Kolkata: EC has the power to transfer state or Centre officers to conduct a “free and fair” election, its counsel told Calcutta HC on Wednesday, while senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee counter-questioned how the state will function for a month without its officers.The debate on whether EC could transfer 73 state officers before the Bengal assembly…
Kolkata: The city cops’ cyber cell registered a case after receiving information from Central Bureau of Investigation’s Interpol wing about an alleged fraudulent international call centre operating from Nayabad Avenue, in the Panchasayar area. A few persons have been detained. The call centre was allegedly being run by a man called Ankit. Officers said the…
Kolkata: Booth-level officers (BLOs) across the city have crossed another hurdle in the special intensive revision (SIR) season that set in more than four months ago. While the first supplementary list was released on Monday, the BLOs were flooded with calls since morning as electors were eager to know whether they have cleared the adjudication…
A 45-year-old man died at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital after allegedly being forced to walk to a pay-and-use toilet due to a lack of accessible facilities KOLKATA: Biswajit Samanta, 45, a resident of Nimta, collapsed and died on Monday at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital after being made…
Nandigram: In a desperate bid to offset Pabitra Kar and his wife Champa’s defection to Trinamool, BJP on Friday inducted four Trinamool functionaries in the belt, including two Muslim faces, as Nandigram emerges as a high-stakes poll battle.Trinamool on Saturday announced party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will visit Nandigram on March 25 to chair…
Jalpaiguri: Within 48 hours of the Election Commission (EC) declaring Bengal polls, Alipurduar police seized Rs 2.75 lakh cash from a couple travelling in an Assam registered car on Wednesday afternoon.According to norms, individuals are not allowed to carry cash exceeding Rs 50,000 once elections are declared.Biken Ishwarari and his wife had travelled to Alipurduar…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Sunday decided to suspend a fourth-year chemical engineering student from his ongoing eighth semester, including attending classes and appearing for exams, and has debarred him from entering campus and hostel premises following an incident of verbal abuse, slut shaming, physical assault and sexual harassment of a few students on campus on…
KOLKATA: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh lashed out at West Bengal minister Shashi Panja, calling her a “drama queen” following a clash between workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata’s Girish Park area.According to news agency ANI, Ghosh alleged that Panja was staging drama following the clash and…
KOLKATA: The LPG crisis has triggered a rush for alternative cooking options, bringing diesel stoves back into demand. The few shops that still sell them say they have been flooded with enquiries over the past two to three days. Traditional stoves, too, are returning to kitchens as households look for substitutes.There are two shops on…
Nandigram: A political storm erupted in Nandigram after Pralay Pal, a senior BJP neta and vice-president of the Tamluk organisational district, said in a Facebook video post that migrant workers working away from home may have to have gynaecological checks performed on their wives when they return.Pal’s statements targeted a group of women who visited…
