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A total of 2,34,539 cases are pending before the Calcutta High Court despite efforts by the judiciary to reduce the backlog

2.34 lakh cases pending at Calcutta High Court, 41% judges’ posts vacant

2.34 lakh cases pending at Calcutta High Court, 41% judges’ posts vacant

The Calcutta High Court, which has a sanctioned strength of 72 judges, is functioning with only 39 judges, according to data provided on its website

Gokulam Kerala FC become first team to win back-to-back Hero I-League titles beating Mohammedan SC 2-1.

Gokulam Kerala become first team to defend title in I-League era, beating Mohammedan SC 2-1

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supremo Bimal Gurung.

Bimal Gurung seeks talks with Mamata before Gorkhaland Territorial Administration election

Sabir Ahamed leading a KYN walk. Photo: Special Arrangement

In Kolkata, history builds bridges between communities

Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh.

TMC’s Kunal Ghosh guilty of attempting suicide in jail in 2014

Calcutta High Court.

SSC Recruitment Scam: Massive irregularities in West Bengal school recruitment

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File image

Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi seeking release of MGNREGA, PMAY funds

Life & Style

Joynagar moa. File photo: Special arrangement

For the first time in its history, Joynagar moa being exported

Bishwanath Ghosh The highly popular Bengali sweet, available only during winter months, is highly perishable

The moa is a popped-rice ball held together with fresh date-palm jaggery that is extracted during the winter months.

Joynagar moa makers offer an authentic sweet deal

Bishwanath Ghosh The famous GI tag holders tie up with Kolkata shops to check imitations.

A vendor with earthen pots full of date palm jaggery in Joynagar.

Noshtalgia |

Date palm jaggery, and the sweetness of Bengal winters

Tanushree Bhowmik As winter winds down, a look at date palm jaggery and its distinguished place in Bengal’s sweet-making history

Multimedia

Watch | Will Kolkata Trams Die?

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Sunderbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world

Watch | The women saving the Sunderbans

In pictures | Cyclone Yaas uproots life

In Pictures | Low-key but topical, Durga Puja amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Pratima Majhi (red dress) and her daughter Priyanka. School going Priyanka's food ration is staving of family's starvation for now.

How beggars’ children are running households during lockdown

A police officer uses a megaphone advising people to vacate the roads after the lockdown by West Bengal.

COVID-19 | One more tests positive West Bengal, total cases at 10

Shiv Sahay Singh

Photographer Nemai Ghosh, the man who never missed a moment

'Goopi Gyne Bagha Byne' (1969) onwards, he was the still photographer for all of Satyajit Ray’s works till his last film 'Agantuk' (1991)

4 test positive in Valley, 417 potential virus carriers in hiding

Anti-CAA protesters place shoes, placards to keep protest going

Park Circus ground in Kolkata had become epicentre of rallies

Watch | Passengers stranded at Howrah Station

Howrah station turns into “hellhole” for hundreds of stranded passengers

With no protective gear or timely meals, they want to be evacuated as soon as possible

Crackdown has pushed daily wagers into chaos, Sitaram Yechury writes to PM Modi

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday address ‘disappointing’, the CPI(M) chief says the govt. has failed to provide any relief to the

COVID-19 | Blood banks in West Bengal run dry due to lockdown

During summers, blood collection dips by nearly 40% but the situation has worsened due to the coronavirus outbreak.

In Kolkata, enterprising citizens reach medicines, groceries to the elderly

Good samaritans use social media to supply essentials to senior citizens.

Two bridegrooms held for breaking curbs

Manipur records first COVID-19 case

Lockdown in Northeast; Assam MLAs to donate salary for anti-virus fund

Don’t venture out of homes: Naveen

Safety of your family members is in your hands, says Odisha Chief Minister

ITI, IISER Berhampur join forces to manufacture hand sanitisers

The faculty presented 350 bottles of 30 ml to BeMC, Ganjam CDMO

194 | Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol steel plant: Russia

272 | Hundreds from State drop plan to appear for NEET-PG

357 | Karnataka: IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rainfall throughout the week

131 | Secure Shivling area, do not restrict namaaz in Gyanvapi mosque: SC

3K | For Perarivalan, turning point was commuting of death sentence by Supreme Court in 2014

294 | 21-year-old Kannada actor dies during fat reduction surgery

269 | G-7 likely to increase pressure on India to reverse wheat export ban

3K | Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi case convict, released by Supreme Court citing extraordinary powers

303 | Explained | Gyanvapi and the Places of Worship Act

267 | U.S. Supreme Court declines to stop deportation of Indian citizen

3K | Law and public opinion: On Perarivalan release

338 | Torrential rain lashes Bengaluru; low-lying areas inundated

2K | Passengers miss flights due to flood on road to Bengaluru airport

158 | Thought and action: On Cong’s three-day Chintan Shivir

2K | Congress ‘deeply pained, disappointed’ over Perarivalan’s release, slams government

304 | BPCL’s order barring employees with less than 15 years of service from post-retirement medical scheme quashed

278 | PM Modi inaugurates India's first 5G testbed

178 | Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Russian soldier pleads guilty during war crimes trial

2K | Congress ‘deeply pained, disappointed’ over Perarivalan’s release, slams government

295 | Blast inside wine shop leaves 1 dead, 3 injured in Baramulla