Kolkata Municipal Corporation plans to declare certain neighbourhoods in Calcutta heritage precincts
Dhaval Jain, the municipal commissioner, highlights the need to strike a balance between 'community rights' of conserving heritage and the 'personal rights' of the owner of a building in a heritage pr ...
Descendants retrace steps of forefathers who set sail from Calcutta between 1834 and 1920
Two ships had sailed for South Africa from Calcutta and Madras together, in 1860. A snag delayed Belvedere, the former. The ...
New 25% tax rate for middle class, no tax on income up to Rs 8 lakh expected in Budget 2025
The Government's endeavour has been to promote the new tax regime, and personal tax changes in the last few Budgets have been ...
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Budget 2025: Will government raise basic exemption limit and cut income tax?
With inflation and the rising cost of living affecting household budgets, many are expecting the government to introduce ...
For the first time, Bangladesh goes missing from Kolkata book fair
KOLKATA: For the first time in 28 years, Bangladesh has not been included as a participating country in the Kolkata International Book Fair, which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...
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Kolkata Police musical band allowed to perform at Governor's house after CM's intervention on Republic Day
A controversy erupted at the West Bengal Governor's house in Kolkata on Republic Day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...
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Bengal govt to move Calcutta HC seeking death penalty for RG Kar convict: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the state government will approach the Calcutta High Court seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted in the rape and murder of a ...
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Why weren't banned IV fluid stocks withdrawn, Calcutta HC asks Bengal government
Calcutta high court questioned Bengal health department for not withdrawing Ringer's lactate intravenous fluid stocks from Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical after a stop-manufacture order due to the ...
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Calcutta High Court directs Bengal government provide compensation to families of new mothers ‘administered expired saline’ in Midnapore hospital
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the West Bengal government to provide compensation to the families of the victims who were allegedly administered expired Ringer’s Lactate saline in the ...
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Has the government stopped using hotels to house asylum seekers?
Both the number of hotels used to house asylum seekers and the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels have increased since Labour came into government. Due to an increased number of asylum seekers ...
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Midnapore saline issue: Calcutta HC orders government to submit report, compensate victim families
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, led by Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam ... The division bench also instructed the state government to compensate the victim families. It also asked the ...
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Ex-minister Jyotipriya Mallick gets bail in ration scam after 14 months in jail
The former minister’s arrest had sparked political controversy, with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) accusing central agencies of targeting opposition leaders under the BJP-led central government ...