According to sources, the single bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has sought to know how many candidates have got appointment letters fraudulently and the total count of people who had submitted blank papers yet got appointment letters.

Addressing a rally in the tribal-dominated Belpahari area of Jhargram district on the occasion of the birth anniversary of freedom fighter and tribal leader, the chief minister said the BJP-led government must either make the payment or the party must step down from the seat of power.

The couple was booked by the Bengaluru police under the Foreigners Act, it is learnt. Though Palash's parents were also detained by police at the time, they were released later, it is claimed.

The division bench of Chief Justice Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner, advocate Ramaprasad Sarkar, for filing a “groundless public interest litigation”.

The other accused are North Bengal University vice-chancellor Subiresh Bhattacharya, former senior SSC officials Kalyanmoy Ganguly, Shantiprasad Sinha and Ashok Saha and two middlemen Prasanna Roy and Pradeep Singh.

Attending a programme in Kolkata where she distributed tablets to students, the CM, without naming any party or individual, said, “If someone has made a mistake, it should be fixed. We need to rectify our mistakes. Law must take its own course.”

According to him, names of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar, CPM leader Sujan Chakraborty and TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh also appeared in the candidate list. In fact, the name of Dilip Ghosh appeared twice.

Carrying placards with faces of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her ministerial colleague Firhad Hakim, the protesting BJP youth wing workers led by party MLA Agnimitra Paul demanded that Hakim should resign as Kolkata mayor.

An illegal arms supplier, identified as Ashiq Azam Ghazi, was arrested in this connections, said officials.

Several BJP leaders, including Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, have been named in the FIR.

A medical test on the woman, who has been admitted to a hospital in critical condition, confirmed rape, said police.

Addressing a press conference with his party colleague Jayprakash Majumdar, TMC state general secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had initially hushed up the matter, but the agency had to submit documents after the court sought details of the seizure.”

The BJP's Yuva Morcha has proposed to take out a rally from Rashbehari to Chetla in south Kolkata on November 14 to protest the rising number of dengue-positive cases in West Bengal.

The ED had in October conducted search operations on two premises linked with the gaming app and seized Rs 17.3 crore in cash — the first seizure made by the central agency in the case.

The primary board had filled about 12,500 vacant posts in 2020 against a total of 16,500 vacant posts. It was found that 3,929 vacant posts were yet to be filled.

“When I had appeared in the exam seven years ago, I was unmarried. Now I am married and have the responsibility of raising my four-year-old son. I have forgotten all that I studied back then," said Smritirupa who hails from Bolpur in Birbhum district.

Sharing details of the Centre’s funding for the medical colleges, Adhikari further wrote, “With Central Assistance, 600 new MBBS seats are being added in the field of Medical Education in West Bengal. 100 MBBS students are being admitted in each of these six new Medical Colleges as the first batches in the 2022-23 session.”

Speaking on the sidelines of the 16th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) in Kolkata, Bharati Pravin Pawar said, "The central government is constantly issuing guidelines to the states about dengue.

“Vikram Singh Gandhi was arrested around 10:30 pm Wednesday from his residence in connection with the E-Nuggets gaming app fraud case. The case is being investigated by the detective department," said a senior police officer.

According to police, they have registered two separate cases based on two complaints submitted by a 23-year-old woman.

Videos of the constable grabbing 41-year-old Arunima Paul's hand and biting her were shared on social media. Police said Arunima bit the constable first.

The TMC chief also alleges that VIPs moving around in cars with tinted glass are transporting arms and money.

On Wednesday, Banerjee is scheduled to address a party workers' meeting at Krishnanagar where she is likely to reach out to the Matua community, which has a strong presence in Nadia district.

The students began their agitation at 5 pm Monday. Arun Kumar Maity, dean of students at Presidency University, has been gheraoed by the agitating students.