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  Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to Instagram influencer Sharmistha Panoli

  India | June 05, 2025 16:14 IST

  According to the Kolkata Police, several attempts were made to serve legal notices to Panoli and her family, but the attempts were unsuccessful because Panoli and her family absconded. Subsequently, an arrest warrant was issued by the court, based on which she was arrested from Gurugram on May 30.

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  RG Kar rape-murder case: CBI likely to move HC seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, say sources

  Kolkata | January 22, 2025 16:54 IST

  The CBI is set to appeal the lower court’s decision in the R.G. Kar Medical College rape case, seeking the death penalty for the accused. The case, labeled as "rarest of rare," highlighted the agency’s push for stricter punishments for heinous crimes.

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  West Bengal Governor Bose reaches Kolkata High Court against CM Mamata, files defamation suit

  Kolkata | June 29, 2024 6:49 IST

  After a female employee alleged molestation in the Raj Bhavan, TMC has made it a big political issue targeting the Governor. Recently, Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola legislator Rayat Hossain Sarkar refused to take oath at Raj Bhavan, creating an impasse.

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  Calcutta HC cancels all OBC certificates issued by Bengal govt after 2010, Mamata reacts

  West Bengal | May 22, 2024 16:43 IST

  In her first reaction after Calcutta High Court's decision, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that they would not accept this order and added these are games before the elections.

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  SC stays High Court order cancelling 25,000 jobs of Bengal school teachers

  Kolkata | May 07, 2024 18:58 IST

  Earlier, the Calcutta High Court on April 29 ordered the cancellation of appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made through the recruitment process of State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in state-run schools, declaring the selection process as "null and void".

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  Kolkata HC stays government's decision allowing Rs 28 crore grant for durga puja organisers

  India | October 05, 2018 14:25 IST

  The announcement was made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last month.

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  HC rejects bail plea of Saradha chit fund case accused

  India | September 25, 2014 17:09 IST

  Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court today rejected the bail prayer of Sandhir Agarwal, who was arrested by CBI for allegedly acting as a link between Saradha Group chairman Sudipta Sen and some officials of the