Kolkata, Aug 19 (UNI) A massive protest march was held by the Advocates of Calcutta High Court on Monday, demanding justice in the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady doctor at the premises of state-owned RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, official sources said. “Time has come to combat strongly lawlessness…
Malda, Aug 18 (UNI) Six people were killed and another critically injured when the vehicle in which they were travelling, hit a truck on the rear near Gor-Malda station under English Bazar in West Bengal’s Malda district, official sources said on Sunday. The mishap happened when the SUV, which was on a high speed was…
Kolkata, Aug 13 (UNI) Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old woman post-graduate trainee doctor at the West Bengal government-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital premises in North Kolkata. A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya transferred the…
Kolkata, Aug 3 (UNI) At least three people were killed in the last 24 hours with the latest tragedy: a man was swept away at Asansol as life in major parts of West Bengal by and large was affected following rains and landslides for the past week, official sources said on Saturday. A report said…
Kolkata, July 21 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday vowed to end the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and save the country from the clutches of alleged dictatorial and communal forces regime. Addressing a mammoth rally at Esplanade to mark Martyrs’ Day remembering the…
Kolkata, July 21 (UNI) The Indian Railways has cancelled two trains between India and Bangladesh in view of the ongoing violent protests in the neighbouring country, official sources said here on Sunday. The Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and the Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday have been cancelled because of “unavoidable circumstances.”….
Kolkata, July 12 (UNI) Opposition leader in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and apprised him of the latest political situation, including that of “mob violence,” across the state. Adhikari said he met Shah at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday and narrated about the…
Kolkata, July 5 (UNI) West Bengal Legislative Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Friday administered the oath of office to two newly-elected Trinamool Congress MLAs at a specially convened one-day session of the Assembly, ending a month-long deadlock created by the legislators’ refusal to take oath at Raj Bhawan. Since the bye-election results on June 4,…
Kolkata, July 4 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court will hear a defamation suit filed by West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 10, court sources said on Thursday. Bose filed the suit against Banerjee on June 28, a day after she said before the media that several women had…
Kolkata, June 29 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the judicial system should be independent and impartial, and it should not be politically biassed when administering a judgement. As a special guest at a ceremony to mark the Calcutta High Court Bar Library’s 200 years at the city National Judicial…
