The NCLAT has set aside a petition and upheld a 2017 CCI order that dismissed a complaint of predatory pricing against instant messaging platform WhatsApp. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal...

Mastul, a township-based socio-cultural group, braved heavy downpour and gusty wind in paying tribute to filmmaker Tarun Majumdar, who passed away on July 4 at the age of 91. Majumdar holds a special ...

A group of farmers in a pocket of Nadia, who went to a lake for retting jute, stumbled upon a crocodile a few days ago. The crocodile, suspected to have come from the Hooghly which is less than 200m ...

The highlight of a panel discussion on human trafficking on Tuesday was personal accounts of some survivors. The accounts suggested that their lives were an ongoing struggle, even after being rescued...

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a 53-year-old Taiwanese woman after falsely promising to marry her, police said here on Monday. An FIR was registered at Sector 53 ...

A residential school for deprived and underprivileged kids in a remote village in Purba Bardhaman got computers last week, thanks to an NGO. Since its inauguration last Monday, the new “compute...

The state education department has initiated steps to bring back to class students "who have had to drop out of the schools due to financial constraints during the Covid pandemic”. An orde...

A group of women who do not have a strong academic background are being trained in a beautician course so they can earn a livelihood out of it. Most of the women have studied till Class VIII, IX or X...

The American Center director on Tuesday told a group of children, many of whom come from underprivileged families, the importance of learning English. “We at the American Center focus a lot of ...

West Bengal has joined hands with a non-government organisation to carry out a crucial project for conservation of the species of turtle found in the state, officials said. The initiative, to be unde...