Darjeeling: The bodies of four missing residents from Lingdok, under the Kabi-Lungchok constituency in Sikkim, were found in a SUV that was fished out of Teesta River near Coronation Bridge in Sevoke, about 20 km away from Siliguri on Sunday morning, nearly two days after they had gone missing.The deceased have been identified as Smarika…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee greets supporters at a sit-in to protest alleged attacks on party seniors and and workers (R) BJP minister Tapas Roy fends questions from media outside assembly over his claim that more than 50 Trinamool MLAs were ready to break off from the party (L) KOLKATA: The ‘M’ word entered the lexicon…
KOLKATA: A BJP functionary has lodged a complaint against former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and a TMC MLA alleging misuse of annual Eid congregations on Red Road in central Kolkata during her stint in office for political purposes in violation of Islamic principles.BJP’s Nazia Elahi Khan has claimed that Mamata’s participation in these events contravened…
Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
New Delhi: Petrol prices touched Rs 113.47 and diesel Rs 99.82 per litre in Kolkata after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in 11 days, raising petrol prices by another Rs 2.86 and diesel by Rs 2.80 to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost.The cumulative increase in…
Actor Soham Chakraborty faces complaint over alleged film contract issue. KOLKATA: After actor and former TMC MLA Soham Chakraborty lodged a complaint against producer Tarun Das on Wednesday, Das filed a counter complaint in Balurghat on Friday. Both complaints were made after a dispute over a film signing amount in 2018.Chakraborty said, “I offered to…
KOLKATA: A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Pappu Sana, was allegedly assaulted by a group of attackers in Narendrapur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, near Kolkata, police said on Thursday.Pappu Sana has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a state-run hospital in Kolkata.The incident took place around 2 am,…
A multi-million-dollar home on a so-called “Billionaires’ Island” is up for grabs – for absolutely nothing. The catch? You have to move the entire house off the island within 180 days or watch it get demolished. Located in Nantucket, the property is part of a quirky local rule that prioritises reuse over wrecking. Free house,…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under its joint director (East) to probe allegations that aspects of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case were suppressed or “hushed up”.The court further instructed the SIT to submit a detailed…
In a plot twist no one saw coming, Pope Leo XIV casually did the viral “6-7” hand gesture with kids at the Vatican – and yes, the internet lost it. The Pope joined in as children chanted the nonsensical trend, instantly earning himself “Gen Z Pope” status. Honestly, even the Vatican isn’t immune to meme…
