Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted conditional permission to a protest rally to be led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on various issues, including the latest death of a minor girl, reportedly raped and murdered, at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district. After being denied police permission for the rally, Banerjee approached the single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya earlier in the day and pleaded…
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Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Central Kashmir Range (CKR), Rajiv Pande, on Saturday reviewed the security arrangements for the upcoming SANJY-2026 at the north Kashmir Baltal base camp in J&K’s Ganderbal district. A police statement said today that, in view of the forthcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY)-2026, DIG Central Kashmir Range (CKR) Rajiv Pande conducted a comprehensive review of the security arrangements at the Joint Police Control Room (JPC…
New Delhi, June 21 (IAN) It was a virtual redemption day for the National Testing Agency on Sunday as the NEET (UG) 2026 retest was conducted without major glitches, with the Agency crediting the whole-of-government effort involving 7 lakh officials for making the exam for 20 lakh aspirants error-free.“Team NTA. Team Bharat. One exam, delivered together,” said the NTA in a post on X, reaffirming its commitment to uphold the sanctity of the medical admission test whose previous round on May 3…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday shared a detailed note on X, describing the nationwide coordination that went into conducting the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination on Sunday (June 21) and thanking the thousands of individuals and institutions involved in the process. In its post titled “Team NTA, Team Bharat: How India Came Together for NEET (UG) 2026,” the agency said that more than 20 lakh candidates appeared for the examination across 5,440 centres in India a…
Srinagar, June 3 (IANS) The police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Wednesday welcomed the CAPF companies deployed by the Central government for duties during the upcoming Shri Amarnath Yatra 2026.As part of the comprehensive security and facilitation arrangements for the forthcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY)-2026, Srinagar Police extended a warm welcome to the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) companies arriving in the city for Yatra duties.The arriving CAPF personnel were received by of…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The political crisis within the Trinamool Congress appears to be deepening as suspended party leader Riju Dutta on Tuesday claimed that around 50 MLAs from the party might split up and form the ‘Asli Trinamool Congress’. He said that the situation was similar to that of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, which had split into two factions in 2022.In an interaction with IANS, Dutta said: “It has come to light that yesterday afternoon, under the leadership of Sandipan Saha and Rit…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Apprehending arrest following multiple FIRs registered against him, Dilip Mondal, the five-time Trinamool Congress legislator from Bishnupur (SC) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district and the former West Bengal Minister of State for Transport, on Friday, approached the Calcutta High Court with an anticipatory bail plea.In his petition filed at the single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, he has also pleaded for the scrapping of all the FIRs registe…
Guwahati, May 4 (IANS) The BJP-led NDA was leading in 36 Assembly seats, while the Congress-led opposition alliance was ahead in 10 constituencies in the early rounds of counting for the Assam Assembly elections on Monday, according to initial trends. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was leading from the Jalukbari Assembly constituency seat, giving an early boost to the ruling alliance as counting progressed across the state amid tight security arrangements.Counting was being conducted at 40 c…
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The counting for the recently concluded two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal will start from 8 a.m. on Monday in 77 counting centers throughout the state. However, on Monday, there will be counting for only 293 of 294 Assembly constituencies in the state, since the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Saturday, had announced re-polling for the entire Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district on May 21, the results for which will be declared on May 24.Fo…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Re-polling as per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) had begun for 15 polling booths under two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal from 7 A.M. on Saturday.Of the 15 polling booth where the re-polling is being conducted, 11 are in Magrahat (Paschim), and four are in Diamond Harbour. Polling in both these Assembly constituencies was conducted in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April …