Heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Sikkim, washing away a crucial Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola in North Sikkim on Saturday night GANGTOK: A Bailey Bridge over the Phee Khola at north Sikkim’s Phidang was washed away on Saturday night following heavy rainfall, disrupting road connectivity in the region.According to officials, continuous rain caused the…
Kolkata: Bengal has added another feather to its cap in the field of Geographical Indication (GI) recognition, with 23 more traditional products from the state receiving GI tags.The newly GI-tagged products include ‘jalbhora’ sandesh from Chandernagore, ‘monohara’ from Janai, Santiniketan batik and Santiniketan ektara from Birbhum, ‘mecha’ sandesh from Beliatore in Bankura, Banglar ‘nolen gur’,…
Kolkata: A 14-year-old schoolgirl was allegedly molested by an auto-rickshaw driver in Phoolbagan. Following a complaint by the girl’s family, Phoolbagan police registered a criminal case against the auto driver and launched a manhunt to arrest him.The incident took place around 6.30 pm on Wednesday, near the Phoolbagan crossing, when the minor was returning home…
Kolkata: Chingrighata flyover will remain shut till 8 am on Monday for conducting the first phase of Metro’s Orange line work from Kavi Subhash to the Airport. The flyover was closed from 8 pm on Friday for segment launching work between pillars 325 to 326.With the flyover closed, vehicles coming from the EM Bypass and…
Former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim Kolkata: Fifty-one former Trinamool councillors met at a hotel in east Kolkata on Saturday to chalk out their future strategy amid mounting pressure on former mayor Firhad Hakim following the Taratala building collapse.Hakim skipped the meeting, which was chaired by MLAs Jawed Khan and Sandipan Saha.Addressing the gathering, Saha said,…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday wrote to Kolkata Police seeking permission for its July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme at Esplanade, prompting the Ritabrata Banerjee camp to also claim that they too intend to hold their July 21 rally at the same venue.Speaking to reporters after a party meeting at Kalighat, TMC MP Mahua Moitra said:…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said “justice for Tamanna Khatun is our priority” and praised the swift police action that led to the arrest of 12 persons in the case in just three days.The class 4 student was killed in a crude bomb blast at Nadia’s Kaliganj during a Trinamool victory procession after its…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at slain BJP worker Prasanta Dey’s residence on Saturday Howrah: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday visited the residence of slain BJP worker Prasanta Dey in Howrah’s Bagnan and assured the bereaved family that police were working to solve the case at the earliest. Adhikari also assured that one family member would get…
Kolkata: After 72 hours of digging through concrete and mangled steel to retrieve trapped labourers at the collapsed Taratala warehouse, focus shifted from search-and-rescue to investigation on Saturday.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) withdrew from the site, and the Army scaled down its operation even as investigators prepared to take control of the site.“We were…
Kolkata: A 39-year-old resident of Hooghly’s Rishra allegedly killed his 31-year-old wife at their rented home on Saturday morning, travelled 20km to Kolkata, and died by suicide hours later by jumping in front of a metro train at Belgachhia station around 3pm. The suicide disrupted services on the Blue Line for 50 minutes.Late on Friday,…
