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Patna, Feb 2 (IANS) The Patna High Court on Monday heard a criminal writ petition filed by the father of a NEET aspirant who died under suspicious circumstances at a girls’ hostel in Patna and disposed of the matter after being informed that the Bihar government has transferred the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A single Judge Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Jha, while hearing the petition, observed that since the case has now been handed over to the CBI, there is no need…

Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court has issued a major directive regarding the construction of a barbed-wire fence along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal. On Tuesday, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen ordered the state government to hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of the fence in nine districts bordering Bangladesh by March 31, said high court sources.It may be noted that t…