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2 days, 14 hours ago

Kolkata RG Kar hospital horror: Suspect denies rape and murder of doctor

The suspect on trial for raping and murdering a 31-year-old doctor has pleaded not guilty, his lawyer said Saturday, a crime that appalled the nation and triggered wide-scale protests. The discovery of the doctor's bloodied body at a government hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata on August 9 sparked nationwide anger at the chronic issue of violence against women. …

Kolkata Roy Bandyopadhyay

1 month ago

The bravado of retail investors: Buying the dip or skating on thin ice?

Live Mint

Individuals investing in stocks show no signs of slowing even as India’s benchmark indices have shed significant gains since hitting record highs in September, prompting a warning from leading wealth managers and brokers against ‘buying the dip’. Despite this, retail investors purchased a net ₹33,065 crore from the National Stock Exchange’s secondary or cash market between 1 October and 14 …

India Retail Markets Market Ice Mutual Funds Retail Investors

4 months ago

Bengal Government announces host of measures to ensure safety of women at workplaces

The Hindu

The West Bengal government on Saturday announced a slew of measures to ensure the safety of women in workplaces, particularly at state-run hospitals, where they have to work on night shifts, too, including designated retiring rooms and CCTV-monitored ‘safe zones’. Apart from hospitals and medical colleges, hostels and other places engaging women during night shifts will now come under the …

Women Medical Colleges Night Bandyopadhyay

5 months, 1 week ago

Consumer Cases Monthly Digest: June 2024

Live Law

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Limitation Period Under Policy Is Shorter Than Statutory Period For Filing Complaint, Unenforceable And Void: NCDRC Holds Oriental Insurance Liable For Deficiency In Service The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided by Subhash Chandra and Sadhna Shanker, held that the Consumer Protection Act 1986 provides a two-year limitation period for filing a complaint, and the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

2 TMC MLAs fail to take oath as West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose leaves for Delhi

Live Mint

Two newly elected TMC MLAs – Rayat Hossain Sarkar and Sayantika Banerjee – waited on the West Bengal Legislative Assembly premises in Kolkata for their swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, However, officials said West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose refused to hold the programme in the assembly as requested by them, and instead left for New Delhi. Raj Bhavan had earlier …

Delhi Assembly West Bengal Speaker New Delhi Governor Sarkar

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Impasse over swearing in: 2 newly elected TMC MLAs waiting for Governor in Bengal assembly

New Indian Express

KOLKATA: Amid the impasse over their swearing-in, the two newly elected Trinamool Congress MLAs arrived at the West Bengal assembly on Wednesday and said they would wait for Governor C V Ananda Bose till 4 pm if he comes to administer the oath of office to them or give his ascent for the Speaker to do the job. Sarkar also …

Speaker Mla Governor Oath Bandyopadhyay

5 months, 3 weeks ago

TMC MLAs fail to take oath in West Bengal as Governor CV Ananda Bose leaves for Delhi

India TV News

The deadlock over the swearing-in of two newly elected TMC legislators continued today as West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose refused to hold the programme in the assembly as requested by them, and instead left for New Delhi, officials said. Raj Bhavan had earlier invited the two, who were elected to the assembly in recent by-polls, to take the oath …

Delhi Assembly West Bengal Speaker New Delhi Governor Oath

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm

News 18

Kolkata Uttar is one of the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal that will go to polls in the seventh phase of election on June 1. In the North Kolkata Lok Sabha seat, where the TMC’s “old guard” is pitted against the “new guard”. The BJP dealt a lethal blow to the TMC’s fortunes when Tapas Roy, now the saffron …

India Kolkata Water Congress West Bengal Party Lok Sabha

9 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Who's the outsider? Mamata invokes Bengali nationalism to stave off BJP attack

India Today

“The aliens are coming” is Mamata Banerjee’s battle cry to summon up the powerful mystique of Bengali nationalism, with which she hopes to block the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ambitions of increasing its seat tally in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, and topping the Trinamool Congress wins in the total of 42 parliamentary seats in the state. As the leader of …

Congress Candidates Lok Sabha Mamata Bengali Trinamool Mamata Banerjee

9 months, 1 week ago

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates list

India TV News

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Kolkata Uttar is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal. Kolkata Uttar Constituency Demographic Profile As per data from the Election Commission, there were 14,44,082 voters in the Kolkata Uttar constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Date The Kolkata Uttar constituency in West Bengal …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

