Kolkata: A widowed senior citizen, living alone at Banerjepara in Sarsuna, alleged police inaction against a forged tenancy agreement and her tenant running a sex trade out of the ground floor of her house. She now plans to go to the Calcutta HC.The tenant had entered the house over four years ago as a caregiver…
Kolkata: A man died and two of his family members were critically injured after a neighbour allegedly attacked them with a cleaver in Cossipore on Wednesday morning. Police arrested the accused, Dilip Pal, and seized the weapon.While Ananta Manna died at R G Kar Hospital on Thursday, his son and another family member were being…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the “hot haste” of the police in freezing three Trinamool Congress bank accounts based on a complaint filed just a day earlier and asked HDFC Bank to file a report by next Tuesday on the amount lying in these accounts and their authorised signatories.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya did…
Kolkata: Around 5 lakh passengers rode Kolkata Metro’s Blue Line (Dakshineswar to New Garia) every day in FY 25-26 against the Green Line’s (Howrah Maidan-Sector V) 1.5 lakh per day. Among the shorter corridors, the Purple Line (Joka-Majerhat) saw about 5,000 commuters daily, the Yellow Line (Noapara-Airport) around 3,000 and the Orange Line (New Garia-Metropoliton)…
Kolkata: A fresh complaint was lodged at the Kalighat PS against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The traffic wing of Kolkata police is probing this incident.According to the complaint, security personnel assigned to Banerjee were seen standing on an SUV’s footboards on either side with their…
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Thursday adjourned Satadru Dutta’s appeal, challenging the interim protection granted to former minister Aroop Biswas till July 29. The division bench of ACJ Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee adjourned the matter as one of the legal points in discussion of Dutta’s case was pending consideration before a special…
Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Thursday cleared the formation of an expert committee, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to examine the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill for West Bengal and set a four-week time frame to submit its recommendations.Urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said the panel has…
Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old bride-to-be whose body was found floating in a pond at Habra on Thursday evening just 10 days before her wedding. The body of the deceased, Mridula Saha, was found floating in a pond at Joygachhi Srinagar area in Habra. The incident has sparked widespread speculation over whether…
Kolkata: Election Commission has written to both the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the rebel faction headed by Ritabrata Banerjee, seeking their responses to rival claims over the party’s organisational elections and authorised signatories. Both camps have been asked to submit their replies by 5.30pm on July 6.The development comes hours after the Ritabrata Banerjee-led…
Kolkata: A video of two traffic officials, including a sergeant, has gone viral after an alleged incident near Narkeldanga bridge on Wednesday morning.Locals claimed that a young biker was injured after a traffic sergeant allegedly kicked him while he was riding. They said the rider lost balance, fell on the road, and was taken to…
