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Kolkata, March 23 – The parents of the doctor who became the victim of a horrific rape and murder within the premises of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024, have accepted basic membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), confirmed Leader of the...

Kolkata, March 23 – In a significant development late Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to the polls in two phases next month on April 23 and April 29.This development opens a new...

Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...

Kolkata, March 23 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday regarding the death of a resident of Dum Dum after he was trapped in an elevator at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The petition alleges negligence and seeks a CBI investigation into the...

Kolkata, March 23 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted an interim protection to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at the Khardah Police Station in North 24...

Kolkata, March 21 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a strong attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of attempting to undermine voting rights through the Systematic Voters' Registration (SV) campaign, and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the...

Kolkata, March 21 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday intensified her criticism of the BJP-led central government, accusing it of attempting to "deny voting rights" to people through the Systematic Voters Verification (SVV) process and even calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Kolkata, March 20 The first supplementary voter list in West Bengal is likely to be published on March 23, an Election Commission official said on Friday.The scheduled release on March 19 was postponed at the last minute as the process was not yet complete.The official said preparations are...

Kolkata, March 20 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued a notification announcing the constitution of 19 appellate tribunals to hear objections on decisions taken by judicial officers during ongoing adjudications of cases classified under the “logical discrepancy” category...

New Delhi, March 20 The Election Commission (EC) has established tribunals consisting of retired high court judges to hear appeals against the orders of judicial officers handling cases involving doubtful voters in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections.On March 10, the Supreme Court...

In West Bengal, after reviewing the names of voters who were undergoing a special revision process (SIR), the first supplementary list of disputed voters may be released today. The final electoral roll, which was released on February 28 after intensive revision, contained over sixty lakh names...

Kolkata, March 20 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court challenging the transfers of bureaucrats and police officers of the West Bengal cadre ordered by the Election Commission of India (ECI) since the Model Code of Conduct came into force on Sunday.The...

Kolkata, March 20 TMC MP and senior lawyer Kalyan Banerjee moved the Calcutta High Court on Friday, questioning the Election Commission's transfer order of several IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal shortly after the announcement of assembly elections in the state.The petitioner named Chief...

Kolkata, March 19 The nomination of Rekha Patra, BJP's candidate against alleged atrocities by TMC in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district two years ago, from the adjacent constituency of Hingalganj in the Sundarbans delta for the assembly elections, signified the saffron...

Kolkata, March 19 – A new bench of the Calcutta High Court was constituted on Thursday to hear the case of the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in August 2024.The new bench comprises Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Rai Chattopadhyay.The new...

Kolkata, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a comprehensive list of criminal cases pending against him.Adhikari, who is contesting from the Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies this time, has...

Kolkata, March 19 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Sheikh Shahjahan, the suspended Trinamool Congress leader from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, and the principal accused in the case of the assault on Enforcement...

Kolkata, March 19 – Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul is scheduled to chair a crucial meeting on Thursday regarding the publication of the first supplementary list of voters referred for judicial adjudication, which falls under the “logical discrepancy” category.The first...

Kolkata, March 18 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday questioned whether it was also the responsibility of the West Bengal government, along with the Election Commission of India (ECI), to ensure free, fair, and violence-free elections in the state.The division bench...

Kolkata, March 18 A TMC delegation met West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal and raised questions regarding alleged discrepancies in the post-SIR electoral rolls and the "delay" in the publication of supplementary lists.The delegation, which included TMC MPs Mahua Moitra and...