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…
The high court division bench on Friday acquitted the three CPI(M) leaders of the charge of murdering Madan Khan, a Trinamool Congress activist in Taldangra, holding that there was no evidence showing that the appellants were present at the alleged place of occurrence during the incident. KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court acquitted former CPI(M) MLA…
Rupali Burman Deceased nurse Rupali Barman Kolkata: As probe intensifies into the mysterious death of the 30-year-old nurse Rupali Burman inside a locked washroom at NRS Medical College and Hospital, cops have expanded its ambit to scrutinise hospital inventory logs, camera footage, and then match them with the preliminary post-mortem findings.The health dept has issued…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari interacts with students at the Kanya Ratna Divas programme on Friday. pic by Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: The state govt has decided to double the annual financial grant for girl students from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 under the girl child education scheme ‘Kanya Ratna’, which was earlier called ‘Kanyasree’ in the…
Kolkata: The number of beneficiaries under the Annapurna Yojana is expected to reach 2 crore or more, prompting the finance department to anticipate an additional expenditure of at least Rs 12,000 crore over and above the Rs 36,000 crore budgetary allocation for the first eight months of the current fiscal.On Friday, state minister of women…
Kolkata: Padma Bhushan recipient and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday expressed his displeasure after he was not invited to the film festival in Kolkata despite attending a meeting on celebrations marking the birth centenary of Bengali cinema icon Uttam Kumar.“I wasn’t invited to the film festival,” Chakraborty said while speaking to the media. He…
Kolkata: Around 3.4 crore individuals across the state are already enrolled as beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat card ahead of its Sunday launch. Another lot — around 80 lakh — have also enrolled themselves under the Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MMSBY), which will also be launched at the same event.According to chief minister Suvendu…
Kolkata: City police commissioner Ajay Nand and senior IPS officer ADG (Armed Police) Damayanti Sen will lead a distinguished cohort of personnel to be recognised with national and state police honors ahead of the 80th Independence Day for their outstanding service.Nand is set to receive the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM), making him the…
Ankit Sharma’s relatives outside the morgue of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Kharagpur: The family of IIT Kharagpur second-year mechanical engineering student Ankit Sharma (18) has alleged that he was murdered, and has filed a complaint with cops on Friday. Ankit died on campus after falling from the third floor of the Nalanda classroom complex….
