Both ISF and ABVP members have lodged complaints against each Kolkata: At least eight students were injured as a clash broke out between supporters of Indian Secular Front (ISF) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Bhangar College on Monday.ABVP members alleged they had gone to speak with the professor in-charge about an upcoming programme…
Kolkata: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking restriction on outsiders’ entry into Jadavpur University campus, is likely to be heard by the division bench of Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge on Wednesday.The matter was mentioned before the division bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee, citing urgency. Though the matter has been pending for a year, it…
Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Basunia, who defected from Trinamool Congress and joined an outfit called Nationalist Congress Party of India after Trinamool’s defeat in this year’s assembly poll, created a flutter in state politics when he claimed that 17 rebel breakaway MPs would be joining BJP next month before or right after Durga Puja.Basunia’s…
Kolkata: The committee set up by the state govt to examine proposals to rename roads, bridges and other public places will turn its attention to metro stations, too.Senior BJP functionary Tathagata Roy, who is a member of the Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)-led panel, said he would propose that metro stations named after famous persons be…
Kolkata/New Delhi The Trinamool leadership on Monday offered to withdraw its candidate from the Nandigram bypoll in favour of the Congress candidate, expecting a quid pro quo from Congress in the Rejinagar constituency, but did not get a favourable response.Trinamool seniors and the state Congress unit in Kolkata did not want to comment on record…
Kolkata: A strict scrutiny for Kolkata Police civic volunteers has been initiated after the arrest of Twinkle Das, a civic volunteer attached with the Beleghata Traffic guard, for allegedly being in regular touch with Raghav, the prime suspect in the murder case of a Jharkhand businessman in Chandil.Nabanna has asked Lalbazar to identify those volunteers…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (file photo) Kolkata: A month after the rollout of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) scheme in Bengal, more than 50,000 people have received hospital care and treatment, with essential treatments worth over Rs 28 crore delivered to beneficiaries. CM Suvendu Adhikari shared the milestone in a post…
Kolkata: A 14-year-old class 8 student was allegedly gang-raped after being forced to consume alcohol at Habra on Sunday evening. Two youths were arrested on Monday, while another teenage girl was questioned.The survivor, who fell seriously ill after the alleged assault, is undergoing treatment at a govt hospital.Police said the girl was visiting her maternal…
Police claimed Rahul Ruidas attempted suicide by hanging himself in a lock-up bathroom Kharagpur: A 21-year-old youth died in police custody at Chandrakona police station in West Midnapore on Sunday night, prompting his father to demand a court-ordered probe.Police claimed Rahul Ruidas attempted suicide by hanging himself in a lock-up bathroom. His family alleged he…
Kharagpur: CPM on Monday accused BJP supporters of attacking and setting fire to its party office during a rally at Chandrakona Road, and disrupting another programme at Madpur in Kharagpur Rural. BJP denied the allegations and blamed CPM members for the disturbance.Chandrakona Road and Beharasol area committees of CPM organised a procession and public meeting…
