Kolkata: A Behala resident attempting to secure accommodation for an upcoming trip at Uttarakhand fell victim to an online hotel booking scam, losing Rs 1,74,888 through fraudulent representations and deceptive credit card transactions.The incident unfolded on Aug 17, when the complainant intended to book a hotel room at Nainital and contacted unknown accused persons using…
Kolkata: A massive operation against cyber fraud rackets involving Rs 92.6 crore has been dismantled across Bengal in a major intelligence-led drive titled ‘Operation Cyber Prahar’.Over the last seven days, the Cyber Crime Wing of Bengal Police, with help from multiple police units, have registered 69 FIRs and arrested 107 individuals connected to organized syndicate…
Kolkata: A lawyer was injured and her husband assaulted after a recklessly driven vehicle collided with their car on SN Road Roy in Behala on Friday, Aug 21 around 8 pm.The incident occurred in front of the Merlin Jabakusum building while the victim was returning home from court by car with her husband. According to…
A tree being planted in New Town Kolkata: Ecologic, a New Town-based nature lovers’ forum on Saturday achieved a unique milestone of planting 5,000 trees across New Town over a span of five years with 1,000 trees planted on a trot each year since 2022.Over the years, the forum has been planting mostly local indigenous…
One of Auddy’s kidneys was transplanted into a 28-year-old male recipient at SSKM Hospital, while the second kidney was transplanted into a 48-year-old male patient at Fortis Hospital Kolkata: The family of a 17-year-old brain-dead youth from Beleghata, Akash Auddy, consented to organ donation following his death at IPGMER-SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. This resulted in…
Kolkata received 10.6mm of rain on Sunday Kolkata: A low-pressure area formed over north Bay of Bengal on Sunday, which could trigger light, intermittent rain across south Bengal and Kolkata on Monday, said the Met office.Even though Kolkata received 10.6mm of rain, the city’s northern suburbs were lashed by a heavy downpour on Sunday afternoon.While…
Kolkata: Subha Shankar Sarkar, a retired academic appointed by Jadavpur University to head the committee that will investigate the recent violence and vandalism on the campus, informed vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on Saturday that he could not lead the inquiry because of other commitments.Officers said a police team would visit the campus on Monday to collect…
CM Suvendu Adhikari and defence minister Rajnath Singh at the Garden Reach programme Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that the Bengal govt has reserved 20% posts in the police, fire brigade, forest and civil defence departments for retired Agniveers and also hinted at the reintroduction of NCC in schools and colleges in the…
A near-empty Free School Street on Sunday evening Kolkata: The closure of hotels in central Kolkata following last Wednesday’s fire at Shikha Inn, which claimed nine lives, has forced many Bangladeshis staying in that area to shift to accommodations off EM Bypass, especially in Mukundapur.Large numbers of Bangladeshi nationals come to Kolkata for medical treatment,…
Scores have sought treatment with heat exhaustion, dizziness, nausea and blackouts which are unusual during monsoon Kolkata: The late monsoon warm spell has led to a spate of heat-induced diseases which are rare at this time of the year. Scores have sought treatment with heat exhaustion, dizziness, nausea and blackouts which are unusual during monsoon,…
