Kolkata: Traders in New Market and Chowringhee are upset over the growing encroachment by hawkers on roads in these areas, not only blocking traffic but also affecting their buisness.“We fail to understand why the KMC and police are silent on the issue when the chief minister spoke against encroachments around New Market. We will wait…
According to police, Damayanti was last seen around 10am on Thursday at platforms 4 and 5 of Howrah station. KOLKATA: The search for 15-year-old Damayanti Sen, a national-level shooter and a resident of Umacharan Bhattacharya Lane, entered its second day on Friday, with police intensifying efforts after CCTV footage showed her at Howrah railway station…
The accused were produced before the Siliguri Sub-Divisional Court on Thursday. The court rejected their bail pleas and remanded all five to seven days of police custody Siliguri: An illicit affair, a carefully laid trap and a gruesome attempt to erase a man’s identity — Bagdogra police have unravelled a murder conspiracy that ended with…
ECLGS was introduced in June amid the West Asia crisis Kolkata: As of July 16, a sum of Rs 11,272 crore has been sanctioned for different businesses under Centre’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS).ECLGS was introduced amid the West Asia crisis to provide a 100% credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs and 90% for non-MSME…
Calcutta High Court (file photo) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday extended Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s interim protection from coercive action in the Signgate case for one month on the grounds that the MP will attend summons and cooperate with the investigation. Justice Kaushik Chanda will hear the case again on July 23.The case against…
Bengal CM promises strictest action against those responsible for Murshidabad train accident KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday promised the “strictest possible action” against those responsible for the Murshidabad train tragedy that claimed three lives, including those of two school students, while asserting that negligence in the discharge of duty would not…
KOLKATA: Developing and nurturing bright young minds is crucial to build an inclusive knowledge-driven country where innovation should always be the backbone of India, Union minister of state for Education and minister of state for the Development of Northeastern Region Sukanta Majumdar said at the inauguration of a summer camp at IISER Kolkata. Majumdar, who…
SILIGURI: A gruesome murder allegedly orchestrated over an extramarital affair was cracked by Bagdogra police within 48 hours with the arrest of five persons, including the victim’s wife and her alleged lover. Police said the accused allegedly conspired to eliminate the woman’s husband, beheaded him, and dumped his headless body in a tea garden in…
Participants have been asked to wear black badges and armbands, while he stressed that the gathering would remain peaceful. KOLKATA: Security has been deployed around Bankra mosque following a call for a peaceful protest by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s West Bengal president Siddiqullah Chowdhury after authorities stopped access to the mosque, located within Kolkata airport premises, citing…
Kolkata: In a medical achievement that challenges conventional timelines for congenital heart interventions, a multidisciplinary team at a pvt hospital in Kolkata has successfully performed a complex, definitive corrective surgery on a seven-year-old girl born with reversed major blood vessels. The milestone procedure effectively concludes a multi-year, multi-stage medical journey for the young patient, Swastika,…
