KOLKATA: Marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, HelpAge India launched its first-of-its-kind landmark study, ‘Climate Resilient Ageing – Ensuring Care, Dignity & Agency’ on Monday. The report presents urgent evidence on how climate change is reshaping ageing in rural India.The national study covered 2,224 older persons across 20 districts in 10 states—Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat,…
Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Arup Chakraborty alleged Mamata Banerjee faces “family pressure” and cannot function freely, fueling a deepening party rift KOLKATA: The ongoing rift within the Trinamool Congress escalated further on Monday morning after rebel MP Arup Chakraborty made explosive claims about the circumstances surrounding party chief Mamata Banerjee’s leadership and the role of…
TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in Bengal school jobs scam probe KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee reached the Enforcement Directorate‘s CGO Complex office in Kolkata around 11 am on Monday in response to a summons issued in connection with the money laundering probe into the alleged school jobs scam, officials said.Investigators are set to…
Howrah: A gold jewellery shop owner was robbed of his bag containing gold and silver ornaments worth several lakh rupees on Saturday night at Ranihati Puratan bazaar in Howrah. A youth and a jewellery trader have been detained for questioning, said police. The bag, according to the complaint, had 7 kg to 8 kg of…
Lindsay Street carriageway clear of hawkers Kolkata: The New Market cops carried out its first set of hawker arrests from the Betram Street-Lindsay Street crossing on Friday, barely hours after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari made it clear that “nobody has the right to encroach upon pavements and roads”. Cops warned of similar arrests if future…
Sajal Ghosh, Tapas Roy at a blood donation camp organised by Forum for Durgotsab Kolkata: Ministers and MLAs who attended a marquee blood donation event organized by the Forum for Durgotsab, an umbrella body representing more than 500 Durga Pujas in Kolkata and elsewhere, sought to allay concerns over how the festival would be held…
Garbage cleaning work in Saltlake Kolkata: A week after the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) board of councillors was dissolved and an administrator took charge of the civic body, streets across Salt Lake have started to look cleaner. The civic authorities have been regularly collecting and disposing of the daily generated waste and cleaning the road…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to visit the KMC headquarters on Monday, when the civic body will begin a five-day cleanliness drive. The drive is being undertaken ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s arrival on June 20, the eve of World Yoga Day. According to a KMC source, senior officials of several civic departments…
Kolkata: Another case of digital arrest scam – worth more than Rs 7 lakh – has been reported from Phoolbagan area in eastern suburban Kolkata. The victim is a senior resident residing at Raipur in Chhattisgarh and had come to Kolkata to visit relatives, said cops.The elderly academic, who arrived in the city in early…
Kolkata: A clash over alleged “negative feedback” given to potential clients about gym facilities escalated into violence in Behala Parnasree, leading to a case and a counter-case being registered by the police.The incident, which took place on the evening of June 12, left multiple people injured and resulted in allegations of wrongful restraint, assault, and…
