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….
Kolkata: Multiple police stations in Kolkata are continuing to get dozens of Zero FIRs from across Malda, Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas against Sreelekha Mitra, even two weeks after the actor participated in the anti-paper leak protest using an objectionable poster of PM Narendra Modi.On Wednesday, Anandapur Police Station lodged five FIRs while New Market…
Kolkata: Lalbazar has decided to set up a police outpost near Kalighat temple to boost security, manage large crowds, and ensure public safety following a directive from Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand. Under the new order, the outpost will be set up at a suitable site near the temple compound and will draw its manpower…
