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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered traffic control in Kolkata during the Trinamool Congress' martyrs day rally on July 21. The court imposed certain restrictions on the movement of processions to the 21 July manch at Esplanade on Monday with an aim to give office goers a respite. The police have been instructed to make sure there are no traffic jams between 9 am and 11 am on roads leading to the Calcutta High Court, Central Kolkata, and within a 5 km radius. The Kolkata Police ...Read More >
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday imposed strict restrictions on Trinamool Congress' annual Martyrs' Day rally on July 21. The single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh barred the movements of different processions of party workers marching towards the main rally venue between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., considered as the peak office hours. However, Justice Ghosh's bench said that these processions could start moving again towards the rally venue from 11 a.m. The ...Read More >
Representational Image | The BJP approached the HC after police denied permission to hold the procession via a specific route.Source : PTI Kolkata, Jul 17 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the BJP to hold a rally and meeting in West Bengal's Siliguri on July 21, the same day the ruling TMC is scheduled to hold its annual mega Martyrs' Day rally in Kolkata. The court directed that the rally and meeting could be held between 11 am and 5 pm and that police would ensure the mainten ...Read More >
Jaipur: Former CM Ashok Gehlot acknowledged Thursday that BJP's campaign focusing on the 2022 Kanhaiya Lal murder case contributed to his govt's electoral defeat in 2023.The case involved the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was beheaded inside his shop on June 28, 2022, by two assailants who filmed and shared the act on social media. The accused, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus, were arrested within four hours after the crime.The murder occurred against a backdrop of es ...Read More >
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to specify its plans for conducting students' body elections across colleges and universities. This follows a petition highlighting the decade-long delay. The court seeks a notification timeline from the state amidst unresolved issues with permanent vice chancellor appointments. The Calcutta High Court has instructed the West Bengal government to outline its strategy for holding upcoming students' body elections in colleges and uni ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court's Justice Tirthankar Ghosh asks Commissioner of Kolkata Police to give a written undertaking that traffic will not be affected on July 21 during Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s annual Martyr's Day programme. According to court sources, Justice Ghosh had asked police to ensure smooth traffic so that no one including the lawyers of the court face any problems during TMC's programme at the Dorina crossing in Esplanade area. The court sources had also mentioned that the Jus ...Read More >
The court said that the matter would be heard along with the petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for capital punishment in September The Calcutta High Court Wednesday said that it will hear the plea of the sole convict in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, Sanjoy Roy, for acquittal from the case. A division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Md Sabbar Rashidi observed that the matter would be heard with the petition of the Central Bureau ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday that the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government must think of an alternative venue for its annual July 21 Martyrs' Day rally from next year. Every year, the rally is conducted at the multiple-crossing point of Esplanade in front of Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation House in busy central Kolkata, which throws the entire traffic system in the area as well as on the adjacent roads out of gear for a substantial peri ...Read More >
Birbhum, (West Bengal), July 17: A shocking video has surfaced on social media in which it can be seen that Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan is involved in a fight reportedly with her neighbours in West Bengal's Birbhum. The incident was caught on camera and the video of the incident is doing rounds on social media. It can be seen in the video that Hasin Jahan is involved in a heated argument with the females staying in her neighbourhood. There are reports that Hasin ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal, who is currently the Additional Director General of Special Task Force of Kolkata Police, on Thursday apologised to the Calcutta High Court for "inadvertently" revealing the name of the R.G. Kar rape and murder case victim. Goyal wrote a letter to the Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, tendering an unconditional apology for the "inadvertent" action. Considering that t ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 17: Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal, who is currently the Additional Director General of Special Task Force of Kolkata Police, on Thursday apologised to the Calcutta High Court for "inadvertently" revealing the name of the R.G. Kar rape and murder case victim. Goyal wrote a letter to the Division Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, tendering an unconditional apology for the "inadvertent" action. Considering that the former City Po ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Non-fossil fuel sources now make up half of India's power generation capacity of 484.8 GW (gigawatt), a milestone the country has achieved five years ahead of the target set under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) committed in the Paris climate agreement."In a world seeking climate solutions India is showing the way," renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on X on Monday, crediting the progress to PM Modi's stewardship of "Bharat's green transformation tow ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets on Wednesday against the profiling of Bengali-speaking persons as Bangladeshis in BJP-governed states.The spate of arrests and detentions of Bengali-speaking migrants in Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Delhi -- some of which are under the glare of Calcutta High Court -- has prompted TMC to rekindle the "Bengali identity and pride" issue that had derailed BJP's strong Hindutva campaign in the 2021 assembly polls.Wit ...Read More >
Mumbai : Tesla's long awaited India debut finally took place with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurating its showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Elon Musk-led car maker unveiled its Model Y compact all-electric SUV at its 'Experience Centre' in Bandra-Kurla Complex with the CM describing it as the "right city and the right state" for the launch."Mumbai stands for innovation and sustainability. In 2015, when I went to the US, I had my first ride in a Tesla, and then I thought we need such a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed the families of two BJP workers, who died in East Midnapore's Khejuri, to file a case seeking a second postmortem and a probe by an impartial agency. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh listed the hearing for July 16.Das (23) and Sudhir Paik (65) collapsed on July 11 while attending a religious fair at Bhangnamari in Khejuri. Their families alleged that the deaths were not accidental, as claimed by police, and there was foul play.Cops had said the two men die ...Read More >
