The car which plunged into a pond in Kestopur on Wednesday.. photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: A 42-year-old corporate executive, who was learning to drive a newly purchased car, died after the vehicle plunged into a pond in Kestopur on Wednesday morning. Cops suspect that she had possibly pressed the accelerator instead of the car brake…
Shantiniketan building on Harish Mukherjee Road Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has found an ‘illegal’ structure atop Shantiniketan, a residential building on Harish Mukherjee Road reportedly owned or co-owned by Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, his family, or his company.According to a civic official, the illegal construction detected during an on-site inspection a…
TBM Divya breaks through the station box of Purple Line’s Victoria station on Tuesday Kolkata: The city’s Purple Line completed its first phase of underground tunnelling on Tuesday as tunnel boring machine (TBM) Divya broke through the wall of the under-construction Victoria Memorial station.A month ago, its sibling, TBM Durga, achieved the feat, covering the…
Kolkata: A 65-year-old retired official from the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (WBSETCL) was allegedly duped of Rs 25.5 lakh by an educational consultancy in south Kolkata on the pretext of securing an MBBS seat for his daughter under the management quota.The Sodepur resident lodged a police complaint on July 31, leading to…
The plane’s cockpit was struck by flashes of laser light when it was about eight nautical miles from the runway. KOLKATA: A laser beam flashing into a cockpit may last only seconds, but in an aircraft’s final approach, those seconds can become a serious aviation emergency. That is what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH-184…
Kolkata: The CBI has arrested another absconding accused in the murder case of BJP activist Avijit Sarkar, who was killed during post-election violence in Kolkata in 2021.Bishal Pal, also known as Gopal Das, a resident of Kankurgachhi, was arrested from Rabindranagar in Madhyamgram around 11.45 am on Tuesday. An officer said Pal had been absconding…
Govt officials collected water samples from the tanks for testing Kolkata: The water contamination crisis at Siddha Happyville in Rajarhat deepened on Tuesday with more residents, including a three-year-old child, reportedly falling ill and requiring hospitalisation, prompting some families to temporarily move out of the complex. Some appealed to the govt to intervene urgently as…
The proposed structural changes in the KMC may alter the political map of Kolkata. (File Photo) KOLKATA: The West Bengal Assembly is set to consider changes in the Kolkata and Howrah municipal corporations, bringing the city’s civic politics into focus today. The proposed delimitation will increase the wards in Kolkata Municipal Corporation from 144 to…
RWA of a New Town complex has implemented the ‘No helmet no entry’ rule Kolkata: Housing complexes in New Town and Kolkata have begun tightening traffic regulations within their premises, with several resident welfare associations (RWAs) introducing stricter speed and helmet checks, banning driving lessons and installing guard rails at vulnerable stretches following the death…
Kolkata: A quest to find his missing son turned into a nightmare and financial deceit for a senior citizen, who was reportedly duped of his life savings of over Rs 29 lakh by a private detective, who apparently offered to rescue the youth.The 64-year-old retired WBCS officer, who is a resident of Burdwan, lodged a…
