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Supreme Court sets five-week roadmap for BCI elections, curbs Manan Mishra's powers

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court has ordered a five-week process to reconstitute the Bar Council of India (BCI) through fresh elections and restricted the powers of its chairman, Manan Kumar Mi... Read More


Very strong El Nino likely through February, raising flood, drought and heat risks

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- El Nino is expected to intensify into a "very strong" event in the coming months and is almost certain to continue through February 2027, according to the World Meteorological Or... Read More


Food safety crackdown: 5 licences cancelled, about 13 eateries shut

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Amid ongoing raids on various restaurants, eateries and warehouses, State Health minister Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay on Thursday said that the license of 5 shops has been cancelled and... Read More


Govt to stop admissions at non-compliant B.Ed colleges

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- State Higher Education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay on Thursday said that show-cause notices have already been served to about 450 to 475 B.Ed colleges in the state, which the ... Read More


Calcutta HC bars coercive action against Sreelekha

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the probe against actress Sreelekha Mitra over her alleged display of an objectionable cartoon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ... Read More


TMC writes to President, Bengal governor over alleged 'lawlessness' after Abhishek Banerjee's office ransacked

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has written to President Droupadi Murmu and West Bengal Governor RN Ravi, seeking meetings with party delegations over what it described as ... Read More


Rain sinks track, disrupts trains

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Heavy rain triggered land subsidence between Tildanga and New Farakka in Malda division on Thursday, causing a portion of the railway track to sink and disrupting services towards ... Read More


Sarbari seeks renaming of Jadavpur University

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- BJP MLA Sarbari Mukherjee on Thursday called for renaming Jadavpur University after freedom fighter-turned-philosopher Sri Aurobindo, while party Rajya Sabha MP Rahul Sinha asserte... Read More


ACB unearths extortion racket involving cops

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- In a major crackdown against organised crime, the state Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) unearthed a sophisticated extortion syndicate, arresting a key operative from Howrah involving ... Read More


Why fear Marx? Jago Bangla questions communal forces

Kolkata, Sept. 3 -- Trinamool Congress mouthpiece Jago Bangla has questioned why communal forces should "fear" Karl Marx in the wake of the alleged removal of Marxist graffiti from walls of Jadavpur U... Read More