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RG Kar Case: Calcutta High Court reserves judgement on admission of pleas by CBI, West Bengal govt

Sanjay Roy, police volunteer, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC to hear plea challenging Calcutta HC decision on OBC classification

A bench of justices BR Gavai and KV Vishwanathan listed the matter in January. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC refuses to entertain BJP plea challenging Calcutta HC order barring derogatory ads against TMC

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) challenging the order by the Calcutta High Court restraining it from publishing any kind of derogatory advertisement against the All India Trinamool Congress which violated the model code of conduct during the ongoing Lok…

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Calcutta High Court scraps all OBC certificates issued after 2010

A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakrabirty and Rajasekhar Mantha pronounced the verdict, while delivering a judgement on a PIL challenging the process of granting OBC certificates. Read further on Dynamite News:

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EC issues notice to former Calcutta HC judge for undignified remarks against Mamata

EC issued a show cause notice on Abhijit Gangopadhyay for making offensive comments against Mamata Banerjee.

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HC order on school jobs termination emerges a key poll issue in West Bengal

Supreme Court is likely to hear the special leave petition of the West Bengal govt challenging the Calcutta HC order on termination of jobs of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff.

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WB teachers' recruitment case: state govt moves SC against Calcutta High Court decision

The West Bengal Government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court decision that declared the entire panel of 2016 School Service Commission teachers' recruitment null and void, cancelling all appointments of teachers and non-teaching staff. Read further on Dynamite News:

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SC dismisses West Bengal’s challenge to Calcutta HC’s transfer of probe into the attack on ED’s team at Sandeshkhali to CBI

Supreme Court rejects West Bengal's petition challenging CBI probe into attack on ED officers, orders expunging remarks.

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The Sabyasachi x Estée Lauder collection has landed…

Here’s everything you need to know about the cult Indian designer’s first ever make-up collection

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Connecting the dots on colonial history

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones explores colonial history in India, focusing on Lucknow and pan-Indian construction projects in her latest book.

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Why India loves gobi manchurian

Explore the fusion of Indo-Chinese cuisine, from Gobi Manchurian to Kolkata-style Chili Chicken, blending flavors seamlessly.

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What is rugby’s ‘Calcutta Cup’ and why is it played in the UK?

The trophy, steeped in colonial history, is at the heart of a bitter rugby rivalry between Scotland and England.

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Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL seeking court-monitored probe into Sandeshkhali violence

Supreme Court refuses PIL for CBI probe into Sandeshkhali violence, directs petitioner to approach Calcutta High Court.

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Supreme Court collegium recommends transfer of three High Court judges

The SC collegium has recommended the transfer of three judges">High Court judges- Calcutta HC's Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya, Kerala HC's Justice Anu Sivaraman and Madhya Pradesh HC's Justice Sujoy Paul from the respective courts to other HC. Read further on Dynamite News:

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How Baghdadi Jews with ties to India are preserving their culinary history

Their numbers in India may be dwindling, but the Baghdadi Jews who emigrated from Bombay and Calcutta are holding on to their history with aloo makala and holiday favourite chicken chitarnee

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Why was the Calcutta Stock Exchange closed? | Explained

CSE, India's second oldest stock exchange, is hoping to reopen trading in March-April 2024. SEBI's approval and Calcutta High Court's decision will determine if CSE can resume its trading and settlement functions on its own platform. CSE had been barred from trading in 2013 due to regulatory and compliance issues.…

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Transfer of 24 HC judges in one go marks power shift from executive to judiciary": Justice Bibek Chaudhuri

Justice Bibek Chaudhuri, who has been moved to Patna High Court from Calcutta, said his transfer along with other 23 judges in one go marks the "beginning of a power shift" from executive to the judiciary. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Independence Day 2023 | How do some of the earliest books on India describe the land, its people and culture?

For three years, K.K. Venugopal has been digitising his extensive collection of antiquarian books, now with nearly 1,900 titles, including Francois Bernier's 1676 travelogue and Dean Mahomed's 1794 English book. These books offer fascinating glimpses of India through the colonial lens, from the Ganges' fish to the Golden Temple. They…

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Delhi: Centre notifies transfer of three judges of different HC

The Centre Government on Saturday notified the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Allahabad High Court to Kerala High Court, Justice Manoj Bajaj, Punjab and Haryana High Court to Allahabad High Court and Justice Gaurang Kanth, Delhi High Court to Calcutta High Court. Read further on Dynamite News:

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How Lionel Messi went from the tiniest boy on the field to the biggest athlete in the world

MIAMI — Long before Lionel Messi was a larger-than-life soccer icon with 468 million Instagram followers, before he became one of the world’s richest athletes and immortalized on giant murals from Buenos Aires to Barcelona to Calcutta to Miami, he was the tiniest boy on the field at Grandoli, the…

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Colonial Bengal explored through ‘pat’ paintings at DAG’s art show in Delhi

DAG exhibition on art from early 20th Century Bengal

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West Bengal State Election Commission moves SC challenging HC order for deployment of Central forces

The West Bengal State Election Commission moved Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court order directing deployment of Central forces in State panchayat elections.

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IIT-Kharagpur student death: Calcutta HC sets up new investigation team

Faizan Ahmed, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student at IIT-Kharagpur, was found dead at the institute’s hostel on October 14.

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Calcutta HC reassigns two matters of school jobs scam to another Judge

Two matters — Soumen Nandy vs State of West Bengal and Ramesh Malik vs State of West Bengal — have been reassigned to the court of Justice Amrita Sinha.

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