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Kunal questions use of party funds for chartered flights

Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday publicly questioned the use of party funds for chartered flights, triggering fresh political discussion over the travel arrangements of the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.

Court rejects bail of police personnel

A city court today remanded four police personnel to jail custody in connection with the killing of BJP activist from Kankurgachi, Abhjit Sarkar, in 2021, after Assembly polls.

WBSSC jobs: Deserving teachers move SC, challenge HC directives

A section of jobless untainted teachers on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court (HC) directives on West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) notification for fresh recruitment of teachers in state government-aided schools.

Another IIT Kharagpur student found dead in hostel

A 21-year-old mechanical engineering student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel room on Friday morning, with preliminary police investigations pointing to suicide.

Expect fresh spell of thunderstorms from Saturday

After a brief respite, parts of West Bengal are bracing for another round of thunderstorms and heavy rain beginning Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing yellow alerts for several districts in the southern region and warnings of heavy to very heavy rain in the north.