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Bengal tightens birth, death certificate rules to curb fraud

Kolkata, July 16 -- The BJP government in West Bengal has introduced new rules for the issuance of birth and death certificates, tightening the registration process to curb fraudulent documentation an... Read More


Minor stabbed to death in Howrah, TMC calls it 'horrific'

Kolkata, July 16 -- A spine-chilling act of violence shook the residents of Domjur on Wednesday evening after a 16-year-old schoolgirl was brutally stabbed to death on a busy road. The accused attack... Read More


Suvendu orders probe into alleged Book Fair fund scam under TMC regime

Kolkata, July 16 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has ordered a probe into alleged financial irregularities involving district book fairs organised during the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) regim... Read More


Land deed can't establish Indian citizenship: HC tells detainee's kin

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court has observed that ownership of immovable property cannot be treated as proof of Indian citizenship, noting that even a foreign national is legally capable o... Read More


HC grants interim protection to Abhishek's aide

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, until Monday while ... Read More


Eggs pelted at NCPI MP Satabdi Roy's vehicle in Birbhum

Kolkata, July 16 -- NCPI MP Satabdi Roy's vehicle was targeted with eggs in Birbhum's Suri on Thursday after she attended a DISHA meeting at the district administrative building. According to local so... Read More


'Don't tarnish the party': Mamata asks rebels to leave before July 21

Kolkata, July 16 -- With the Trinamool Congress grappling with an organisational crisis following its defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections and a series of defections by leaders, MLAs and MPs, party c... Read More


Deletion from electoral rolls doesn't end welfare benefits: SC

Kolkata, July 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that deletion of a person's name from the electoral rolls does not, by itself, deprive them of access to certain government welfare benefits... Read More


Keep Durga Puja out of politics, Samik tells Bengal BJP leaders

Kolkata, July 16 -- Asserting that Puja should be kept out of politics, State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that any attempt by any of his political leaders or public representativ... Read More


TMC alleges 'Goonda Raj' over Jiten Tiwari's video

Kolkata, July 16 -- The TMC on Thursday launched a fresh attack on the BJP, citing a viral video of Pandabeswar BJP MLA Jitendra Tiwari in which he is purportedly heard accusing members of his own par... Read More