Presidency Univ begins review of 2026–27 admission process
19 Dec 2025 12:28 AM ISTKolkata: Presidency University has begun reviewing its undergraduate and postgraduate admission process for the 2026–27 academic session, with the...
False marriage promise invalidates consent, says Calcutta High Court
19 Dec 2025 12:27 AM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man for rape, holding that consent obtained on the basis of a false...
Modi’s ‘Bankim Da’ remark sparks row in KMC meet
19 Dec 2025 12:27 AM ISTKolkata: Heated scenes unfolded in the KMC House on Thursday after a BJP councillor accused Mayor Firhad Hakim of having once referred to a part of...
CM says Bengal is biz-ready, bats for ‘industry freedom’
19 Dec 2025 12:26 AM ISTKolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for freedom for industry and the working class, accusing the Centre of withholding funds...
Mamata opens Christmas Festival, calls for ‘harmony & compassion’
19 Dec 2025 12:25 AM ISTKolkata: At the inauguration of the 15th Kolkata Christmas Festival in Park Street’s Allen Park, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for...
‘BJP making a script’: TMC over Malviya’s ‘sponsored fire’ claim on New Town slum inferno
19 Dec 2025 12:25 AM ISTKolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shashi Panja on Thursday slammed the BJP leader and Bengal co-in-charge Amit Malviya after he alleged...
TMC MPs protest MGNREGA name change, accuses Centre of ‘desecrating’ scheme’s soul
19 Dec 2025 12:24 AM ISTKolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Thursday staged a protest in the national capital, holding portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath...
Chinsurah man wrongly marked ‘deceased’ in Bengal’s draft voter list
19 Dec 2025 12:24 AM ISTKolkata: In a surprising error during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal’s draft voter list, a young man from Chinsurah has been...
SIT seizes CCTV, broadcast footage in Messi event rampage
19 Dec 2025 12:23 AM ISTKolkata: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the alleged mismanagement and vandalism at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan...
Messi event: Sourav Ganguly lodges plaint over defamatory posts
19 Dec 2025 12:22 AM ISTKolkata: Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly has lodged a complaint against a portfolio holder of an Argentine football fan club for...
Eco Park slum fire doused after 18 hrs, 150-200 families affected
19 Dec 2025 12:22 AM ISTKolkata: The massive fire that broke out at a slum near Eco Park’s gate number 6, adjacent to Ghuni village, on Wednesday evening was finally doused...
‘Unmapped’ voters highest in Matua-dominated Assembly constituencies
19 Dec 2025 12:22 AM ISTKolkata: The highest concentration of the “unmapped” voters was found in the Matua-dominated Assembly constituencies of North 24-Parganas and Nadia,...
