Officials said that the process of exhumation started around 12.30 pm. A team of three doctors will be performing the autopsy at the state-run SSKM Hospital. The second autopsy will help the SIT estimate the height and angle at which Anis fell, sources said.

As per a notification issued by the state government, all Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) centres will also reopen from Wednesday. "A separate standard operating procedure will be issued by the School Education Department in this regard," stated the notification.

CPI(M) student leader Srijan Bhattacharya said, “People have realised that the CPI(M) is the only force that can defeat the TMC. In the future, we will do that.”

The BJP, meanwhile, moved the Calcutta High Court on Monday, praying for deployment if central force during the remaining civic polls 108 local bodies in 20 districts on February 27. The matter is likely to be taken up by the court on Tuesday.

🔴 The development comes at a time West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Modi two times this month to oppose proposed changes by the central government to the IAS cadre rules.

In a statement issued Tuesday, the agency said that as on January 1, “CBI has registered 51 cases (and) filed charge sheets in 20 cases in about 4 months”. More than 100 people have been chargesheeted, it added.

Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Kapil Muni Temple in Sagar Island, the chief minister urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare Gangasagar Mela a national fair.

“This is a pure organisational meeting of the party. Members of the new state committee and district presidents were asked to attend it. There is no revolt in the party. It is being created by a section of the media,” said state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar.

The commission did not mention poll dates for Howrah Municipal Corporation, amid an ongoing tussle between the TMC government and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over a Bill seeking its bifurcation.

The private hospitals that have been roped in are AMRI Hospital, Apollo Hospital, Belle Vue Clinic, Woodlands, Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Charnock Hospital and Fortis Hospital.

List of 10 candidates who won Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections despite TMC wave.

Several first-timers, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s sister-in-law Kajari Banerjee, registered victories while there was cause for triple celebration in TMC leader Tarak Singh’s household as apart from him both his son Amit and daughter Krishna also won.

TMC game plan helped Left Front, claims BJP.

The three main Opposition parties, BJP, CPI(M) and Congress, organised protests alleging vote rigging and booth capturing by “TMC workers”.

Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari led a five-member delegation of party MLAs to the Raj Bhawan and informed Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of the way in which the KMC election was conducted.

At ward number 110, when the polling started, complaints began pouring in from CPI (M) polling agents who alleged that they were being forced out of the polling booths.

A few days ago, the woman, Razia Bibi, spoke to her nephew on a video call from Jhargram Super Speciality Hospital.

The State Election Commission said total 453 poll-related complaints of various types were lodged till 5 pm and denied any incident of booth capturing.

While one of them is undergoing treatment at a hospital, the other is in home isolation. Their samples have been sent for further tests, said a senior health department official.

After receiving a “delayed” permission from the police to hold its agitation at Singur, the saffron camp slammed the TMC government for its alleged failure to regulate the retail price of raw materials, such as fertilizers, farmers not getting the right MSP and irregular procurement of crops from farmers.

The organisation, founded by Mother Teresa, has been booked under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003, for allegedly “hurting Hindu religious sentiments” and “luring towards Christianity young girls” in a shelter home it runs in Vadodara city's Makarpura area.

Police identified the man as Pritam Pal (27) of Mahestala. Police said he was intercepted by a team of STF, Kolkata Police, on the basis of a tip-off.

Family members of the late soldiers, DM and SP of Darjeeling, army personnel and locals were present there to pay tribute.

Army Havildar Satpal Rai, who joined the Army in 2001, was working as a personal security officer of General Rawat. He is survived by his wife, son and parents.