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OBC quota case: SC junks Bengal govt's plea for urgent hearing

Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court has reportedly declined the Bengal government's request for an early hearing in the case relating to the state's Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificate notifica... Read More


No evidence yet of assault on parents: Police

Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- Kolkata Police on Tuesday said they have not found any video or photographic evidence of the alleged assault on the parents of the murdered RG Kar Hospital junior doctor. Addressi... Read More


State refutes parents' claims over RG Kar case probe

Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- The Bengal government on Tuesday submitted an affidavit in the Calcutta High Court denying the allegations made by the parents of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim conc... Read More


Leptospirosis, Hepatitis-A outbreak sparks alarm in Chekanmari village

Jalpaiguri, Aug. 12 -- Fear has gripped Chekanmari village under Sannyasikata Gram Panchayat in Rajganj block after confirmed cases of Leptospirosis and Hepatitis-A infections. On Monday, the Animal R... Read More


Cooch Behar: 4 days after TMC leader's shootout, no arrests yet

Cooch Behar, Aug. 12 -- Four days after the daylight shootout at Dodear Haat in Cooch Behar where Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Amar Ray (35) was shot dead, police are yet to arrest the assailants. ... Read More


Fake Aadhaar card racket busted near Malda-Bihar border, 2 held

Malda, Aug. 12 -- Police have busted a fake Aadhaar card racket under the guise of computer training and Customer Service Point (CSP) in the Malda-Bihar border area, arresting two persons. The inciden... Read More


Workers lock Kohinoor Tea Estate gates over unpaid PF & gratuity

Alipurduar, Aug. 12 -- Tensions have escalated at the Kohinoor Tea Estate in Alipurduar district after workers, alleging non-payment of pending Provident Fund (PF) and gratuity, locked the gates of th... Read More


Land dispute: Nine injured, one arrested

Malda, Aug. 12 -- A simmering land dispute in Nazirpur village under Mahendrapur Gram Panchayat, Harishchandrapur Block I, erupted into violence on Monday, leaving nine injured and one arrested. Loca... Read More


Student's body recovered from B'desh after drowning in Atreyee

BALURGHAT, Aug. 12 -- The body of Kritiman Barman, a Class XII student of Balurghat High School who drowned in the Atreyee River at Raghunathpur, was recovered on Tuesday from Petnitola in Bangladesh.... Read More


'CCTV surveillance to locate jumbos started as pilot proj'

Siliguri, Aug. 12 -- World Elephant Day was celebrated in Siliguri on Tuesday with a special programme organised jointly by the Forest department and Solitary Nature and Animal Protection (SNAP) found... Read More