Kolkata

Debraj Chakraborty investigation Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the extortion case against Debraj Chakraborty, arrested former Trinamool BMC councillor, even as investigators launched an inquiry into charges of financial irregularities, undisclosed assets, money laundering and suspicious investments levelled against him.Chakraborty was arrested after the Calcutta High Court…

Kolkata: The Adani group will set up a health city in New Town Action Area 2 with an investment of at least Rs 2,500 crore. This will be the third such facility the conglomerate will set up in the country after Mumbai and Ahmedabad.Sources close to Nabanna said the Suvendu Adhikari govt has approved the…

The place where the incident took place KOLKATA: A petrol pump manager was allegedly pelted with eggs, slapped, and pushed by a group of men following a dispute over fuel payment at a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited retail outlet located at Kadapara on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani close to Kankurgachi.According to the outlet management,…

Kolkata: Diamond Harbour Police has lodged an FIR over alleged large-scale irregularities in Sebashray health camps, implicating Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee under 27 penal sections.These include charges of cheating and forgery under BNS, as well as violations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the National Medical Commission Act, the…

Howrah Station set for upgrade Local Train standing at Howrah Station —————- Koushik Koley Kolkata: The grand old Howrah Station, Asia’s oldest railway hub, will get two new platforms, extend the existing platforms to accommodate 22-coach trains and carry out redevelopment work to upgrade the facility and ease congestion, Howrah DRM Vishal Kapoor said on…

Eastern Railway’s Sealdah Division will undertake a 10-hour mega traffic and power block on the Sealdah-Dankuni section from 1 am to 11 am on Sunday for re-girdering of bridge No. 5 CCR between Baranagar Road and Dakshineshwar using a high-capacity road crane. As a result, several Mail/Express trains will be diverted. The Sealdah Rajdhani Express,…

CM Suvendu Adhikari and LS Speaker Om Birla at the orientation session at the Bengal assembly on Friday Kolkata: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday urged lawmakers in Bengal to become the voice of the poor and marginalised people of the country. The entire country was now looking forward to Bengal, he said during…

Kolkata: The low-pressure area predicted by IMD formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast on Thursday. While this system already started bringing showers in the city and other parts of south Bengal from Thursday itself, the Met said there is possibility for heavy rain for the city and other…

Tourists at a Marquis Street foreign exchange centre Kolkata: Traders across Kolkata’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ have decided to keep prices reasonable for Bangladeshi visitors once tourism resumes, believing that rebuilding trust is more important than recovering two years of losses through steep tariff hikes.The decision follows Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi’s announcement that tourist visas…

Hawkers under Sealdah flyover on Thursday Kolkata: The state on Thursday assured the Calcutta High Court of no eviction of occupiers under Sealdah flyover till July 9. In case of removal of vagabonds from under Hastings flyover, the HC has granted an interim stay till July 15. On June 29, a ‘public notice’ was pasted…