Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced that Iskcon will start serving cooked mid-day meals across state-run schools in the city from Aug 1.Adhikari attended a review meeting at the education dept, which was attended by school education minister Dipak Barman, higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay, and other officials from both the departments, alongside…
The incident spot near Belgharia Expressway Kolkata: A North Dum Dum neighbourhood near the Belgharia Expressway was hit by a series of gunshots early Monday during a suspected clash between two rival gangs that led to the death of alleged gangster, Raja Dutta.Police said Dutta’s blood-soaked body was found near Khalisakota in Birati. He had…
Kolkata: Union minister of state Sukanta Majumdar said on Monday that the Bengal govt would send a proposal to the Centre to upgrade one of the oldest engineering institutes of the country, the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST, Shibpur), erstwhile the BE College, to an IIT.He also said the proposal for the…
Kolkata: Finding Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh’s apology “not real or genuine and undeserving of acceptance”, the Calcutta High Court on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him in a criminal contempt case for making statements against a former HC judge. Observing that “the slap and say sorry practice cannot be countenanced”, a special…
With the week-long ‘Aranya Saptaha’ (forest week) starting from Tuesday, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced that 7.2 crore saplings will be planted this year and there will be a minimum two years of maintenance to protect the same. “I urge every citizen to observe ‘Aranya Saptaha’ and plant a tree in the name of their mother,”…
Kolkata: Work to bridge the last 56 metres of the Orange Line’s viaduct gap at Chingrighata will begin on Tuesday. Track-laying has started so that the corridor can reach Sector V (IT Centre station) this Pujas.The main bottleneck was resolved in May when concrete decks were successfully placed between pillars 317-318 and 318-319 over the…
Kolkata: The Thakurpukur police has arrested three men for the alleged gang rape and molestation of a 22-year-old woman in southwest Kolkata. The arrests were made on Sunday after the survivour managed to escape and report the ordeal to the cops at Netaji Nagar police station. The Netaji Nagar police alerted Thakurpukur police, which thereafter…
Kolkata: Former TMC Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh approached Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking protection from arrest. The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya’s bench and is likely to be heard later this week. This comes after Nirmal’s son Tirthankar Ghosh was arrested on Sunday night. Source link
The victim’s mother (L) recounted the alleged assault, while police said a case was registered promptly after receiving the complaint. PASCHIM MEDINIPUR: Following the alleged sexual molestation of a six-year-old Class 1 student in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district, protests have broken out outside the school.Parents and locals demand action against the accused and the…
Kolkata: A private tutor has been arrested for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a class 12 student at his residence in the Lake Town police station. The accused was apprehended on Saturday and produced before the Bidhannagar court on Sunday afternoon.According to police sources, the incident took place approximately four days ago when the tutor…
