Kolkata: An MBBS aspirant whose mother’s name was deleted from the electoral roll during the SIR and two men working in West Asia who were also disenfranchised during the revision have moved Calcutta High Court seeking directions for the issuance and renewal of their passports.Justice Krishna Rao on Thursday requested the SIR Appellate Tribunal to…
Union home minister Amit Shah at the meeting in Siliguri on Saturday Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday asked central and state agencies to keep the strategically sensitive Siliguri Corridor or ‘Chicken’s Neck’ free from encroachments and directed them to curb illegal immigration in the zone.Shah undertook a review of security of Siliguri…
Many of the commercial establishments in the Free School Street-Marquis Street area remain shut Kolkata: A crackdown on hotels and guest houses following the fire at Shikha Inn that claimed nine lives has dealt another blow to the fragile economy of central Kolkata’s “Mini Bangladesh” looking for a turnaround, as rows of budget accommodations were…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said all eligible women financially dependent on monthly assistance would be covered under the Annapurna Yojana, even if the number of beneficiaries rises by 20-30 lakh.He also announced that Sept 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, would be observed across Bengal as ‘Annapurna…
Former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh is produced at Barrackpore court on Saturday Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA Nirmal Ghosh was produced before a Barrackpore court on Saturday in connection with an extortion case and remanded in police custody for seven days.Ghosh is already in police custody in a Rs 1-crore lottery ticket snatching case. The 78-year-old…
Kolkata: A 32-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide at Bachahar village under Karkach gram panchayat in Malda’s Gazole on Saturday, with her family alleging that financial distress over irregular payments under the state govt’s Annapurna Yojana contributed to her death.Anita Khatun lived with her husband, Inzamamul Haque, a daily-wage worker, and their two children, aged…
Agartala: The Tripura High Court held that Child Care Leave (CCL) for female govt employees was not an unconditional legal right, but authorities had to genuinely assess the necessity behind each request and not reject it without valid reasons.Justice Biswajit Palit directed the state to grant 365 days’ CCL to Tapasi Roy, a PG mathematics…
TC dispute at West Bengal school escalates into alleged assault on staffer KOLKATA: A scuffle broke out between a school student and a female non-teaching staff member over the issuance of a transfer certificate (TC) at Jagdala High School in Bamangola, Malda.The staff member, who joined the school a year and a half ago, said…
Durga Puja security check Kolkata: Lalbazar has instructed all police stations under Kolkata Police to initiate an advance security audit for this year’s Durga Puja, mandating field officers to immediately identify controversial pandal themes and monitor internal committee rivalries that could possibly trigger law-and-order disruptions. Officers said this is probably the first time that cops…