Tight security arrangements have been made around West Bengal state secretariat 'Nabanna' in Howrah on Monday as "eligible teachers", whose jobs were annulled following a Supreme Court order, planned a protest march demanding their reinstatement, a senior police officer said. Although the route march of the 'Joggya Sikkhak Sikkhika Adhikar Mancha' (Deserving Teachers' Rights Forum) has not been finalised yet, Howrah City Police deployed senior officers at crucial junctions to maintain law and o ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Telangana High Court. The Union government on Monday transferred Tripura High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh to the Telangana High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had made a recommendation for the transfer on May 28. Justice Aparesh Kumar will succeed Justice Sujoy Paul, who has been transferred to the Calcutta High Court. Justice Singh was sworn-in as the Chief Justice ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, July 14 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court on Monday directed a man, facing contempt of court for attending a virtual court hearing while relieving himself on a toilet seat, to deposit Rs 1 lakh with the court's registry after observing that he was ready to tender an unconditional apology. The incident occurred on June 20 when Justice Nirzar S Desai was hearing a case. A video of the man soon went viral, prompting the high court to initiate suo motu contempt proceedings. On Monday, the di ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court, has been transferred to serve as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court. On Monday, the Central Government, after receiving the President's approval, issued a notification formalising Justice Singh's transfer. The Supreme Court Collegium had, in late May, proposed his move to Telangana. Simultaneously, the Collegium recommended that Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul of the Telangana High Court be transferred to t ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh and four others in a financial irregularities case. Ghosh was the principal of the medical college when an on-duty doctor was raped and murdered on the campus on August 9. Also Read | Prime Minister Narendra Modi Condoles Demise of Kota Srinivasa Rao Garu, Remembers Actor-Politician's 'Cinematic Brilliance' and 'Social Service' (See Post). He was arres ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh and four others in a financial irregularities case. Ghosh was the principal of the medical college when an on-duty doctor was raped and murdered on the campus on August 9. He was arrested by the CBI in the financial irregularities case amid the protests over the rape and murder. The special court ordered framing of charges under various sections of the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved judgment on appeals over a single-bench order that directed the state government and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to proceed with a selection process for school teachers. The judgment was reserved after arguments by the parties concluded before a division bench presided by Justice Soumen Sen. Also Read | Will Japanese Bullet Train Not Run Between Ahmedabad and Mumbai? PIB Fact Check Debunk ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved judgment on appeals over a single-bench order that directed the state government and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to proceed with a selection process for school teachers. The judgment was reserved after arguments by the parties concluded before a division bench presided by Justice Soumen Sen. As per direction of the bench, also comprising Justice Smita Das De, the state government, the Wes ...Read More >
New Delhi: A woman currently pursuing her studies at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) in West Bengal has come forward with a serious allegation of sexual assault against a fellow student on the institute's campus. According to reports, the incident took place on Friday, prompting the victim to file a detailed complaint at the Haridevpur Police Station late that same evening. Following the submission of her statement, law enforcement officials registered an official ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, July 11: Director General of Police (DGP), J&K, Nalin Prabhat today chaired a high-level security review meeting in South Kashmir to assess the arrangements for the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra. The meeting was attended by DIG South Kashmir Range Javed Mattoo, SSPs of South Kashmir districts, and senior officers from the Indian Army, CRPF and BSF. Addressing the meeting, the DGP lauded the dedication of all security forces in ensuring the safe conduct of the Yatra. He stressed the ...Read More >
Kolkata/Berhampore: Odisha has released 403 out of 447 Bengali-speaking migrants it had detained, suspecting them of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, over the past three days. Most of the Bengali-speaking migrant workers have been released, said Trinamool MP Samirul Islam, who chairs the state migrant workers' welfare board.The migrant workers, most of them from Birbhum and Murshidabad and some from South 24 Parganas, had been mostly picked up by the Jharsuguda police, according to Islam.Sa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan received a death threat on social media, his party spokesperson Rajesh Bhatt said on Friday. Bhatt also filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Patna in the matter. As per the written complaint, the death threat was issued by an Instagram user under the name 'Tiger Meraj Idisi'. 'The threat was issued due to Paswan's growing popularity. T ...Read More >
Kolkata: Ticking off the National Commission for Women (NCW) for its "interference" in an ongoing criminal investigation, Calcutta High Court on Friday told the commission clearly: "You can carry on your own investigations, but how can you ask police to add sections or ask them to probe in a certain manner?"Justice Tirthankar Ghosh told NCW: "This is interference. You do your investigations; I have nothing to do with it. I will not interfere with your investigations. But tell me who can interfer ...Read More >
KAKINADA: A major controversy has erupted at Rangaraya Medical College in Kakinada following allegations of sexual harassment by some staff members towards female students. District Collector Dr. Shaan Mohan and SP Bindu Madhav on Thursday confirmed that four individuals have been suspended from duty and criminal cases have been filed against them. The issue came to light when the college principal, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, received an email complaint from a female student. Following this, around 50 ...Read More >
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