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West Bengal

Recollections of the Poush Mela

Dear reader, have you ever had sweet and sour chicken? You did right? Good! Let me also narrate one such sweet and sour story.

Value in unvalued trees

Wanton destruction of trees is commonplace in India by the state, by builders, industries and even godmen of all kinds. It is, therefore, significant that Mr Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court chose to describe the act as a heinous crime and, in his order, permitted the compounding of the offence upon payment of ?40 crores to the state of West Bengal, which took the property developers (petitioner and/or the owner of the property M/s Emaar India Limited) to court.

EC issues instructions to prepare for bypolls

“There is no need to check the EVMs and VVPATs in Murshidabad as elections were not held in the two seats of Jangipur and Samsherganj as a candidate in each of the seats passed away before elections were held,” a EC official said.