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Rs. 85,000 is meagre, Bengal govt should consider Rs. 10 lakh: Calcutta HC's sarcasm over Durga Puja dole

Sep 24, 2024, at 05:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Monday passed a sarcastic comment on the West Bengal government's annual dole for the Durga Puja organisers stating the amount of Rs. 85,000 offered is meagre and the state should consider hiking it up to Rs. 10 lakh, media reports said.

Calcutta HC grants bail to DYFI leader Kalatan Dasgupta in junior doctor audio clip case

Sep 20, 2024, at 03:07 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) leader Kalatan Dasgupta, who was arrested over an audio clip, brought to the fore by Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh alleging a conspiracy to attack the junior doctors protesting against the ruling regime and the police over the RG Kar rape and murder.

CBI rules out gangrape in RG Kar horror, says Sanjay Roy lone accused: Report

Sep 07, 2024, at 04:39 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has ruled out gangrape in the RG Kar case, where a junior doctor was brutally raped and murdered last month, and said that available evidence indicates only Sanjay Roy, arrested by the Kolkata Police, was involved in the crime, NDTV quoting sources reported on Friday.

There is a limit: Calcutta HC fumes at Bengal govt for hiring contractual employees in govt offices and courts

Sep 04, 2024, at 06:19 pm

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday lashed out at the West Bengal government for seeking appointment of contractual employees in lower courts, media reports said.

Supreme Court quashes Bengal govt's plea challenging Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri's relief

Sep 02, 2024, at 08:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In further embarrassment for the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the State's plea challenging Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri's relief in connection with the violence during march to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office, Nabanna, last week.

After Calcutta HC order, Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri walks out of jail

Aug 31, 2024, at 09:54 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: After the Calcutta High Court order, Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri, who was arrested over the march to West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna, walked out of jail, media reports said.

Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri, arrested over Nabanna march, granted bail by Calcutta HC

Aug 31, 2024, at 05:16 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Paschim Banga Chhatra Samaj leader Sayan Lahiri, who was arrested in connection with the August 27 march to the state secretariat Nabanna, was granted bail by the Calcutta High Court on Friday leaving the administration egg-faced, media reports said.

RG Kar case: Diary found near trainee doctor's body which documented gold medal, top hospital dreams

Aug 22, 2024, at 04:08 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A torn diary was recovered near the body of the Post-Graduate trainee doctor, who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which documented her big dreams of winning a gold medal and other honours in medicine, media reports said.

Supreme Court dismisses Calcutta HC order asking adolescent girls to control their sexual urges

Aug 21, 2024, at 06:11 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the controversial judgment by the Calcutta High Court delivered on October 18, 2023, asking adolescent girls to “control their sexual urges”. 

RG Kar doctor's rape-murder: Calcutta HC raps Mamata Banerjee's govt over demolition near hospital crime site

Aug 18, 2024, at 03:44 am

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has raised concerns about the West Bengal government's "urgency" in renovating areas near the RG Kar Hospital's seminar hall, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered, media reports said.

RG Kar case: Victim's parents gave CBI names of interns, doctors suspected to be involved in crime, says report

Aug 17, 2024, at 06:12 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that several interns and physicians from the organisation may be involved in the crime, an officer was quoted as saying in media reports on Friday.

'Assessment failure': Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal on RG Kar Hospital vandalism

Aug 17, 2024, at 02:57 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after the Calcutta High Court slammed the West Bengal government and the police over the vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has admitted that there was an "assessment failure".

What was the urgency? Calcutta HC questions Bengal govt over demolition work near crime scene at RG Kar Hospital

Aug 16, 2024, at 09:04 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the West Bengal government over it urgency to carry out a renovation work near the crime scene at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a 31-year-old lady trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week.

Absolute failure of state machinery: Calcutta HC raps Bengal govt over RG Kar Hospital vandalism

Aug 16, 2024, at 06:32 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday slammed the West Bengal government for its "absolute failure of state machinery" in tackling the vandalism of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by miscreants on Wednesday late night, media reports said.

RG Kar horror: Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Kolkata doctor's rape and murder case

Aug 13, 2024, at 10:06 pm

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of the PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital, an incident which has sparked massive protest across the nation.