West Bengal: TMC issues show-cause notice to Kunal Ghosh for 'anti-party statements'

India TV News

In an interesting development in West Bengal politics ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has been issued a show cause notice by the party for his "anti-party statements". However, TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later issued a show cause notice to Ghosh. TMC leader Tapas Roy quits party Meanwhile, senior …

West Bengal Party Bjp Mla Pti Ghosh Tmc

9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Could be linked to coal scam’: Ghosh demands probe against MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Hindustan Times

Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh, who recently expressed his desire to resign from the post of party’s spokesperson and state general secretary, on Saturday demanded the arrest of party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay. Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh Ghosh also urged the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to initiate a probe against Bandyopadhyay in connection with …

Party Coal Bjp Cbi Leader Ghosh Tmc

1 year, 3 months ago

This Women in Translation Month, looking back at Mahasweta Devi’s novel Mother of 1084

The Hindu

Accepting the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1997, Bengali writer and activist Mahasweta Devi said her India still lived behind a curtain of darkness — one that separated mainstream society from the poor and the deprived. Tumultuous Bengal Narrated in three parts, ‘Morning’, ‘Late Afternoon’ and ‘Evening’, the story follows Sujata’s self-discovery as she gets the devastating news and immediately recoils …

Mother Her Son Son Nandini Naxalite Sujata Bandyopadhyay

1 year, 4 months ago

High Court to probe Jadavpur University crisis following tragic student demise

Firstpost

Even students who enrolled eight years ago still reside in the hostels. The situation within the university has severely deteriorated The Calcutta High Court has granted permission to review a public interest litigation plea that requests the court’s involvement regarding the conditions at Jadavpur University. Bandyopadhyay presented the case, noting several concerning issues plaguing the university’s environment. He underscored that …

Chancellor Bandyopadhyay Jadavpur University Tragic Student

1 year, 4 months ago

Mrinal Sen: Memory, history, and political commentary

The Hindu

Published : Aug 10, 2023 11:00 IST - 14 MINS READ In this article, I wish to draw attention to some of the recurring themes and motifs of Mrinal Sen’s diverse oeuvre. “The story of the mother who betrays her children in Calcutta ’71 is located within the vortex of multi-layered narratives, generated by referencing other films and texts, thereby …

History India Film Kolkata Political Memory Interview

1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata, Akhilesh agree to maintain ‘equal distance’ from BJP, Congress

Hindustan Times

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Kolkata on Friday and both parties later announced that they will maintain equal distance from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress while continuing to reach out to other outfits, marking the first stirrings of an Opposition effort to forge a common platform …

Odisha Kolkata Opposition Parties Party Mamata Banerjee Bjp

1 year, 10 months ago

Abanindranath Tagore: Garden house of the homing artist restored

The Hindu

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST Given our scant regard for restoration and conservation, any attempt to that effect, however small or inadequate, is probably a cause for jubilation. His 150th birth anniversary passed in 2021 without the West Bengal government making any special effort to celebrate it.” And if one excuses the slight exaggeration, artist Mukul Dey had …

Family Kolkata West Bengal Indian Bengali Artist Gupta

2 years, 1 month ago

New polio cases found due to pause in immunisation during COVID-19 time, says expert from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The Hindu

A pause in the immunisation programme at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic has led to the finding of fresh polio cases in countries such as the U.S., U.K. and Mozambique this year, according to an expert associated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Bandyopadhyay coordinates global research aimed at achieving and sustaining polio eradication besides developing novel polio …

Health India World Foundation Polio New York Immunisation

2 years, 4 months ago

Bengal's famous ‘one rupee doctor’ Sushovon Bandyopadhyay dies at 84: A rich life

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took to Twitter to condole the demise of Bengal's famous ‘ek takar daktar’ Sushovan Bandyopadhyay. Remembering him as one who “epitomised the best of human spirit”, Modi wrote, “He will be remembered as a kind and large hearted person who cured many people.” Sharing a picture of him with Bandyopadhyay, the prime minister further …

