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Cal HC to hear PIL on ration, welfare benefits for SIR-excluded voters

Kolkata, June 29 -- A fresh public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the alleged stoppage of Public Distribution System (PDS) ration and benefits under the Annapurna Bhandar scheme for people excl... Read More


Railway eviction cases: Cal HC extends interim protection

Kolkata, June 29 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday extended its interim protection against eviction in 25 petitions involving occupants of railway land across several parts of West Bengal, allowing... Read More


Shams Iqbal gets bail as plaint withdrawn; Several TMC leaders held

Kolkata, June 29 -- TMC councillor of KMC Ward No. 134, Shams Iqbal Anil, was granted bail by a city court on Monday, hours after being arrested in connection with a 2023 extortion case after the comp... Read More


Deganga MLA donates salary to support meritorious students

Kolkata, June 29 -- Deganga MLA Anisur Rahman Bidesh has announced that he will donate his entire MLA salary to support meritorious and economically disadvantaged students through scholarship programm... Read More


Pool car overturns, three girls injured

Kolkata, June 29 -- Three schoolgirls aged between 10 and 11 were injured after a hired pool car overturned after a collision with a private car in the Maidan area on Monday morning. The accident too... Read More


HC seeks report on cases against Sabyasachi Dutta

Kolkata, June 29 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Director General and Inspector General of Police to submit a report within 10 days disclosing whether any criminal cases, apart from ... Read More


Hasnabad: Two-month- old baby found dead in pond

Kolkata, June 29 -- In a tragic incident at the Boldepota area of Hasnabad in North 24-Parganas on Sunday evening, a two-month-old infant was found dead in a pond under mysterious circumstances. Acco... Read More


Six TMC Panchayat chiefs from Bongaon resign

Kolkata, June 29 -- Signs of political turbulence have now reached the panchayat level after developments in municipal bodies, with six TMC Panchayat chiefs in Bongaon submitting their resignation let... Read More


Bengal passes Bills to revamp OBC reservation framework

Kolkata, June 29 -- The Bengal Assembly on Monday passed two amendment Bills to overhaul the state's OBC reservation framework, expanding the powers of the Backward Classes Commission and bringing the... Read More


Bengal Cabinet to take up UCC draft on July 2: CM

Kolkata, June 29 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday asserted that his government remained committed to implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and announced that the draft Bill would be pl... Read More