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,...
GTA assures teachers, school closure in Darjeeling suspended temporarily
19 Dec 2025 12:19 AM ISTDarjeeling: The indefinite closure of schools in the GTA area, triggered by the Calcutta High Court order quashing the appointment of 313 teachers,...
