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Congress party workers participate in a protest rally against the arrest of party candidate Milan Pradhan for the Nandigram Assembly byelection, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on September 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) granted interim bail to Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for Nandigram Assembly bypolls….
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee speaks to the media during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on August 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) extended the interim protection of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee till August 31 and said that his custodial interrogation is…
People gather amid the demolition of the party office of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee after it was allegedly found to be constructed without an approved building plan and in violation of applicable rules, in Amtala, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on July 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The Calcutta High Court on…
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Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee did not turn up for interrogation despite summons from the CID. | Photo Credit: ANI The Calcutta High Court granted permission to Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) to file a petition in the court seeking protection against any coercive action…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday (April 13, 2026) arrested a person wanted in connection with a case of two Kolkata residents missing since July 2014. Absconding since then, the accused was tracked down to Surat in Gujarat. The “notorious criminal” has…
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Kolkata: The parents of the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered on duty at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, have approached Calcutta High Court, flagging concerns in the CBI’s investigation and seeking the court’s intervention in the case that shook the nation. The single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said the matter…
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The Kolkata Police had said an attempt was being made to create a false narrative. Kolkata: Hearing a petition by West Bengal’s Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on an alleged attack by “radicals” during a Kali Puja procession in Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to file a report…
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Port Blair: The Calcutta High Court’s Port Blair circuit bench has refused to interfere in the government’s decision to change the name of the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, saying it is the prerogative of the executive. On September 13, the central government renamed Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram. Hearing a petition challenging…
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Kolkata: An “absolute failure of state machinery” led to the vandalism at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital late Wednesday and early Thursday, the Calcutta High Court said this morning, as it warned the Bengal government it would order the medical facility to be closed if state police could not protect it. The High Court directed the…
Kolkata: The probe into the chilling rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital must be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Calcutta High Court ruled today. The court noted serious lapses in the hospital administration’s response after the doctor was found dead in its…