Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted permission to a citizens’ group, ‘Sangram Ganamancha’ to file an urgent petition for demonstration against SIR on Sept 2. The matter will be heard on Monday. The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya on Friday. Source link
Kolkata: A 27-year-old woman, a resident of an apartment in east Behala’s Muchipara area, alleged a self-styled priest and his associates duped her of cash and gold over three years on the pretext of conducting rituals to ward off an “evil influence”. The priest propositioned her and outraged her modesty, she alleged.According to the complaint,…
Kolkata: Delays in updating software and non-calibration of breathalysers have reportedly been throwing up questionable readings during the anti-drink driving checks at night, prompting police to clean, re-adjust and update software on 200 devices. Police said they were trying to ensure that each of the 20 traffic guards in the city had at least four…
A worried family member in Kolkata awaits news of kin in Nepal Kolkata: Thirty-seven tourists from Bengal are missing in Nepal while two who were stranded near the disaster zone have been rescued and will be among the first to reach Kolkata on Saturday, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.“A total of 39 persons…
Nuwakot: A tractor and a structure partially submerged in mud following the devastating flash floods at Devighat village, in Nuwakot district, Nepal (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Kolkata: Three of the four men from Chalo Jaai Travel Club who had air-dashed to Kathmandu after the flash flood returned on Friday as chances of any meaningful participation in…
Families of missing tourists at the travel agency office in Kolkata Kolkata: Chalo Jaai Travel Club, the agency that had taken 32 tourists from Kolkata and other parts of Bengal to Nepal, kept its office on Ho Chi Minh Sarani open through the night. Anxious family members of the tourists, many of whom have been…
Kolkata: Commercial production of crude oil at the ONGC field in Ashoknagar’s Baigachhi, North 24 Parganas, began on Friday.The first consignment of around 1,200 litres of crude left the oilfield for the Haldia refinery in a tanker after a brief ceremony in the afternoon, during which Ashoknagar’s BJP MLA Sumay Hira broke a coconut and…
An aerial view of damaged buildings in the flood-affected zone in Nepal Kolkata: As staffers of Chalo Jaai Travel Club spent a second day seeking information on the 32 missing team members, including tour manager Jayanta Sanyal, the travel firm’s founder and owner, Dibyojyoti Basu, recalled how the group to Kailash-Mansarovar had narrowly escaped a…
People searching for missing relatives look at a list of names outside a military camp, following flash floods on August 28, 2026 in Trishuli, Nepal Kolkata: Every unknown call has become a flicker of hope and every news alert a fresh trigger of dread for families in Kolkata waiting for word from relatives still untraceable…
Abhishek Banerjee’s Camac Street office Kolkata: Three FIRs have been filed over the unrest linked to the removal of a billboard from Trinamool national general secretary and Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street. A total of 13 people have been arrested. All have been sent to judicial custody till Sept 3.Besides Abhishek being named in…
