Kolkata: Film writer Utsav Mukherjee has been found after being missing for 24 days and is currently staying at a friend’s house in Delhi, according to people close to the family. The police, too, confirmed the same. “Script writer Utsav Mukherjee has been traced in Delhi, presently residing with his friend,” said joint CP (crime)…
Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman and the wife of a college professor, Enakshi Das, was found dead at her Garia home on Sunday morning with a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth and a blunt-force injury to the back of her head. Her husband, Soumik, has been missing since the incident, leaving behind their ailing…
Barrackpore/Noapara/Khardah: Perhaps no other political figure encapsulates the shifting sands of the intense turf battle within the Barrackpore industrial quagmire as former MP Arjun Singh. Having traversed between Trinamool and BJP multiple times since 2019, Singh — who recently lost the 2024 LS polls — is now contesting the Noapara Assembly seat on a BJP…
Kolkata: Politicians across party lines made a beeline to make the most of the last Sunday of campaigning before the second phase of polling. While several started early to finish by 11 am, some braved the heat even after 12 noon.Though the scorching sun was missing in morning, there was extreme discomfort throughout the day….
Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to “do a little sacrifice to make the nation better”.Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, “Some Hindu names were deleted in the SIR (special intensive revision) process. How will the country…
Asansol: A 43-year-old man was allegedly attacked and beaten to death by miscreants on Friday night near his home at Kanyapur, Asansol, in West Burdwan, after which police detained two persons. Congress netas said the victim was a party supporter and that the assailants were Trinamool supporters.The incident triggered tension in Asansol on Saturday and…
Kolkata: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi went after Trinamool while campaigning in Bengal on Saturday, asking why the ED had summoned him for 55 hours of questioning while CM Mamata Banerjee — in whose state numerous alleged scams had surfaced — had faced no such scrutiny. Trinamool hit back hard, calling Gandhi’s remarks “irresponsible” and pointedly noting…
Kolkata: Lux Industries, one of India’s leading innerwear and apparel manufacturers, is set to be trifurcated among three branches of the founding Todi family in an amicable settlement that will also resolve cross-holdings between the groups. The Rs 3,000 crore company will be split into three verticals, each led by a separate family faction, with…
Kolkata: Tamil superstar and TVK chief Vijay, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav converged in support of CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, applauding her fight against BJP and the Election Commission ahead of the second phase of Bengal polls.Vijay posted a video message hailing Banerjee as “an inspiration…
KOLKATA: ED on Sunday carried out searches at several locations in Kolkata as part of an investigation into alleged land grabbing and financial fraud cases connected to fugitive criminal ‘Sona Pappu’, a senior official said.The raids were conducted at the residences of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore.“The searches are part of an ongoing investigation…
