KOLKATA: Police have arrested the son of “absconding” TMC MLA Dilip Mondal, along with five others, for allegedly possessing firearms in West Bengal’s Bakkhali-Fraserganj area, a senior officer said on Monday.A joint team of the West Bengal Police and Diamond Harbour district police apprehended them late on Sunday, the officer said.“Arghya Mondal and the others…
KOLKATA: Ten cops and CAPF men were injured, three of them seriously, at the Park Circus seven-point crossing when stones and bricks were hurled at them during a protest against “the bulldozer action in Tiljala” on Sunday afternoon.Police said 21 persons were arrested and 25 detained. Flag marches and raids continued across Park Circus till…
KOLKATA: More than 150 illegal stalls outside Howrah station were razed and close to 200 vendors evicted in a drive launched late on Saturday. A similar action at Sealdah station, which started on Friday night and continued on Saturday as well, saw the removal of around 300 hawkers.In Howrah, payloaders removed structures that encroached on…
Kalyan Banerjee, Kunal Ghosh, Rajeev Kumar KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has withdrawn or downgraded security cover for two former DGPs, Trinamool Congress MPs, former ministers and other VIPs, officials said on Monday. Ten VIPs have their names on the security-downgrade list.In an email issued by joint commissioner of police (headquarters) Sudeep Sarkar, senior officers were…
KOLKATA: Newly elected BJP MLA Rekha Patra has triggered a political controversy after she was seen intercepting a vehicle carrying cattle in Hingalganj and allegedly suggesting that those transporting cows should produce a “birth certificate”.On the alleged illegal transportation of cattle, Patra said, “Our government has issued a guideline stating that cattle below 14 years…
KOLKATA: Electric vehicles (EVs) have outpaced traditional diesel-powered vehicles in Kolkata.Nowhere is this green dominance more definitive than at Public Vehicles Department (PVD) in Beltala, Kolkata’s largest vehicle registration hub, which has witnessed a steady decline in the enrolment of diesel vehicles.The trend coincides with the central govt’s clean energy push. The issue acquired more…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat. KOLKATA: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday met the party’s zilla parishad members at Kalighat and reiterated their commitment towards “protecting Bengal and ensuring a better tomorrow”.District presidents have been asked to send written reports to Abhishek and former minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on possible reasons behind the defeat, including…
Asansol: The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate has arrested 26 people in connection with brick-batting and vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost. Seven of the accused were remanded to police custody after being produced in court on Sunday, while 19 others were sent to judicial custody, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the…
Howrah: Villagers vandalised the house of a Trinamool panchayat chief in Howrah’s Amta on Sunday, accusing her and her husband of siphoning off funds from multiple govt schemes for months. Around 200 villagers, armed with sticks, stormed the residence of Anjali Dolui, damaging property and setting fire to furniture, clothes and documents.Villagers Nazneen Begum and…
