Kolkata: FMCG major Emami Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 60% stake in IncNut Digital for a cash consideration of Rs 321 crore. The company is engaged in the personalised beauty and personal care segment with flagship brands Vedix and SkinKraft.Emami said in a filing that it would acquire the remaining…
Kolkata: A local court in Bankura on Wednesday sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment for the murder of a retired teacher and his son in Dec 2023, special public prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee said.The convicts — Pintu Ruidas, his wife Namita, and their sons Maheswar and Bisweswar — were found guilty of carrying…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation’s (WBIDC) prayer for an unconditional stay of an arbitration award in favour of Tata Motors over the Singur land dispute.The court directed WBIDC to file an undertaking, including all immovable properties, which will cover the cost of Rs 766 crore plus 11% interest…
Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice TS Sivagnanam KOLKATA: Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice TS Sivagnanam, on Thursday resigned from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) tribunal on personal grounds. After clearing 1,777 appeals over 22 days and rejecting none, Justice Sivagnanam said at its present pace, the tribunal would need…
BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh (L) was speaking to Chandranath Rath about upcoming party programmes when the call suddenly shot dead KOLKATA: BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh was speaking to Chandranath Rath about upcoming party programmes when the call suddenly went silent on Wednesday night, moments before Rath was gunned down in a meticulously planned attack near…
Private hospitals in Kolkata are refusing or restricting admissions for Swasthya Sathi beneficiaries (Image used for representational purpose only) KOLKATA: Patients enrolled in Swasthya Sathi, the outgoing Mamata Banerjee govt’s flagship universal health insurance scheme offering Rs 5 lakh annual coverage, are being refused admission or turned away from several private hospitals across Kolkata as…
A late-night shooting in Madhyamgram, on the outskirts of Kolkata, left Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath KOLKATA: A late-night shooting in Madhyamgram, on the outskirts of Kolkata, left Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath critically injured before he later succumbed to his wounds, with witnesses recalling how he was still breathing moments after the attack but…
Chandipur (East Midnapore): Hasirani Rath, the 65-year-old mother of Chandranath Rath — Suvendu Adhikari’s aide who was shot dead by bike-borne assailants late Wednesday night — alleged on Thursday that her son was killed as revenge for Adhikari’s performance against Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore.“I believe he was on their radar for a long time. By…
Kolkata: Trinamool’s former MLA from Barrackpore, filmmaker Raj Chakraborty, announced on Thursday that he is quitting politics.Chakraborty’s statement comes in the wake of former ministers and TMC functionaries publicly turning on the leadership, blaming organisational arrogance and grassroots disconnect for the poll debacle.In a note on social media, Chakraborty said: “My entry into political life…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday demanded a court-monitored CBI investigation into the killing of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, while firmly denying any involvement in the murder.In a late-night statement on Wednesday, the party condemned “the brutal murder of Chandranath Rath in Madhyamgram, along with the killing of three other Trinamool workers in incidents of post-poll…
