West Bengal Judiciary Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

Yesterday

• On 2 October 2026 a tigress translocated from Valmiki Tiger Reserve (Bihar) was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve (West Bengal), the first phase of a Tiger Reintroduction Programme, marking the start of Wildlife Week 2026.

Thu, 01 Oct 2026

• On 1 October 2026, the start of the new sugar season, the Centre limited sugar dealers to 1,000 quintals of stock held for no more than 15 days, from 15 October to 30 November 2026 (2,000 quintals for Kolkata and Assam).

Tue, 29 Sept 2026

• On 29 September 2026, the 17th Aadhaar Day, UIDAI held 'Aadhaar Samvaad' in Kolkata with over 600 stakeholders and unveiled five initiatives, including face authentication for ePDS.

Mon, 28 Sept 2026

• On 28 September 2026 Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced Kolkata as the host city of the fifth India Energy Week (IEW), to be held from 28 to 31 January 2027 at the New Town Convention Centre.

Tue, 22 Sept 2026

• On 22 September 2026, World Rhino Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Assam holds nearly 80% of the world's rhino population and shared that Project Rhino has been initiated to support rhino range states.

Thu, 17 Sept 2026

• On 17 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed, via video conference, the release of the fourth instalment of ₹3,000 under West Bengal's Annapurna Yojana to about 1.5 crore women.
• On 17 September 2026, the Ministry of MSME celebrated the third anniversary of PM Vishwakarma at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium, Kolkata, with 30 lakh beneficiaries registered under the scheme.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Bengali writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay on his 150th birth anniversary.

Thu, 10 Sept 2026

• On 10 September 2026, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) reported seizing about 41 kg of foreign-origin gold worth around ₹62 crore in six intelligence-led operations, with 24 arrests including three foreign nationals.

Wed, 09 Sept 2026

• On 9 September 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved three railway multitracking projects costing ₹10,783 crore that will add about 656 km across 14 districts in five States.
• On 9 September 2026, the Ocean Research Vessel 'Sagar Manthan', built by GRSE for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research under the Deep Ocean Mission, was launched in Kolkata.

Sun, 06 Sept 2026

• On 6 September 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh opened the 6th RISE Conclave at CSIR-IICB, Kolkata, organised by four CSIR laboratories around a 'Minerals, Medicine, Materials and Machines' framework.

Sat, 05 Sept 2026

• On 5 September 2026, DSIR Secretary and CSIR Director General N. Kalaiselvi inaugurated the sustainable phase of the CRTDH on Affordable Healthcare at IIT Kharagpur.

Thu, 03 Sept 2026

• On 3 September 2026, the National Institute of Homoeopathy, Kolkata celebrated 50 years, with a modular operation theatre and a Centre of Excellence inaugurated.
• On 3 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to legendary Bengali actor 'Mahanayak' Uttam Kumar on his birth centenary.

Tue, 01 Sept 2026

• On 1 September 2026, the Centre reduced the stock holding limit for sugar dealers from 4,000 to 2,000 quintals, effective 15 September to 30 November 2026, to curb hoarding.

Fri, 28 Aug 2026

• On 28 August 2026, the Law Ministry notified Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court and a fresh six-month term for six additional judges from 31 August 2026.

Sun, 23 Aug 2026

• East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant 4–1 in the final of the 135th Durand Cup in Kolkata on 23 August 2026, winning a record-equalling 17th title.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari performed the Bhumi Pujan for five GRSE and Yantra India expansion projects worth about ₹3,500 crore from Kolkata on 23 August 2026.

Sat, 22 Aug 2026

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the security of the Siliguri Corridor at a meeting in Siliguri on 22 August 2026 and directed agencies to apply a 'quadrangular approach' to border security.
• The National Biodiversity Authority disbursed ₹2.82 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism on 22 August 2026, mostly to 27 State Biodiversity Boards and 3 UT Biodiversity Councils.

Wed, 19 Aug 2026

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 19 August 2026 approved four railway multitracking projects worth about ₹9,450 crore, adding about 410 km across West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
• A fire at a hotel on Mirza Ghalib Street in central Kolkata in the early hours of 19 August 2026 killed nine people, including five Bangladeshi nationals.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026

• A pre-dawn fire at a hotel in the temple town of Tarapith in West Bengal's Birbhum district on 17 August 2026 killed nine people, five of them from one Meghalaya family.

Sun, 16 Aug 2026

• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on 16 August 2026 it had dismantled a network that imported South-East Asian areca nuts as Bangladeshi-origin to claim SAFTA duty exemption, causing a revenue loss of over ₹2,500 crore.
• West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on 16 August 2026 launched Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY in the State, along with a State health insurance scheme for families not covered by it.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026

• Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Vibhajan Vibheeshika Smriti Divas) was observed on 14 August 2026, with the Ministry of Culture holding programmes in Delhi, Amritsar and Kolkata and PM Modi recalling the courage of those impacted by Partition.

Wed, 12 Aug 2026

• Researchers at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, with Ashoka University, developed an AI framework that identifies three developmental states of cancer stem-like cells from tumour gene-expression data, the Science Ministry said on 12 August 2026.

Tue, 11 Aug 2026

• The Indian Navy's Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel 'Shruti' (Yard 3037) was launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, on 11 August 2026.

Fri, 07 Aug 2026

• The first of three India-built beam catcher units for the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Darmstadt, Germany, has reached the site, the Science Ministry said on 7 August 2026.