Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Preeti Surekha, a director of AMRI Hospital, where more than 90 patients died of suffocation in a fire mishap last year. A division bench headed by Justice Ashim Roy granted the bail prayer of Surekha, who was one of the three directors who could not be arrested after the fire at AMRI Hospital. All the directors of the hospital...
06:59 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity. An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice SJ Mukhopadhyay issued the notice after it was told that devotees were not allowed to enter the temple's sanctum sanctorum...
01:45 AM, May 16, 2012
London: A hitherto unknown collection of photographs capturing life and times of 1912 Calcutta has been discovered in a shoebox in Edinburgh. The century-old collection of the Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), includes rare and fragile glass plate negatives, which show life at the high point of the British Raj. The 178 negatives were found in a shoebox for a pair of grey, size 9,...
03:57 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: In the squalor of night time Kolkata, mild mannered doctor Bruce Banner tends to the ill and tries to atone for a past that is as dark and spotted as the walls of the shanties he visits. He thinks he can control the monster that is lurking inside him but he can never be absolutely sure. Mark Ruffalo as the Incredible Hulk is shown hiding out in what...
01:29 PM, May 01, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to SK Todi, one of the directors of AMRI hospital. Over 90 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the hospital in December 2011. The court on Thursday observed that Todi was not involved in day-to-day functions of the hospital. Twelve people have been granted bail in the case so far. ...
12:10 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Kolkata: Dunlop India Ltd on Thursday moved an appeal before the Calcutta High Court challenging an order appointing a provisional liquidator on the assets of the company. A division bench comprising Justice KJ Sengupta and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi, taking up the appeal, directed that the provisional liquidator would work as special officer and make an inventory of the assets at the Sahaganj factory. It directed in an interim order that...
07:57 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Kolkata: After spending 111 days in custody, two directors of the fire-ravaged AMRI Hospital were on Wednesday granted bail by the Calcutta High Court, which observed that day-to-day affairs of the hospital were not run by them. A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and Asim Kumar Ray granted the bail prayers of RS Goenka and Prashant Goenka, directors of AMRI where a fire in December last year claimed...
06:31 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Kolkata: Renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal on Thursday said study of film language should be included in the school curriculum either at the primary or secondary level to raise the quality of cinema. "Film is an excellent medium to explore realities. Its mass reach makes it as an effective tool of dissemination of information," said Benegal. "Film as a subject of study is relatively new in academia what we do not...
11:17 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court will monitor probe into the political killings in Burdwan, in which two CPI(M) leaders were allegedly murdered by Trinamool Congress supporters. Earlier on Friday, the court criticised the Mamata Banerjee government on delays in the probe into the Burdwan killings of last month. Chief justice Jay Narayan Patel slammed the government counsel for blaming 34 years of Left rule and 'consequent inefficiencies in the system' for...
03:59 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday severely criticised the West Bengal government over the investigations into the killing of two Communist Party of India (M) leaders in Burdwan. Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jaynarayan Patel slammed the state government for blaming 34 years of Left Front rule and the "consequent inefficiencies in the system" as claimed by the Mamata Banerjee regime for not providing the post-mortem report of the ...
01:51 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday severely criticised the West Bengal government over the investigations into the killing of two Communist Party of India (M) leaders in Burdwan. Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jaynarayan Patel slammed the state government for blaming 34 years of Left Front rule and the "consequent inefficiencies in the system" as claimed by the Mamata Banerjee regime for not providing the post-mortem report of the...
01:51 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court is expected to give its verdict on the bail plea of 5 directors of the AMRI hospital on Friday. A total of 9 directors and four employees were arrested in connection with the fire that claimed over 90 lives. Up until now, only one of them - Dr Moni Chetri, in whose name the hospital's licence was given - has been granted bail, on...
09:19 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has put the compensation for the families of the hooch tragedy victims on hold for eight weeks. This came after a PIL was filed challenging the compensation announced by the state government for the victims. The PIL challenged the rationale behind the payment of the compensation. The West Bengal government had announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the victims' families. More than 170...
05:10 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Kolkata: A seven-month-old baby died in Kolkata on Wednesday after an ambulance driver allegedly took out her oxygen mask. Neha Mallik from Howrah, who was suffering from pneumonia, was first taken to a Howrah hospital where the doctors referred her to Kolkata. While travelling to the Calcutta Medical College the ambulance driver of Tara Ma Ambulance service allegedly took off the oxygen mask. The family members protested as the baby...
07:01 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Mumbai: Candidates, who cleared the CAT this year, would want to know which is the best B-School in India to apply to. CNBC-TV18 is out with its annual B-School rankings study. IIM Ahmedabad has again topped the list of CNBC-TV18's annual B-school rankings, but IIM-Bangalore is close on the heels. The fourth edition of the CNBC-TV18's 'India's Best B-Schools 2012' ranking covered 145 B-Schools and 235 recruiters, making it one...
07:47 AM, Jan 12, 2012
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