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Presidency Univ begins review of 2026-27 admission process

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Presidency University has begun reviewing its undergraduate and postgraduate admission process for the 2026-27 academic session, with the admission committee holding a meeting on T... Read More


Nick Reiner chilling video surfaces after parents' murder; 'I'm gonna go kill...'

India, Dec. 18 -- A disturbing clip of Nick Reiner from 2016 has surfaced as he stands accused of murdering his parents, director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. The Stand By Me director and his spo... Read More


False marriage promise invalidates consent, says Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man for rape, holding that consent obtained on the basis of a false promise of marriage amounts to consent given... Read More


Modi's 'Bankim Da' remark sparks row in KMC meet

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Heated scenes unfolded in the KMC House on Thursday after a BJP councillor accused Mayor Firhad Hakim of having once referred to a part of the city as "Mini Pakistan", triggering s... Read More


Farmers descend on Brussels to protest EU Mercosur trade deal

France, Dec. 18 -- Hundreds of tractors began rolling into the European quarter of the EU capital on Thursday morning, ahead of a high-stakes summit among European Union leaders. Convoys of farmers h... Read More


Farmers descend on Brussels to protest against EU Mercosur trade deal

France, Dec. 18 -- Hundreds of tractors began rolling into the European quarter of the EU capital on Thursday morning, ahead of a high-stakes summit among European Union leaders. Convoys of farmers h... Read More


Global Experts Chart the Future of Ashwagandha at WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 18 -- Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), one of Ayurveda's most revered Rasayana herbs, took centre stage at a high-level international side event held on the sidelines of the 2nd WHO... Read More


TMC MPs protest MGNREGA name change, accuses Centre of 'desecrating' scheme's soul

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Thursday staged a protest in the national capital, holding portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore to oppose what they described as the ... Read More


Chinsurah man wrongly marked 'deceased' in Bengal's draft voter list

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- In a surprising error during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's draft voter list, a young man from Chinsurah has been mistakenly recorded as "dead" even though h... Read More


SIT seizes CCTV, broadcast footage in Messi event rampage

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the alleged mismanagement and vandalism at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) during the visit of Argentine foo... Read More