Kolkata: Disoriented by laser beams, the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to reposition his craft and delay the landing barely 15 km away from Kolkata airport on Saturday night. The plane, with 159 passengers and seven crew members on board, had to gain elevation and circled for some time before making a…
Junior Doctors Front along with the Abhaya Mancha members take out a protest rally Kolkata: It has been two years since the protests over the rape and murder of the 31-year-old junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Aug 9 rocked the city.However, the answer to whether doctors and women feel safer…
CM Suvendu Adhikari hands over the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman to a recipient at Nabanna on Sunday Kolkata: In a first in Bengal, 325 people imprisoned during the 1975 Emergency were conferred the Paschimbanga Loktantra Senani Samman by the state govt on Sunday. CM Suvendu Adhikari handed over the honour at a special programme at…
Mamata Banerjee in Halisahar on Sunday Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee came under attack in Halisahar, North 24 Parganas, on Sunday afternoon while she was visiting the family of a TMC worker who died in police custody late on Friday. Her white SUV was smeared with mud, while bricks, stones and slippers were hurled…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari with PM Narendra Modi (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keeping regular tabs on policy execution in Bengal.“The PM keeps tabs on developments in the state regularly. He takes updates on policy execution in the state from CM Suvendu Adhikari,”…
Kolkata: The state govt has identified two land parcels in Nadia and Paschim Burdwan to set up industrial parks under the Centre’s Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojona (Bhavya) scheme, even as it prepares to roll out a new industrial policy by the end of this month.The state has identified 118.5 acres at Dhubulia in Nadia and…
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the new government was founded on the ideals of those who had made sacrifices for the country. KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 325 people who were jailed for participating in protests during the Emergency.Addressing a programme at the…
A protest against nationwide rollout of E20 petrol in Kolkata on Saturday Kolkata: Claims and allegations by a section of motorists that E20 fuel is damaging vehicles and reducing mileage dominated a townhall held in Kolkata on Saturday, with car and two-wheeler owners demanding that ethanol-blended petrol be made optional.Around 200 vehicle owners from different…
A make-up artist withdrew her case against Swarup Biswas, alleging she was misled. KOLKATA: In a surprising twist on Friday night to one of the most high-profile cases involving alleged extortion and threat by people who were considered close to the erstwhile Trinamool Congress regime, make-up artist who had accused the former federation president Swarup…
Kolkata Airport (File Photo) KOLKATA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying 159 passengers was delayed while approaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after the pilot was reportedly distracted by a laser beam, airport sources said on Sunday.Flight MH-184 was scheduled to land at 11.20 pm on Saturday, according to news…
