Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday said that a bank cannot freeze accounts merely on allegations that they are being used to receive, move and launder illegally acquired money — known as “mule accounts” in banking parlance — without filing a ‘Suspicious Transaction Report’ (STR). Banks file STRs with Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).HC also directed…
Rain in Kolkata on Thursday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: Another low-pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal triggered scattered rain in the city on Thursday. The Met office, however, has allayed the fear of this system bringing widespread rain to Kolkata. While the city is likely to continue to get light to moderate rain,…
A still from ‘Nadharer Bhela’ Pradipta Bhattacharya and Amit Saha at the 1st International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir A still from ‘Nadharer Bhela’ Pradipta Bhattacharya and Amit Saha at the 1st International Film Festival of Jammu Kashmir A still from ‘Nadharer Bhela’ Kolkata: Following decades of militancy that forced most local cinemas to close…
Kolkata: Pests on the kitchen floor and wrong packaging or unlabelled food can’t be grounds to close down a restaurant, National Restaurants’ Association of India (NRAI) — an umbrella organisation of 5 lakh restaurants, eateries and brand chains around India — has pointed out to state govt. While these are unacceptable, an unclean kitchen does…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP has sent a show-cause notice to South 24 Parganas organisational district president Soma Ghosh on the grounds of “indiscipline”, seeking an explanation from her within seven days. The notice was issued on Wednesday by Pratap Banerjee, chairman of the party’s disciplinary committee.In the letter, Banerjee mentioned a decision taken by Ghosh bypassing…
Complaints after Bageshwar Baba’s remarks Kolkata: Breaking his silence on the controversy around Dhirendra Krishna Garg alias Bageshwar Baba and the consequent protests across the state, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday directed Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand to identify and arrest those who burnt the godman’s photographs outside Bhowanipore Police Station.“I saw a number…
The legal tussle beween two factions of the committee has led to a delay in starting the preparations for Bagbazar Durga Puja Kolkata: With Durga Puja just over a month away, Baghbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav, the oldest community Durga Puja in Kolkata, is still embroiled in a legal battle. Contenders to various posts at Bagbazar Sarbojanin…
Howrah/Kolkata: A joint team of Howrah Rural Police and Central division of Kolkata Police have rescued a 17-year-old schoolgirl from a hotel in New Market, foiling human trafficking, orchestrated by overseas cyber fraudsters, who offered the girl a job abroad.The girl on Tuesday left her home at Sankarhati in Jagatballavpur, saying she was going to…
Kolkata: A trader from the port area was reportedly duped of over Rs 1.4 lakh by a gang of cyber crooks, who posed as Maharashtra Police officers and put him under “digital arrest” for posting his nude photos online. This very gang had conned the trader into posting those nude photos moments earlier, said police….
The incident occurred in Ballygunge around 2 am on Thursday Kolkata: A young woman and her male companion were reportedly assaulted outside an upscale residential complex in Ballygunge around 2 am on Thursday after they allegedly dared to protest against reckless driving in the neighborhood. The incident occurred when the victims, after their car broke…
