Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Bengal allows conversion of one-time motor vehicle tax to lifetime tax

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The state Transport Department has issued a notification allowing owners of certain motor vehicles who have paid a one-time tax to convert it into a lifetime tax by paying the resi... Read More


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


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


Mamata opens Christmas Festival, calls for 'harmony & compassion'

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- At the inauguration of the 15th Kolkata Christmas Festival in Park Street's Allen Park, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for harmony and compassion, saying "humanity is... Read More


'BJP making a script': TMC over Malviya's 'sponsored fire' claim on New Town slum inferno

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the BJP leader and Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya after he alleged that the massive fire at Ghuni slum in ... 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


Messi event: Sourav Ganguly lodges plaint over defamatory posts

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly has lodged a complaint against a portfolio holder of an Argentine football fan club for allegedly making derogatory and malicious ... Read More