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Family members of victims offer prayers at Mahakaal temple

Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- Devotees, priests and family members of many who have been affected by the devastating flash floods in Nepal on Friday offered prayers at the Mahakaal Shani Bhagwan Temple in Kat... Read More


HC sets deadline for CBI to wrap up RG Kar probe

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave the CBI three weeks to complete its investigation into the RG Kar rape and murder case, with the special bench indicating that it now wants t... Read More


Prolonged occupation no right to Railway land: Calcutta HC

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- Prolonged occupation of Railway premises cannot by itself confer a right to remain in possession after expiry of a licence, the Calcutta High Court has held while rejecting shopkee... Read More


Cal HC allows urgent plea for SIR protest by citizens' group

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed a citizens' group to urgently move a petition concerning a proposed demonstration against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electora... Read More


Heavy rain likely across Bengal due to low pressure

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The rain is unlikely to ease over West Bengal anytime soon, with the weather office forecasting the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjo... Read More


Camac St billboard row: HC declines interim relief to TMC

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday declined to grant interim relief to the Trinamool Congress over the removal of a billboard from its Camac Street office, observing that the party'... Read More


JU gates remain closed during Vande Mataram prog

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- Jadavpur University kept gates 2, 3, 4 and 5 closed on Friday as Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari attended a programme to sing 'Vande Mataram' near the Jadavpur 8B bus stand. Gate 1... Read More


NCSC summons Visva-Bharati V-C

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has expressed dismay over Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Probir Kumar Ghosh's failure to appear before it in connection with alle... Read More


CJP steps up pressure on state govt

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Friday stepped up its attack on the Bengal administration over the alleged assault and subsequent death of Abdul Hafiz's father, alleging no pro... Read More


Health Min Sharadwat urges people not to donate bodies

Kolkata, Aug. 28 -- State Health Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee said people need not donate their bodies after death. According to Mukherjee, former chief minister Jyoti Basu's body has not been use... Read More