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HC reserves order in pregnant woman's deportation case

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved its order in the case of eight-month-pregnant Sonali Khatun, who was deported to Bangladesh along with her husband and minor son in J... Read More


Metro to run night-long services during Puja

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Kolkata Metro will run night-long services on the Blue and Green lines during Durga Puja to facilitate pandal-hoppers. While overnight services on the Blue Line have been a Pu... Read More


HC directs state to engage RG Kar protest face at same hosp

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Bengal government to engage Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of a protest movement over the rape-murder of a postgraduat... Read More


TMC claims Amit Shah dropped Puja inauguration plan over 'no crowd'

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Wednesday claimed that Union Home minister Amit Shah's scheduled inauguration of Sevak Sangha Puja pandal in Lake Avenue on th... Read More


Salt Lake pujas draw crowd with themes on Ritwik Ghatak, nostalgia

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Though the official Puja vacation is yet to begin, city streets are already crowded with pandal hoppers making their way to Durga Puja marquees. In Salt Lake, the popular pujas a... Read More


SSKM becomes Eastern India's 1st govt hospital to offer free robotic surgeries

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- The SSKM Hospital has become the first government hospital in Eastern India to perform a robotic gallbladder surgery free of cost. This facility will benefit lower-middle-class pa... Read More


Floodwaters submerge Bhutni during Durga Puja, over 200 families in crisis

Malda, Sept. 24 -- The festive spirit of Durga Puja has dimmed in Malda's Manikchak block, where Bhutni island reels under the double blow of floods and riverbank erosion. Across villages, the atmosph... Read More


Darj: Man gets lifer for mother's murder

Darjeeling, Sept. 24 -- The District and Sessions Judge, Darjeeling sentenced a 40 year old man to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering his mother, 72-year-old Mita Thapa. "On Wednesday, Judge Ji... Read More


Gold smuggling racket busted, 4 held

Darjeeling, Sept. 24 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Siliguri Regional unit, seized 5.619 kg of gold worth about Rs 6.29 crore and arrested four persons exposing a major smuggling ra... Read More


Pending wages: Tea garden workers block NH-17

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 24 -- Hundreds of tea garden workers blocked National Highway 17 from noon on Wednesday, demanding pending wages and the state-mandated Puja bonus, severely disrupting road communica... Read More