Compensation for accident death Kolkata: A housewife’s contribution to the house was invaluable, the Calcutta High Court said on June 9 as it increased the compensation payable to the minor daughter of a woman, who was killed in a road accident, from Rs 9,17,000 to Rs 11 lakh with 6% interest per annum.Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury…
Kolkata: Mass resignations by councillors in civic bodies across the northern suburbs and Barrackpore industrial belt, including North Dum Dum, Titagarh, North Barrackpore, New Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Kanchrapara, Halisahar and Garulia, continued on Friday, with councillors of Kamarhati Municipality, including the chairman, resigned.Kamarhati Municipality chairman Gopal Saha and a councillor have tendered their resignations from their…
Jhargram: Another fatal elephant attack was reported in Jhargram on Friday morning, taking the number of deaths in such incidents in the district over the past two months to seven.The latest incident occurred at Ramchandrapur village under Nayagram police station in the Kharagpur forest division. The victim, identified by forest department and police sources as…
The playground in Kolkata where the incident took place KOLKATA: A late evening stroll turned into a nightmare for a south Kolkata pet loving couple, , who were allegedly assaulted, and the woman was molested, by some locals after they attempted to enter a neighborhood playground with their pet dogs on May 30. Both of…
Kolkata: The character of a witness is never a principal issue in a criminal trial — it is the accused who is on trial, not the witness, the Calcutta HC on Thursday held while upholding the life sentence of two of the six convicts in a gruesome 2010 political murder, where a CPM worker was…
KOLKATAL: TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee repeatedly replied, “I do not know,” during his marathon questioning by the West Bengal CID in the alleged signature forgery case on Thursday.Investigators were reportedly dissatisfied with his responses and have summoned him again on June 14 for a second round of grilling, according to news…
Banknotes celebrate past football legends KOLKATA: As the FIFA World Cup, the biggest spectacle on earth, got underway in Mexico, football has found an unusual place of celebration in the collection of Debkumar Pal, a member of the Numismatic Society of Calcutta and the International Bank Note Society.Pal has assembled 15 bank notes from across…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned again by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the alleged signature forgery case. Officials said Banerjee has been asked to appear before investigators on June 14.The fresh summons came a day after Banerjee was questioned for nearly six…
John Paul, known for his live guitar performances with Arijit Singh, Amit Trivedi and Raghu Dixit to name a few, treated Kolkata to an electrifying performance at a city pub on Sunday. The musician performed tracks from Kalpana, his cross-cultural fusion debut album dedicated to his late mother. Inspired by his vivid imagination, collaboration and…
KOLKATA: TMC MP Kirti Azad on Friday accused rebel party leaders of corruption, alleging that Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was “caught on camera accepting Rs 5 lakh” and questioning her credibility in criticising TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.Azad further claimed that the rebel leader was previously seen accepting bribes and said he has information about others involved…
