Kolkata: Bengal’s 7th Pay Commission will examine an overhaul of the pay structure of state employees, including raising annual increments from the existing 3% to at least 5%, aligning pay levels with those of central staffers and recommending a standing order on Dearness Allowance (DA) that will ensure any central hike is automatically applied at…
Kolkata: A prosperous Bengal is essential to a resurgent Bharat, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday, urging young entrepreneurs and home-grown businesses to be the change agents.Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Kolkata chapter of World Hindu Economic Forum, Bhattacharya said Bengal, once the country’s economic engine, must reclaim its historic position…
Kolkata: Two patients who were being treated at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital “went missing” from their beds on Friday. The hospital administration later said both patients had “left” before completing the formal discharge process. The patients are 23-year-old Dipanwita Roy of Chitpore and 51-year-old Bimal Ghosh of Baranagar.Police said Roy was admitted to…
East Jadavpur sergeant Madhab Mondal, who was on duty at the Highland Park crossing on Bypass, thwarted a suicide by saving a person while he was jumping on the railway tracks from Baghajatin flyover. Upon receiving the news, he immediately rushed to the scene and rescued the individual with help of locals. The man was…
(Image used for representative) The girl told police that she had left her home with Shafiqul Molla. KOLKATA: A 16-year-old girl was rescued from Kolkata’s red-light district of Sonagachi within an hour of police receiving a distress call alleging that she had been “sold” after running away from home with her alleged lover, an officer…
Kolkata: While “deviations” can’t be completely wiped out, BJP will have zero tolerance towards indiscipline, said party state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. This comes a day after BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal held a series of meetings with party workers, functionaries and the state brass on issues of extortion and other “anti-party activities”.“There…
Wildlife photography is an essential means of documenting nature and counteracting prevalent myths KOLKATA: Nature photography is much more than capturing beautiful images. It is a powerful medium for documenting the natural world, dispelling myths about wildlife, and creating awareness about the urgent need for conservation, internationally acclaimed nature photographer Dhritiman Mukherjee told the audience…
Malda: A schoolteacher was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle in North Dinajpur’s Islampur on Saturday morning. The 55-year-old Najrul Islam, headmaster of Ramgunj Rajavim Primary School and a neta of the TMC teachers’ cell, was on his way to work on his bike when he was attacked on National Highway 3.Islam was…
BSF officers say they are on high alert Jalpaiguri: The state govt has intensified liaison with BSF after intelligence inputs indicated an increase in the activities of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in districts along the India-Bangladesh border, senior officials said.While state police brass are holding weekly coordination meetings with BSF officers, police stations in border areas…
Two Murshidabad MPs have approached Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to discuss the contentious issue of loudspeaker removals KOLKATA: Two MPs from Murshidabad met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday over the removal of loudspeakers from mosques and delays in cases before SIR tribunals.After the meeting at the state secretariat Nabanna, MP Abu Taher Khan alleged…
