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…
Kolkata: Kasba police registered a theft case after a 26-year-old woman alleged that silver items, coins, ornaments and electronic items worth several lakhs were stolen from her flat in south Kolkata between March 2 and March 10, police said.The case started on the basis of a written complaint filed by Mamoni Saha, a resident of…
Kolkata: The Election Commission will ensure free, fair and peaceful assembly polls in Bengal, chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Tuesday.Commenting on law and order and helplessness of voters, Kumar said the EC has zero tolerance towards violence and any kind of intimidation and would take very strong action against the persons involved….
Bangladeshi director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit at the award ceremony Kolkata: Bangladeshi director Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, whose political thriller ‘Master’ won big at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2026 despite having faced “political persecution” during its making at home, is hoping that the newly-elected government will actively build bridges with various neighbours, including India. Sumit,…
