Trinamool supporter Jahangir ‘Pushpa’ Khan’s arrest sparked protests in Falta, with around 400 followers blocking roads and marching to the police station FALTA: Around 400 supporters of Trinamool’s Falta candidate Jahangir ‘Pushpa’ Khan, angered by police making him walk in public wearing Bermuda shorts and by an AI-generated image of the strongman being forced to…
Kolkata: The Red Road was shut completely from Tuesday to proceed with the preparations for International Day of Yoga event that PM Narendra Modi is likely to attend.The shutdown failed to cripple traffic movement around Esplanade though commute time increased, especially for those travelling in buses. “Unlike on Monday, we tried to ensure traffic flow…
Jalpaiguri: Bengal forest minister Manoj Oraon said he would write to chief minister Suvendu Adhikary, seeking the reintroduction of the tourist toll, which used to be collected by the forest department. Oraon said this after a meeting at Dooarskanya, the DM’s office, in Alipurduar on Tuesday.The toll was withdrawn on Jan 22, 2025, after former…
Howrah: A dispute over a railway toilet tender turned fatal on Tuesday when a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death at the crowded Mourigram railway station.The incident occurred around 12.30pm inside the toilet on platform number 1. Railway police identified the deceased as Sanjay Giri, a resident of Bauria. The accused, Raju Das (50) of…
Kolkata: Taking even its founder members by surprise, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) updated its Facebook page on Tuesday night, announcing Jyotiprakash Chatterji as its president, hours before they are set to meet on Wednesday to chalk out the merger modalities. The meeting in Salt Lake on Wednesday will be attended by nine…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned the Bengal assembly speaker on the seven-day pause to decide that Ritabrata Banerjee, and not Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, will be the leader of the opposition.Justice Krishna Rao questioned the delay in the speaker’s decision to object to the first proposal signed by TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on May…
Kurseong: Promising a renewed focus on tourism and employment generation in the Darjeeling hills, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced the recruitment of more than 1,000 Gorkha youths into the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) and unveiled an ambitious development roadmap for north Bengal during his first official visit to the Hills since assuming office, reports…
Kolkata: Trinamool’s rebel MPs, from Sudip Bandopadhyay to Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Rachna Banerjee, spoke in multiple voices on Tuesday.While Sudip said they will not abandon their plans to stake claim to being the “real Trinamool”, even if that had to come after a court decision, Kakoli maintained that the focus, at present, was on…
Kolkata: Bengal govt is set to facilitate loans worth Rs 40,000 crore for self-help groups (SHGs) across the state. The initiative aims to strengthen rural livelihoods by expanding access to institutional credit for women organised under SHGs.Announcing this on Tuesday, panchayat and rural develompent minister Dilip Ghosh said, “The panchayat department has taken a decision…
Kolkata: Bengal health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said on Tuesday that the state will implement the norms brought by Centre on over the counter sale of cough syrup. The state will soon issue a directive, he said, so that cough syrups are not sold without prescription. Mukherjee added that over the counter sale also aids addiction…
