Kolkata: Pakistani and UAE banknotes, Rs 12.8 lakh in cash, approximately 780 grams of gold and over 150 land deeds were recovered from the Bolpur residence of Sehgal Hussain — former bodyguard of Trinamool’s Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal — hours after his arrest in connection with a stone quarrying and document forgery scam.Hussain was…
CM Suvendu Adhikari (file picture) Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari will inaugurate Haldia Petrochemicals Limited’s Rs 6,000 crore phenol and acetone plant at Haldia on Oct 14, he told reporters at Nabanna on Sunday.Developed under HPL’s subsidiary Adplus Polymers & Chemicals, the facility will house two firsts for India — the country’s first on-purpose propylene plant…
Kolkata: The arrest of Ashraful Mallick, a 25-year-old from Baduria in North 24 Parganas, from Bengaluru over alleged links with terrorist activities has shocked his native village, where family and neighbours have strongly denied the charges, describing him as a meritorious and disciplined young man.Mallick, a resident of Noapara under Jaduhati Uttar gram panchayat, was…
CM Suvendu, ex-deputy speaker Ashis Banerjee KOLKATA: Hours after former Assembly Deputy Speaker Ashis Banerjee was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said corrupt elements within the opposition party might have threatened him, according to PTI.CM Adhikari said investigators would examine a purported suicide note…
The report, “Powering India’s Secondary Steel Transition: The Business Case for Cluster-Based Renewable Electricity Procurement”, was launched at the CII Green Steel and Mining Summit in Raipur on Wednesday at the hands of Shri Arun Sao, Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. KOLKATA: India’s small and medium steel units can lower their electricity tariffs by as…
Dipke alleged that Abdul’s father was killed after he and his family were attacked by men allegedly linked to the BJP. KOLKATA: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has extended support to Abdul, a student in West Bengal who visited the government school where he once studied, and called for the immediate arrest of…
Asish Banerjee (File Photo) Image Credit: X KOLKATA: Former Trinamool Congress MLA and ex-deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly Asish Banerjee was found dead at his party office in Birbhum district on Sunday, police said.A purported suicide note was also found. In the note, Banerjee allegedly wrote, “I never got involved in corruption; entering…
Police said Banerjee’s body was found at the party office and was sent for post-mortem examination. KOLKATA: Asish Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and five-time MLA from Rampurhat, was found hanging at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office in Birbhum district on Sunday morning.Police said Banerjee’s body was found at the…
Ashis Banerjee (File Photo) (Image Credit: X) KOLKATA: Asish Banerjee, the former deputy speaker of the West Bengal assembly, was found dead on Sunday morning at a Trinamool Congress office in Rampurhat, Birbhum district.His body was found hanging and was sent for a post-mortem examination, police said. The circumstances surrounding his death are not yet…
KOLKATA: TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh on Saturday attended an Independence Day programme held by a rebel faction of the party, triggering fresh speculation about his political position.The event was organised by the faction led by expelled legislator Ritabrata Banerjee. Ghosh, however, said he attended the programme by chance and that there was no political motive…