Doctor Bengal Birbhum Bandyopadhyay One Rupee Doctor

2 years, 6 months ago

A graphic novel based on the Mahabharata for your reading list

Live Mint

Panchali, written by Sibaji Bandyopadhyay and visualised by Sankha Banerjee is the second in a projected series of five graphic novels by the same makers that retell parts of the Mahabharata. Panchali is compelling, as the early books of the Mahabharata generally are, and in this volume, we easily apprehend the central story of the warring family without being pulled …

Graphic Know Pandavas Novel Banerjee Mahabharata Bandyopadhyay

2 years, 6 months ago

Calcutta High Court Disposes BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari's Plea After Speaker Revokes Suspension

Live Law

The Calcutta High Court on Friday disposed of a writ petition challenging the decision of West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay to suspend Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and four other BJP MLAs from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The Court was apprised that the Speaker on Thursday had revoked the suspension of the BJP MLAs including that of …

Court Suspension West West Bengal Assembly Speaker House Mla

2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi High Court Dismisses Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi From Kolkata

Live Law

The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh while pronouncing the order today observed that it sees no reason to interfere with the impugned order. He therefore challenged the disciplinary proceedings before the Kolkata bench of Central Administrative Tribunal but on a request made by central government, the Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal in New …

Delhi Kolkata Jurisdiction Court West Bengal Transfer Order

2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up [2022 LiveLaw (Del) 134 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 150]

Live Law

CITATIONS 2022 LiveLaw 134 TO 2022 LiveLaw 150 NOMINAL INDEX VINAY KHURANA v. SHWETA KHURANA 2022 LiveLaw 134 DR. SANJIV BANSAL v. DR. MANISH BANSAL 2022 LiveLaw 135 GOPALA KRISHNA MOOTHA v. THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR 2022 LiveLaw 136 JOHRINA BEGUM v. SUKHBIR SINGH 2022 LiveLaw 137 SUMER SINGH SALMAN v. VIKRAM SINGH & ORS …

India Delhi High Court Income Tax Delhi High Court Order Trees

2 years, 11 months ago

SC sets aside HC order on CAT case against Alapan Bandyopadhyay

Op India

The former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay suffered a legal setback after the Supreme Court set aside the Calcutta High Court’s judgment in his favour where the High Court had quashed a ruling of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Delhi related to a case against him. Calcutta High Court passed order without jurisdiction, it was ‘ab initio void:” SC …

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Kolkata RG Kar hospital horror: Suspect denies rape and murder of doctor

The bravado of retail investors: Buying the dip or skating on thin ice?

Bengal Government announces host of measures to ensure safety of women at workplaces

Consumer Cases Monthly Digest: June 2024

2 TMC MLAs fail to take oath as West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose leaves for Delhi

Impasse over swearing in: 2 newly elected TMC MLAs waiting for Governor in Bengal assembly

TMC MLAs fail to take oath in West Bengal as Governor CV Ananda Bose leaves for Delhi

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Seat: TMC Walks A Tightrope As BJP Gains Ground With Tapas Roy At Helm

Opinion: Who's the outsider? Mamata invokes Bengali nationalism to stave off BJP attack

Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates list

West Bengal: TMC issues show-cause notice to Kunal Ghosh for 'anti-party statements'

‘Could be linked to coal scam’: Ghosh demands probe against MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay

This Women in Translation Month, looking back at Mahasweta Devi’s novel Mother of 1084

High Court to probe Jadavpur University crisis following tragic student demise

Mrinal Sen: Memory, history, and political commentary

Mamata, Akhilesh agree to maintain ‘equal distance’ from BJP, Congress

Abanindranath Tagore: Garden house of the homing artist restored

New polio cases found due to pause in immunisation during COVID-19 time, says expert from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bengal's famous ‘one rupee doctor’ Sushovon Bandyopadhyay dies at 84: A rich life

A graphic novel based on the Mahabharata for your reading list

Calcutta High Court Disposes BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari's Plea After Speaker Revokes Suspension

Delhi High Court Dismisses Alapan Bandyopadhyay's Plea Challenging CAT's Order Transferring His Case To Delhi From Kolkata

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up [2022 LiveLaw (Del) 134 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 150]

SC sets aside HC order on CAT case against Alapan Bandyopadhyay