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.

This came after India joined 100 countries in signing a joint statement that criticised Israel’s “unilateral” measures in the occupied West Bank.​This came after India joined 100 countries in signing a joint statement that criticised Israel’s “unilateral” measures in the occupied West Bank.