Kolkata: Technology and social media have become aides of both cops and traffickers, an analysis of recent events across Bengal shows, with Malda and South 24 Parganas among the worst affected. Anti-trafficking NGOs working in Bengal revealed the study on World Day against Trafficking in Persons on Thursday.Just Rights for Children and Kosi Lok Manch,…
The previous govt had made the white-and-blue colour scheme a mustfor state school uniforms and buildings The previous govt had made the white-and-blue colour scheme a must for state school uniforms and buildings The previous govt had made the white-and-blue colour scheme a mustfor state school uniforms and buildings The previous govt had made the…
Bus conductor Hossen alias Sonu Kolkata: Cops have busted a mobile phone theft racket operating on public buses, arresting the alleged kingpin —a bus conductor who harassed female passengers to steal their valuables.Accused Imran Hossen alias Sonu, from Maheshtala, was arrested on July 27. According to cops, multiple complaints of mobile theft were reported along…
Kolkata: An elderly couple from Salt Lake, who had been suffering from prolonged illnesses, was found dead in their bed on Thursday morning, with froth around their mouths. Their son and daughter-in-law had been away for a day.Although no suicide note was found, police found two empty bottles of insecticide in the house and suspect…
Kolkata: The real estate industry in Kolkata has urged the state govt to lift the embargo on high-rise construction projects immediately, arguing that the audit of projects in the city and adjoining districts can continue alongside regulated work at sites.Developers said they are prepared to submit formal undertakings confirming compliance with all statutory, structural and…
Kolkata: State schools would have a revised syllabus from primary to higher secondary levels, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, state education minister Dipak Barman announced on Thursday.The school education department recently formed a new syllabus-cum-curriculum committee to review the curriculum at primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels at state schools. “The committee…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the district police regarding the encounter of Prabhas Mondal, the prime accused in the Baruipur rape and murder of a minor.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee directed a detailed affidavit including the case number and other…
KOLKATA: Panic gripped commuters at Dakshineswar railway station in Kolkata after an overhead electric wire snapped with a loud bang, disrupting train services.Videos from the scene show passengers jumping out of a local train and running to safety moments after the overhead traction wire snapped.Some commuters on the platform can also be seen running away…
Demolition work continues atop Sandip Ghosh’s home Kolkata: Former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh on Thursday got the illegally constructed pergola atop his G+3 Badan Roy Lane house demolished, 45 days after KMC served him a notice.The notice followed a hearing and physical inspection by KMC officials, who found that the pergola had…
Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday urged CM Suvendu Adhikari to pursue Centre’s chemical parks scheme, calling it a “rare opportunity” to revive large-scale industrialisation in Bengal.In a letter to the CM, Bhattacharya suggested that Singur be pitched as a preferred location for the chemical park…
