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Messi event chaos: Aroop Biswas quits as Sports Min for 'unbiased probe'

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Two days after a widespread spectator rampage marred a marquee football event featuring Argentine legend Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium, state Sports minister Aroop Biswas r... Read More


Guv heads to Delhi with Messi event report, likely to meet Shah

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose is learnt to have flown to New Delhi with a sealed, detailed report on the violence and vandalism that erupted at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati... Read More


Ex-RG Kar official Akhtar Ali seeks anticipatory bail in CBI case

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a financ... Read More


Bus operators urge roll back of revised CF fees, cite financial strain

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Bus and minibus operators in West Bengal have urged the state government to withdraw the revised Certificate of Fitness (CF) fee structure implemented from November 17, saying the ... Read More


Bengal model of conservation in focus at Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- A Bengal-based approach to heritage-led development found a prominent platform at 'Pravasi Rajasthani Diwas', where Sandip Nowlakha, vice president of the Murshidabad Heritage Deve... Read More


Posta: Youth jumps to death from third floor after stabbing woman

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- A youth jumped from the third-floor balcony of a house in Posta and died after stabbing a woman on Tuesday morning. The injured woman, identified as Sikha Singh, has been admitted... Read More


Chief Minister followed her 'Raj Dharma': TMC

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- Following the recent chaos at Salt Lake Stadium during Lionel Messi's visit, which saw an irate crowd vandalising the stadium, Trinamool Congress (TMC) said that Bengal Chief Minis... Read More


How many genuine voters will suffer over EC's negligence, asks TMC

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The draft electoral rolls published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday triggered sharp political reactions, with the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleging erro... Read More


Kolkata Christmas Festival to begin on December 18

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The 15th edition of the Kolkata Christmas Festival will be inaugurated on December 18 at Allen Park on Park Street, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee scheduled to formally open t... Read More


TMC to hold door-to-door scrutiny in CM's Constituency

Kolkata, Dec. 16 -- The TMC leadership has decided to ask party BLAs to conduct a fresh, door-to-door verification of deleted voters' names in Bhowanipore, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Assembly Co... Read More