Calcutta High Court Stays Blanket Reverification of Caste Certificates, Questions SIR Deletion as a Basis

MP, August 18, 2026, Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the West Bengal government's proposed blanket reverification of ...

Bangladesh Says It Does Not Want Friendly Ties with India to Deteriorate Over Teesta Issue

PTI, August 18, 2026, Dhaka: Bangladesh does not want its friendly ties with India to deteriorate over the long-pending Teesta water-sharing...

Indian Army Chief Gen Seth Meets Nepal PM Balendra Shah, Discusses Mutual Interests and Military Ties

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kathmandu: Indian Army chief General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday called on Nepal's Prime Minister and Defence Minister ...

Calcutta High Court Flags Coordination Gap Between State and Centre Over Census Duty for Teachers

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said there was a lack of coordination between the West Bengal government a...

Three-Month-Old BJP Government May Have Had Some Lapses, Will Take Corrective Steps: Suvendu

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said there might have been some lapses in the functioning of the t...

West Bengal Government to Raise Annual Allocation for Women’s Cash Transfer Scheme to Rs 48,000 Crore

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata: The West Bengal government will raise the annual allocation for the Annapurna Yojana from Rs 36,000 crore to ...

Suspected Brown Sugar Recovered at Gorubathan; Woman Arrested, Man Escapes Into Forest

KalimNews, August 18, 2026, Kalimpong: Acting on source information received on the afternoon of August 18, 2026, police personnel set up a ...

CJP urges govt to honour commitments as SC considers quashing FIRs against students and protesters

PTI, August 18, 2026, New Delhi :   T he Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday accused the Centre of resisting the Supreme Court’s bid to f...

Nearly 100 crore electors in India have voter cards, EC officials say

PTI, August 18, 2026, New Delhi : After US President Donald Trump cited India’s voter cards to make a case for the SAVE America Act, Electio...

Goa govt moves SC seeking life imprisonment for Tarun Tejpal in 2013 sexual assault case

Tejpal was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years by the Bombay High Court, overturning the verdict of the trial court which had ac...

SC to set up high-powered panel to examine allegations of police excesses during NEET protest

PTI, August 18, 2026, New Delhi :  The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a high-powered committee comprising retired apex co...

Bihar govt tells SC constable fired four rounds from AK-47 in air after being trapped in crowd

PTI, August 18, 2026, New Delhi : The Bihar government has informed the Supreme Court that a constable deployed during student protests in S...

Facebook friendship allegedly leads to Rs 15.2 lakh airport fraud in Gorakhpur

Indralal Jaiswal became friends on Facebook with a woman who introduced herself as Charlotte Olivia and claimed to be a US resident working ...

46 members of banned KCP (Taibanganba) surrender before police in Manipur

PTI, August 18, 2026, Imphal : Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Tuesday said 46 militants belonging to the proscribed KCP (Taiban...

Depression moves towards Jharkhand as Bengal braces for widespread rain and thunderstorms through August 25

KalimNews, Aug 18, 2026, Kalimpong: A depression over Gangetic West Bengal moved towards Jharkhand on Tuesday, raising hopes of improving we...

SC seeks responses on PIL against police disclosure of accused persons' identities online

PTI, August 18, 2026, New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre, all states, Union Territories, and social me...

Biren Singh says he apprised Amit Shah of demand for NRC before census in Manipur

PTI, August 18, 2026, Imphal: Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said he has held a meeting with Union Home Minister Ami...

SIR deletion of parent's name cannot affect EWS claim: Calcutta HC

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata:  The Calcutta High Court has directed authorities not to consider the deletion of a NEET-UG candidate's m...

Annapurna Yojana: 1.45 crore beneficiaries to receive aid, re-application facility to open on August 20

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata : The West Bengal government on Monday began disbursing the August instalment under the Annapurna Yojana, with...

Suvendu sets 9/10 benchmark, says he will accept failure if government falls short

PTI, August 18, 2026, Kolkata: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said he would face a public “test” on May 9, 2027, when his governm...