Kolkata

Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) Voting began at 7 am on Saturday for by-elections to four West Bengal assembly seats – Dinhata, Shantipur in Nadia, Kharda in North 24 Parganas and Gosaba in South 24 Parganas district. An official of the Election Commission (ECI) gave this information. In Dinhata, Trinamool Congress leader Udayan Guha is seeking […]

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale and use of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali, Chhath Puja and other festivals to check air pollution amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A division bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Justice Aniruddha Roy directed the police to initiate legal

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) All eyes will be on Dinhata seat as Trinamool Congress veteran Udayan Guha tries to re-conquer the seat in the by-polls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal scheduled to be held on Saturday. In the elections held in the year, BJP snatched him away. Guha, a two-time MLA, had won

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Friday extended the COVID-19 restrictions till November 30, giving additional relaxations. These include allowing local trains to operate with 50 per cent passenger capacity from Sunday, which have been closed for nearly six months to contain the spread of the pandemic. An official order said that

Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside the order of the Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) allowing an application by former West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay to be transferred from the Kolkata Bench of CAT to New Delhi. Was asked to transfer. In this application, Bandopadhyay