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The Calcutta High Court appointed a retired judge to oversee Trinamool Congress party expenses. KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday appointed retired judge Justice Subrata Talukdar as a special officer to oversee the day-to-day expenses of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) from three bank accounts that were frozen as part of a money…

MALDA/KOLKATA: Birbhum resident Danish Sheikh and three others from his village – a mother and her two sons – crossed back into India through the Mahadipur border in Bengal’s Malda Wednesday, ending a 13-month ordeal that began when Delhi Police deported them as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants without a tribunal hearing.Waiting for Danish at home in…

Kolkata: Chaos broke out on Wedsnesday afternoon during a rally led by former CM Mamata Banerjee to protest against the Baruipur rape-murder incident, as well as other issues like the paper leak. A vast stretch of south Kolkata — between Ballygunge Phari and Hazra More — virtually turned into a battleground with BJP supporters clashing…

Kolkata: Three persons were arrested after a violent clash in Kadapara, under Phoolbagan Police Station, on Tuesday night. The clash involved an attack on a local resident, Ashok Yadav. In his police complaint, Yadav said around 30 men, led by a local youth named Hindol, attacked him. He alleged that the group came from the…

Kolkata: Police in Kolkata searched the home and hideouts of Mohammad Firoz Khan alias Mini Firoz after he was arrested from near Dankuni toll plaza, and found a foreign-made 9 mm pistol, a magazine, three illegal country-made guns, and many bullets.Police said Firoz used a fake arms licence from Nagaland, which had his real name…

Kolkata: Twice-a-day sweeping and cleaning work will be conducted on roads, market places and densely populated areas in municipal bodies across the state from the third week of July, state urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul announced on Wednesday during the launch of the ‘Swachh Kavach’ programme.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari unveiled the pilot…

Kolkata: Police arrested Bhowanipore strongman Rakesh Sahu alias Vicky, from Durgapur while he was allegedly trying to flee to Jharkhand. Cops said Vicky had been active in the Bhowanipore area for several years, and has been accused of forcibly taking over two rooms in a local’s house and demanding Rs 30 lakh when asked to…

Kolkata: “If the SIR tribunal goes on at the current pace, it will take 21 years for all appeals to be disposed of,” the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday, also stressing that a passport cannot be issued without citizenship checks.Hearing an appeal by an SIR-deleted voter whose tatkal passport application is pending due to…

Kolkata: Ramakrishna Mission (Narendrapur) school authorities, including the Secretary Maharaj, were not present at a meeting between members of the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Praktani and recent passouts on Sunday, the secretary of the alumni association has said.The meeting was held to listen to the concerns and grievances of recent passouts that surfaced after a class-11…

PIL on Iskcon proposal for school midday meals Kolkata: Only an offer came, nothing further, the state govt told the Calcutta High Court in a PIL, challenging the proposal to entrust Iskcon with preparing and supplying cooked meals under PM-POSHAN to KMC schools.Though it called the PIL “premature”, the division bench of Acting Chief Justice…