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…
Thane: The medical officer at the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s Rukminibai Hospital has been served a show-cause notice for allegedly providing incorrect information regarding dog bite cases on Sunday, civic officials informed on Wednesday.The facility actually attended to 58 dog bite patients on Sunday, but Dr. Sandeep Pagare, medical officer at the facility, apparently failed to…
The man was sedated, strangled, and given electric shocks while asleep (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old man was allegedly sedated, strangled and given electric shocks by his wife, her lover and his associate while he was asleep, before being beaten with a wooden stick to ensure he was dead.The said…
Bad science leads to poor conservation outcomes and is a colossal waste of public funds, says Ullas Karanth Wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth pioneered the use of radiotelemetry to track tigers for population density studies in the country. The former US-based Wildlife Conservation Society’s India programme director believes India took the “wrong approach when conducting censuses…
Patna: Patna high court has held that an out-of-court compromise or monetary settlement between an accused and the family of a minor victim of child abuse or rape survivor cannot be used to dilute criminal charges under the Posco Act.A single bench of Justice Purnendu Singh made the observation while rejecting the anticipatory bail plea…
Former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das has demanded a CBI probe into recruitment exam irregularities RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister and BJP leader Raghubar Das on Wednesday met students protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations and gave the Hemant Soren-led government a week to recommend a CBI probe into the matter.Das, who visited the protesting…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday ordered the state govt to set up a 11-member committee led by advocate general (AG) Rohitashya Roy to manage the affairs of the Jagannathpur Temple in the capital.The court of Justice Ananda Sen was hearing a petition filed by the Jharkhand State Religious Trust Board, which has brought…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a fresh investigation into a doctor’s 2024 rape and murder NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday ordered action against social media making unsavoury comment against Subhash Chandra Bose.While talking to reporters, Suvendu said, “Those making derogatory remarks against Netaji on social media should immediately…
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…
Pic used for representation purpose Mumbai: The man who allegedly broke into actor and 2016 beauty pageant second runner-up Lopamudra Raut’s Santacruz flat and stole valuables worth nearly Rs 1 crore had an unusual past: he was once a police informer who had spent time with Gamdevi police learning how they investigated thefts.Chandan Mukhiya (26)…