'Why do you protect him? Calcutta HC slams Bengal govt over ex-RG Kar College principal's new post

Aug 13, 2024, at 08:48 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the state government over the appointment of Dr. Sandip Ghosh to a government college within hours after he resigned as the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week, media reports said.

RG Kar rape-murder case: We were told our daughter committed suicide, victim's parents tell Calcutta HC

Aug 13, 2024, at 07:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the seminar hall, claimed they were told that their daughter died of suicide by the state authorities, media reports said.

Go on long leave: Calcutta HC to ex-RG Kar College head who was given new charge within hours of resignation

Aug 13, 2024, at 07:18 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered controversial Dr. Sandip Ghosh, who was appointed as the principal of Calcutta National Medical College head within hours of his resignation as the head of RG Kar Medical College, to go on a long leave, coming down heavily on the state government in the trainee doctor's rape and murder case that has sent shockwaves across the country.

'Will keep speaking out': Mahua Moitra after Calcutta HC restrains Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory remarks against Guv Bose

Jul 17, 2024, at 07:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has cleared she will keep on "speaking out" against Governor CV Ananda Bose despite the Calcutta High Court restraining West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from making defamatory remarks against the Constitutional head of the state.

Calcutta High Court and Delhi High Court seek NTA responses on NEET irregularities

Jun 08, 2024, at 05:30 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the National Testing Agency (NTA) over a PIL filed alleging irregularities in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the test for entry into medical colleges.

'I am not against minorities but won't divide the country based on religion': PM Modi

May 29, 2024, at 04:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence in securing a thumping majority for a third term, asserted his commitment to returning the money "looted" from Bengal and emphasised his stance against reservation based on religion.

Analysis: Calcutta HC's cancellation of Mamata govt OBC list reignites Muslim vote bank debate

May 24, 2024, at 05:45 am

When the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday that the Muslim community was treated as a "commodity for political ends" by the  West Bengal government which classified 77 classes of Muslims as backward between 2010 and 2012, it triggered a debate on appeasement and vote bank politics vis-a-vis social uplift of the real backward people.

Mamata govt promoting Muslim League's agenda: BJP president JP Nadda after Calcutta HC's 'OBC quota' verdict

May 23, 2024, at 06:34 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of appeasement politics and promoting Muslim League's agenda, weaponising the Calcutta High Court's order scrapping OBC certificates issued after 2010.

'I will not accept': Mamata Banerjee on Calcutta HC scrapping OBC certificates issued in Bengal after 2010

May 23, 2024, at 03:46 am

Kolkata/IBNS: After the Calcutta High Court cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said she "will not accept" the order, which will "take away the rights granted to the Tapashili community".

Calcutta HC scraps all OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010

May 22, 2024, at 11:54 pm

In another crucial verdict ahead of the last two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday cancelled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010.

In a relief for Mamata govt, SC halts CBI probe against Bengal officers in teacher's recruitment scam

Apr 30, 2024, at 06:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In a huge relief to Mamata Banerjee-led government, the Supreme Court Monday stayed the Calcutta High Court order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the role of West Bengal government officials in an alleged teacher recruitment scam.

Plea filed in Calcutta HC seeking action against Mamata Banerjee's 'judges purchased' remark

Apr 26, 2024, at 05:30 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya approached the Calcutta High Court Friday seeking suo moto cognizance of remarks allegedly made by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in which she called judges biased and said they 'had been purchased.'

Bengal jobs scam: SSC to move Supreme Court challenging Calcutta HC order cancelling 24,000 recruitments

Apr 24, 2024, at 05:09 pm

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) will on Wednesday move the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order that cancelled recruitment of almost 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in 2016, media reports said.

'Illegal, I challenge it': Mamata Banerjee on Calcutta HC cancelling 24,000 jobs in SSC scam probe

Apr 22, 2024, at 07:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 24,000 recruitments of teaching and non-teaching staff "illegal".

Calcutta High Court cancels 24,000 Bengal jobs dismissing 2016 teacher recruitment panel in SSC scam probe

Apr 22, 2024, at 06:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In a massive order, the Calcutta High Court on Monday cancelled recruitment of 24,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in government-sponsored and government-aided schools, dismissing the entire 2016 teacher recruitment panel, media reports said.