Kolkata: An Ekbalpore resident who had been ambushed and robbed of cash, jewellery and personal belongings at gunpoint in the first week of Aug gathered the courage to lodge an FIR only recently. According to him, he was also brutally assaulted during the robbery on Warshi Lane in the intervening night of Sept 4 and…
Kolkata: In a swift response, officers from Thakurpukur Police Station have arrested a suspect and retrieved stolen jewelry within hours of a snatching incident at Sakher Bazar Super Market on Monday morning.The victim, Shakti Ghosh (72) from Motilal Gupta Road, was targeted around 11.30 am on Monday while entering Gate 1 of the crowded market….
Mohammadi Tarannum visits classrooms and meets students after rejoining the college on Tuesday Kolkata: Calcutta University has extended the date for Surendranath Law College students to submit their forms for semester 2, 4, 6 and 8 exams to Sept. 21. The deadline was revised as on Sept 11, the original last date for submission of…
At least five bus organisations have compared existing bus fares with Metro and auto fares before formulating their demands Kolkata: Private bus operators have sought a restructuring of Kolkata’s existing bus fare table instead of a steep across-the-board hike, arguing that buses have recently regained some passengers after auto fares went up and an excessive…
Kolkata: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday revised its examination routine once again, rescheduling the papers, which were slated for Sept 22, to Oct 13 due to Karam Puja.The subjects previously slated for Sept 22 included vocational papers of healthcare, automobile, organised retailing, security, IT & ITeS, electronics, tourism & hospitality,…
Agnimitra Paul, on an inspection of Salt Lake blocks, slammed the parking of cars and dumping of building materials on pavements Kolkata: During a surprise visit to Salt Lake on Tuesday, state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul lambasted the practice of parking private vehicles on pavements and confronted those who had dumped…
Kolkata: Display ‘addiction-free schools’ messages at prominent locations of campuses to build awareness, CISCE has urged its affiliated schools.A CISCE notice said the directive followed a communication from the department of school education & literacy, ministry of education, which called for interventions to declare educational campuses and areas within 500m radius of institutes as ‘addiction-free…
Swapan Dasgupta vows to enhance the business school’s reputation Kolkata: State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta became the president of the board of governors at the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) on Tuesday. He vowed to heighten the reputation of the country’s first management school and expose the students pupils to contemporary…
Police took him to the border three times, but the BSF could not deport him as he maintained he was an Indian citizen. Kolkata: A 70-year-old man who spent nearly three months in a holding centre and jail after being detained on June 20 on suspicion of being an illegal Bangladeshi national was granted bail…
CM Adhikari and Hansirani Rath at a Nandigram rally on Tuesday Haldia/Berhampore: BJP on Tuesday nominated 70-year-old Hansirani Rath, mother of Suvendu Adhikari’s slain aide Chandranath Rath, as its candidate for the bypoll in the Nandigram assembly constituency, with the chief minister accusing “Bhaipo gang” of funding her son’s murder.BJP whole-timer Sakharav Sarkar will contest…
