Kolkata: A Metro train on the Blue Line or the North-South corridor suddenly came to a halt at Belgachhia station as passengers complained of having detected smoke in a coach on Friday afternoon.Eyewitnesses said the fire scare occurred around 4.35pm on a Dakshineswar-bound rake at Belgachhia metro station.“Black smoke was found emanating from a moving…
Foundation stone laying ceremony for the Uttam Kumar Film Centre Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state govt will soon appoint Mithun Chakraborty as the official cultural adviser. He announced this during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the ambitious three-part Uttam Kumar Film Centre at New Town Action Area II for which the…
Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim and BJP MLA from Panihati, on Friday demanded the arrest and questioning of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who was also the health minister, and state health principal secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam as part of the probe into her daughter’s death.“My daughter was raped and…
Kolkata: The state fire department on Friday declared the sixth and seventh floors of 9 Camac Street, which house Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s office, “unsafe from a fire and life-safety point of view” and ordered that they be vacated immediately.A basement floor, where people visiting or working at Abhishek’s office park their cars,…
The 73-year-old complainant alleged he had been kept under “digital arrest” for 10 days in Jan last year and forced to transfer his life savings of Rs 1,74,10,500 to the swindlers Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has for the first time ordered a CBI probe into a digital arrest complaint, lodged by a retired Air Force…
A rain-battered stretch on EM Bypass Kolkata: Fresh craters and potholes appeared on several stretches on EM Bypass after the recent spell of rain. Earlier, the 3.5 km stretch between Ruby and Science City was in a bad shape and the big craters were filled up recently.The motorists and bikers have urged for a similar…
A damaged section of railway tracks and overhead electrical lines following land subsidence near New Farakka station in Murshidabad Malda: Train services between Kolkata and north Bengal remained severely disrupted for the second straight day on Friday following repeated track subsidence caused by continuous heavy rainfall between New Farakka and Tildanga stations in Malda division.Rainwater…
Kolkata: Apprehension of sexual harassment ‘in future’ cannot lead to a complaint under POSH Act, Calcutta High Court held on Aug 31, upholding the setting aside of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) report against a DSP by a CID contractual employee.The division bench of Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas further held that the complaint…
Tourists queue up outside the residence of Mao Zedong China is actively promoting Nanjing and Changsha as international tourist destinations, positioning the two historically rich cities as compelling alternatives to traditional hotspots like Beijing and Shanghai.Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China and one of China’s Four Ancient Capitals, draws visitors primarily for its…
Sources said the meeting, held at Amit Shah’s residence, primarily focused on issues concerning the state’s indigenous tribal population, implementation of the tripartite agreement and preparations for forthcoming village committee elections. Agartala: Ahead of forthcoming village committee elections under Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC), a high-level meeting was held in New Delhi between…
