Rebel TMC MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Mala Roy during their meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla last month Kolkata: The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is set to debut as the second biggest partner of the NDA in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MP…
Kolkata: Nabanna has notified the setting up of a judicial commission, headed by Justice Biswajit Basu, to probe allegations of large-scale corruption across multiple state govt departments from 2011 to May 2026. The commission is expected to start functioning soon from the HRBC Building, officials said. Justice Basu is slated to visit the office on…
Behrampore: Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir was interrogated by Rejinagar police for the second time on Tuesday over the AJUP chief’s alleged provocative speech at a public rally. He was earlier questioned for four hours on July 4.On Tuesday, Kabir reached the AJUP district office at Rejinagar about an hour before the interrogation. After a short…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Those accused of riots, arson and vandalism will get a 30-day window to pay the penalty decided upon by the state govt, on expiry of which their properties might be auctioned to exact the damages, said the state govt’s gazette notification on the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order…
Kolkata: The Centre has appointed senior IAS officer Rajesh Pandey as the chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).According to an official order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Pandey’s appointment for a five-year term from the date he assumes charge, or until he attains the age of superannuation, or until further orders, whichever…
Kolkata: CBI on Tuesday arrested Shibu Kumar Singh, a proclaimed offender wanted in the 2007 murder of Barrackpore gold merchant Sukanta Ghosh.Singh had been on the run for 19 years and was found in Gorakhpur, UP. He was living under the fake name Akhilesh Kumar Shahi, said cops.Ghosh was murdered on July 6, 2007, in…
Howrah: The Chatterjeehat Police Station in Howrah has arrested Arghya Mukherjee, personal assistant to actor Srabanti Chatterjee, on non-bailable charges, including attempted rape, molestation, assault, and criminal intimidation. On Monday, a Howrah court remanded Mukherjee in judicial custody, directing the police to submit a detailed case diary.The complainant, associated with the same event management firm…
Kolkata: Several lakhs in cash, packed in multiple sacks, was recovered during a late-night raid by Bidhannagar Police’s Cyber Crime Police Station at a guest house in New Town on Monday in connection with a cyber fraud investigation. Two Jharkhand residents, accused in the case, were found staying at the guest house and are being…
The accident spot on DL Khan Road. pic by Debobrata Shome Kolkata: A 29-year-old woman’s persistent battle for justice forced Kolkata Police to act a month after she met with a road accident along with three others. An FIR was finally registered on Saturday against the driver of a Mercedes-Benz, more than a month after…
Kolkata: Eight persons, including six women, were arrested on Monday after cops busted a fake call centre in the Rajdanga area. According to cops, the setup operated on a fake-dating service model, with the fraudsters duping unsuspecting clients out of money through various digital payment gateways under the pretext of registration fees, security deposits, and…
