Shalishi protest

Calcutta, March 11: Lawyers have threatened to skip courts in protest against the shalishi bill.

It is likely to be tabled during the Assembly?s budget session. An agitation against the bill would begin on Tuesday.

In-law jailed

Calcutta: A fast-track court of Diamond Harbour has sentenced Ujjwala Ghorai to seven years? rigorous imprisonment for killing daughter-in-law Baisakhi, 25, in 2003.

Train delay

Howrah: The Delhi-bound Kalka Mail was stuck for over two hours near Liluah after passengers stopped it hearing something strange. Officials found nothing amiss.