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Uncertainty over SIR staff release for Madhyamik duty

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- With the Madhyamik Examinations 2026 beginning on February 2, uncertainty remains over whether teachers and officers engaged in the SIR of electoral rolls will be released for exam... Read More


HC seeks EC, state report on poll booths infra

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the Election Commission and the Bengal government to submit reports within a week on a public interest litigation raising concerns over prep... Read More


Malda nursing home license suspended, Rs 5L compensation imposed

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The license of the Gour Seva Sadan and Clinic, a nursing home in Malda was suspended after the local administration spotted several infrastructural deficiencies. Additional Distric... Read More


SC sets aside Cal High Court demolition order

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Supreme Court has set aside a Calcutta High Court order directing demolition of a residential-commercial building near Santiniketan, holding that the High Court acted on assump... Read More


Warm days, night chill to continue in city, predicts weatherman

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Kolkata and much of West Bengal are expected to continue experiencing mild winter weather this week, with shallow fog early in the mornings and evenings, according to the latest fo... Read More


Health dept orders probe into allegations of newborn theft at government hospital

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The state Health department has ordered a probe into allegations by the family of a woman admitted with labour pain at a government hospital in Nadia district that her newborn was ... Read More


Mamata pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, recalls his ideals of unity

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary, remembering his enduring ideals of unity and inclusiveness. Invoking Gandhi... Read More


TMC flags governance failures in BJP's double-engine states

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday claimed that the BJP's repeated attempts to portray Bengal as lawless ignore serious issues prevailing in several BJP-ruled "double-engine"... Read More


Bengal: EC directs completion of SIR hearings within 7 days

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- The Election Commission has directed that all hearings related to the SIR in Bengal be completed within seven days, setting strict timelines for issuing notices and uploading docum... Read More


Ex-IPS & TMC MLA Humayun questions SIR notice after hearing

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Debra in West Midnapore and former IPS officer Humayun Kabir attended a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing on Friday but expressed surprise ... Read More