The separatist militant group, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), has claimed it has captured several Pakistani security forces personnel, challenging the reported denial by the Pakistani military that the men are its soldiers.

The Supreme Court today told the Calcutta High Court to appoint judicial officers for helping West Bengal in carrying out the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, noting an unfortunate blame game has been going on.

Celebrated Bengali writer Mani Sankar Mukhopadhyay, fondly known as Sankar died at a private hospital in Kolkata today. He was 92.