdict was delivered on Wednes... Read More


Mamata vows TMC will keep Bengal in 2026, INDIA bloc to take Delhi in 2029

Kolkata, July 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and the Election Commission, asserting that Bengal would remain under the TM... Read More


Abhishek urges Centre to save Ray's ancestral home in B'desh

Kolkata, July 16 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday expressed distress over reports that the ancestral home of Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray i... Read More


RG Kar rape-murder: HC to hear Sanjoy Roy's acquittal plea in Sept

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court will hear in September the plea of Sanjoy Roy, convicted in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College, seeking acquittal in the case.... Read More


Youth dies under mysterious circumstances at Nicco Park

Kolkata, July 16 -- In a mysterious circumstance, a youth died an unnatural death while enjoying at an amusement park in Salt Lake on Wednesday. According to sources, the youth identified as Rahul Da... Read More


South Kolkata law college 'rape' survivor appears for semester exams

Kolkata, July 16 -- The first-year student of a law college in South Kolkata who was allegedly gang-raped on campus last month appeared for her first semester examination on Wednesday, under special a... Read More