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Bank can release mortgaged asset before sale certificate: High Court

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that a bank is legally entitled to release a mortgaged property back to the borrower if the entire outstanding loan dues are cleared before a sale ... Read More


Coal smuggling case: ED summons a few bizmen

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned a few businessmen in connection with the coal smuggling case investigation. According to sources, in November, the ED had conducted r... Read More


Gangasagar Mela: CM greets pilgrims, highlights dev works

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her greetings to lakhs of pilgrims from across the country who have arrived for the Ganga Sagar Mela 2026, highlighting a series ... Read More


2026 polls: Abhishek bats for a 9-0 sweep in Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar, Jan. 13 -- At the 'Rana Sankalp Sabha' in Cooch Behar, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee gave a clarion call for a clean sweep for his party and a deci... Read More


Ex-RS MP Tutu Bose summoned for SIR hearing

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- Former Mohun Bagan Athletic Club president and ex-Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Sadhan "Tutu" Bose has been summoned for a SIR hearing, triggering surprise and concern among Mohun Bagan su... Read More


Mamata flags Army's Fort William link in voter roll 'manipulation'

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The confrontation between the Bengal government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the SIR took a dramatic turn on Tuesday after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made al... Read More


I-PAC raid case: Bidhannagar Police quiz security staff

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- Even as Kolkata Police continues its probe, Bidhannagar City Police has questioned two security personnel attached to the office of I-PAC in connection with a case registered at th... Read More


State Budget Session likely in early Feb

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- The Budget Session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is set to begin in the first week of February. According to sources in the Assembly Secretariat, this will be the last s... Read More


SIR: 'Transparency of information must reach grassroots'

KOLKATA, Jan. 13 -- From Nobel laureate Amartya Sen and Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Bengali poet Joy Goswami to sports icons such as Manas Bhattacharya, Aloke Mukherjee, Compton Dutta, Lakshmi Ratan... Read More


Gangasagar Mela: Sealdah Div adds 4 Spl trains

Kolkata, Jan. 13 -- Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division on Tuesday introduced four additional special trains towards Namkhana to ease heavy passenger congestion for the ongoing Gangasagar Mela, taking ... Read More