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Twin blows for Bengal Govt and police at Calcutta HC

IANS | November 20, 2023 4:49 PM

Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) The West Bengal Government and the police department, on Monday afternoon, received twin blows at Calcutta High Court and both through the Bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha.

CPI(M) moves Calcutta HC against police stopping party leaders on way to Jaynagar

IANS | November 20, 2023 4:06 PM

Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) The CPI(M) on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court accusing West Bengal police of being hyper-active in resisting party leaders from proceeding to Jaynagar where houses of 16 party activists were set afire on November 13 as a counter-action to the murder of local Trinamool Congress leader Saifuddin Lashkar the same morning.

Judge rejects Trump's motion for mistrial; leaked tapes spell trouble

TN Ashok | November 18, 2023 10:49 PM

New York, Nov 18 (IANS) Judge Arthur Engoron, overseeing former US President Donald Trump's $250 million civil fraud case, has rejected a motion for a mistrial from the former president and his co-defendants on Friday, dubbing the defence plea to throw out the case "utterly without merit".