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Joe Brolly doubles down after call to apologise for Clones 'Calcutta' comparison

Monaghan County Council passed a motion demanding an apology from the GAA pundit

Irish Mirror · Jun 17, 2022

Joe Brolly doubles down after call to apologise for Clones 'Calcutta' comparison

Monaghan County Council passed a motion demanding an apology from the GAA pundit

Belfast Live · Jun 16, 2022

New judges for Delhi, Calcutta High Courts

Nine additional judges of the Madras High Court have been elevated as permanent judges.

The Hindu · May 31, 2022

No vicarious liability on state for judicial actions: Calcutta high court

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a Rs 100-crore compensation claim against the Bengal government for vicarious liability, holding it responsible in a case of alleged defamation against a high court judge. “There is no master-servant relationship between the State and a High Court Judge, and accordingly, there is…

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

Birbhum violence | Calcutta HC directs CBI probe into TMC leader murder

The violence at Bogtui village on March 21 where nine people lost their lives was in retaliation to the murder, says the court

The Hindu · Apr 8, 2022

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into murder of Congress councillor

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu of Jhalda Municipality in West Bengal's Purulia district. On a prayer by Purnima Kandu, the widow of the councillor, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the central agency to submit a report on…

The Times of India · Apr 4, 2022

Bogtui mass killing: Will hit streets if CBI investigates at behest of others, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

SILIGURI: "Let CBI do their work, we will cooperate. But if CBI doesn’t do their work and at BJP, CPM and Congress’s behest do something else, we will hit the streets in protest" said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday referring to the ongoing Calcutta high court mandated CBI…

The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022

West Bengal: Calcutta high court reserves order on Birbhum killings

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Thursday reserved order in a suo motu petition, along with a bunch of PILs seeking a probe by CBI or NIA, in the death of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district.

The Times of India · Mar 24, 2022

Birbhum killings: Calcutta HC asks Delhi CFSL to collect samples from site of incident, orders govt to file report

KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Wednesday directed CFSL Delhi to immediately collect necessary materials for forensic examination at Bogtui village in Bengal's Birbhum district, where at least eight people were charred to death in the suspected fallout of a TMC panchayat official's murder. The court asked the state government…

The Times of India · Mar 23, 2022

India’s fireworks capital losing its sparkle

Early in the 20 th century, young cousins A. Shanmuga Nadar and P. Ayya Nadar set off to Calcutta from their home town Sivakasi, an arid region in the present-day Virudhunagar district, to learn the know-how of the match work industry.

The Hindu · Mar 10, 2022