Kolkata: The Big Two look to be heading for this Sunday’s potential title-decider in the season’s abridged Indian Super League after failing to produce the right performance for the right game. A day after East Bengal FC appeared to have lost ground in the title race, nearest rivals Mohun Bagan SG failed to make the…
Kolkata: Shraddha Biswas, Maoist leader who has over 20 FIRs filed against her in Jharkhand and Bengal, was on Tuesday arrested by the Kolkata Police STF. A resident of Chakdaha, she is reportedly a member of the Jharkhand Maoists regional committee and and had a bounty of Rs 15 lakh against her there. Shraddha, also…
Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt’s law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt’s new directives on loudspeakers and road usage during prayers and festivals, while stressing that the rules must be implemented fairly and uniformly.Till…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has instructed top cops, including commissioner of Kolkata Police Ajay Nand, to ensure that former CM of Bengal and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee continues to receive the same level of security as before. Mamata at present enjoys Z- security involving as many as 55 personnel.In the meeting held with…
Kolkata: Immediately after taking charge of the sports and youth welfare dept on Tuesday, minister Nishith Pramanik ordered a fresh probe into the Messi fiasco at Salt Lake Stadium on Dec 13 that triggered chaos, vandalism and allegations of large-scale administrative failure under the previous Trinamool govt.The announcement came within hours of Pramanik taking charge…
Kolkata: The Biswa Bangla logo has been removed from the tower at trade ground Milan Mela that was rechristened Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan by the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee govt.West Bengal Trade Promotion Organisation managing director Vandana Yadav said the logo displayed on a circular LED screen atop the 60-m-tall tower at the trade ground was…
Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari held his first meeting with senior cops to outline the new govt’s law-and-order priorities, religious leaders and community organisers across faiths responded supportively to the govt’s new directives on loudspeakers and road usage during prayers and festivals, while stressing that the rules must be implemented fairly and uniformly.Till…
Kolkata: State women and child development and social welfare minister Agnimitra Paul on Monday announced all women would be able to travel free on govt buses from June 1. This was on BJP’s manifesto for the election.“Women in Bengal will be able to travel free on govt buses from June 1. The measure is expected…
Kolkata: The launch of Ayushman Bharat in Bengal on Monday sent hospitals scurrying to draw out a blueprint for a smooth transition into the new scheme, even as the facilities remained unclear if Swasthya Sathi — the universal health scheme launched by the Trinamool govt in 2016 — will be withdrawn. Several have started the…
Kolkata: Mohun Bagan SG coach Sergio Lobera is not going to take Inter Kashi for granted when the two square off at the Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday as the struggling debutants prepare to finish the remainder of the season without their head coach Antonio Lopez Habas.Ahead of the match, Habas announced his decision on…
