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Kolkata, February 23 Noting that the West Bengal government was unable to handle mass agitations that were obstructing the demolition of over 500 illegal constructions in the East Kolkata wetlands, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said it was considering deploying paramilitary forces to carry...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist once hailed as the "Chanakya" of West Bengal politics, defined an era of silent political coups and shifting loyalties as a master of defection, yet ironically, he came to embody the very politics he perfected.With the passing of the founding...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist who was once hailed as the "Chanakya of West Bengal politics," died early Monday after a prolonged illness, bringing to an end a career marked by both engineering and participating in defections.One of the founding members of the Trinamool...

Kolkata, February 23 – The adjudication of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will begin on Monday.The process is expected to start after 11 a.m., and according to the Supreme Court's directive...

Kolkata, February 23 – Senior politician Mukul Roy, a former Railway Minister from West Bengal, died early Monday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family has confirmed. He was 73.Mukul Roy passed away shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Monday, according to his son, Subhranshu Roy. He had...

Kolkata, February 22 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be required to accept only the 13 identity documents specified by the Election Commission of India...

Kolkata, February 22 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul has constituted a committee to oversee interim arrangements for transferring urgent matters to alternative courts following the engagement of judicial officers for work related to the SIR exercise in West Bengal.On February 20...

Kolkata, February 22 – The full-fledged judicial adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the election-bound state of West Bengal will begin on Monday, and the process will commence with the involvement of 150 session...

Kolkata, February 22 – As the deadline for the completion of the scrutiny phase of voter documents submitted during the hearing on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal has ended, uncertainty remains regarding the number of voter documents classified as "logical...

Kolkata, February 21 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered on Saturday the cancellation of leave for all judicial officers posted in different courts of West Bengal until March 9, to ensure compliance with the directions passed by the Supreme Court for the completion of the...

Kolkata, February 21 A high-level meeting on the SIR exercise began at the Calcutta High Court on Saturday afternoon, in accordance with the SC's directives, officials said.The meeting, presided over by HC Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, aims to establish a framework for judicial oversight as...

New Delhi, February 21 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju described the Supreme Court's order for the deployment of judicial officers to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal as a "very significant directive" and stated that the Mamata Banerjee...

Kolkata, February 21 – The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, will chair a crucial meeting on Saturday to finalize the plan for appointing serving and retired judicial officers to oversee the adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive...

Kolkata, February 19 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sent an email to the police in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Thursday, requesting the case diary related to the violence in Beldanga last month, NIA sources said on Thursday.It is alleged that no action has been taken to...

New Delhi, February 19 The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) decision to transfer his case from Kolkata to New Delhi."The petition is dismissed (as it)...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from cricketer Mohammad Shami on pleas filed by his estranged wife seeking transfer of cases, including the one alleging domestic violence, from West Bengal to Delhi.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan agreed to...

Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 18:* The Supreme Court will hear pleas related to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.* The Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging obstruction by Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi, February 17 Will the Supreme Court monitor every murder or violent incident that occurs in West Bengal, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday while hearing a plea concerning the alleged killing of three BJP workers after the 2018 local body elections in the state.A bench of justices...

New Delhi, February 17 The National Green Tribunal's approval of the Great Nicobar project is disappointing and unfortunate, and may have disastrous ecological impacts, according to environmental enthusiasts.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday cleared the proposed International...

Kolkata, February 16 The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to provide an assurance that CISF personnel, providing security at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, will be relocated from a Chinese language school here by April 30.The Central Industrial...