Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force (BSF). Around 51 km of the nearly 150-km stretch from Bongaon to Hingalganj-Samsernagar remains unfenced, administrative…
KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as the “remaining animals did not meet govt guidelines”.The newly elected state govt on Wednesday had issued…
Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory remarks in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections. Police said they have launched an investigation into whether the statements had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony.The case was registered on…
KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the meeting, Adhikari highlighted four categories, saying that alleged victims of political violence, police brutality, harassment against…
Kolkata: Ahead of his scheduled administrative meeting at Diamond Harbour, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met actor Mithun Chakraborty at his New Town residence. Coming out of his house, Adhikari said, “Mithunda had sought some time to meet me. He is a party senior who has campaigned selflessly. I have come to meet him.“Chakraborty, who…
Kolkata: Baranagar BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh has indicated that sections on the Singur and Nandigram movements led by Mamata Banerjee may soon be removed from the state board’s Class 8 syllabus — one of the first signals of curriculum changes under the new BJP govt.Speaking to reporters at the ‘Education Interface’ event at Netaji Indoor…
Falta: With the political scales flipping in Bengal and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari targeting him in his own lair, Trinamool Congress‘s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan faces an uphill task ahead of the May 21 repolls. Khan, who had stepped out of the public glare after the May 4 results, returned to his ransacked Srirampore party…
Kolkata: The state govt is soon launching a dedicated 24-hour helpline number for women – 181 – which will be geo-tagged with the help desk at the nearest police station as the police will immediately get alert on exactly from where a woman is calling for help so that officers could rush to the spot…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has assigned the R G Kar rape-murder case to a special bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, making it the fourth bench to be assigned to hear the case.Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the division bench of justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Rai Chattopadhyay recused from the case, citing…
Kolkata: The newly elected Bengal govt will use the voters’ list created out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls to prune names of deceased or relocated individuals whose names continue to feature as beneficiaries of state govt schemes.Directions to the effect have been issued to DMs who…
