Asish Banerjee was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat Rampurhat: Former Bengal minister, assembly deputy speaker and five-time Rampurhat Trinamool MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead in a party office adjacent to his home on Sunday morning. The 74-year-old neta’s body was hanging from the ceiling fan and police recovered a one-page purported suicide note in…
Netas at Asish Banerjee’s home Rampurhat/Kolkata: The purported suicide note found beside former minister Asish Banerjee’s body, which said it was a “mistake to enter politics” has prompted senior netas across political lines to demand an impartial probe.Former TMC neta Asit Kumar Mal, in whose presence CM Suvendu Adhikari spoke with Banerjee’s kin, said, “Everyone…
Cops defend guard rails as essential “road furniture” needed to curb high-speed driving and traffic signal violations Kolkata: Responding to multiple complaints from motorists, Kolkata Police has initiated a major overhaul of the worn out and poorly-painted guard rails in the city. Lalbazar has identified 4,000 guard rails that need standardisation. Such guard rails have…
Kolkata: A 32-year-old man was injured after being allegedly assaulted by around 20 people following an argument over a motorcycle parking space in Nonadanga Rail Colony around 8 pm on Friday.Dibyendu Sardar, returning from work, found a motorcycle parked in his regular spot and asked for it to be moved. An argument followed, after which…
CM Suvendu Adhikari (file photo) Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday invoked the memory of the Great Calcutta Killings to caution against what he called “appeasement politics,” at an event remembering the violence that broke out in the city on Direct Action Day on Aug 16, 1946.“I bow my head in solemn remembrance of all…
Census enumerators on the field on Sunday During the first day of the field survey in Kolkata for the house listing and housing census operations, a trained census enumerator initiates door-to-door visits or field verification using a secure mobile application. The enumerator identifies themselves with official credentials, records building and household data, and cross-checks any…
Kolkata: The arrest of Ashraful Mallick, a 25-year-old from Baduria in North 24 Parganas, from Bengaluru over alleged links with terrorist activities has shocked his native village, where family and neighbours have strongly denied the charges, describing him as a meritorious and disciplined young man.Mallick, a resident of Noapara under Jaduhati Uttar gram panchayat, was…
CM Suvendu, ex-deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee KOLKATA: Hours after former Assembly Deputy Speaker Ashis Banerjee was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said corrupt elements within the opposition party might have threatened him, according to PTI.CM Adhikari said investigators would examine a purported suicide note…
The report, “Powering India’s Secondary Steel Transition: The Business Case for Cluster-Based Renewable Electricity Procurement”, was launched at the CII Green Steel and Mining Summit in Raipur on Wednesday at the hands of Shri Arun Sao, Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. KOLKATA: India’s small and medium steel units can lower their electricity tariffs by as…
Dipke alleged that Abdul’s father was killed after he and his family were attacked by men allegedly linked to the BJP. KOLKATA: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has extended support to Abdul, a student in West Bengal who visited the government school where he once studied, and called for the immediate arrest of…
