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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


Ex-minister Partha's bail hearing in CBI case deferred

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing of a bail plea filed by former West Bengal Education minister Partha Chatterjee in the SSC recruitment scam case being inv... Read More


I-Day: Siddha Esplanade and Siddha Sky light up in Tricolour

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Siddha Group, a leading real estate company in India, marked the spirit of the 79th Independence Day by lighting up the 11th to 17th floors of Siddha Esplanade as well as the three... Read More


Youth found dead inside guest house room

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Tension spread in Burrabazar area after a youth was found dead inside a guest house room on Wednesday morning. The deceased, identified as Paban Kumar Das (37) of Malbazar in Jalp... Read More


CZA tells HC: Probing Alipore Zoo animal count discrepancy

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) told the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday that it has started an inquiry into alleged irregularities in animal records at the Alipore Zoological Gar... Read More


WBCHSE to open book mart for pupils at Salt Lake HQ

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is setting up a modern book mart at its head office, Vidyasagar Bhavan in Salt Lake, to ensure easy availability of b... Read More


Bengali team scales two unnamed peaks in Ladakh amid 'chilling high winds'

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- A five-member Bengali mountaineering team, led by former Kolkata Police Assistant Commissioner Ujjal Ray, has successfully scaled two unnamed peaks-6,150 metres and 6,086 metres hi... Read More


Traders body urges PWD to renovate Kulik Bridge

Raiganj, Aug. 13 -- Kulik Bridge on National Highway 34 in Raiganj of North Dinajpur is in bad shape for a long period. Members of West Dinajpur Chamber of Commerce, a trade body of both North Dinajpu... Read More


Preserve Khudiram Bose's death sentence document, says Mamata

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for the preservation of the historic document recording the death sentence awarded to Khudiram Bose, to be kept in the Kolkata Police Muse... Read More


Police makes first arrest in Nabanna Abhijan violence

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The Kolkata Police has made its first arrest in connection with the August 9 violence during the Nabanna Abhijan, in which police personnel were attacked and a Calcutta High Court ... Read More