Kolkata: A total of 1,008 yajnas will be performed by Hindu groups across Bengal in Jan next year to pray for the reconversion of converted Hindus into Sanatani faith. The announcement came two days after Acharya Ramchandra Das, one of the organisers of the event, met CM Suvendu Adhikari.Preparations for the mega event have already…
Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj apologised on Friday for remarks on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, prompting CM Suvendu Adhikari to say that while the MP’s actions were beyond forgiveness, considering his age, it will be “looked at positively”.Ananta was stripped of the Banga Bibhushan and he and his aides are facing multiple FIRs…
21-year-old Golam Sarwar in a police vehicle following his arrest Kolkata: A 21-year-old man hacked three children to death with a knife and critically injured another in Murshidabad’s Raghunathpur village on Thursday afternoon. Police have arrested the accused. He was produced before court on Friday.Five-year-old Manifa Khatun, Anisha Khatun, six-year-old Nusrat Jahan and 11-year-old Ishrat…
Kalyani: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra appeared before Nadia Police on Friday afternoon in connection with a hate speech case.Moitra reached Hogalberia police station around 2 pm and left about an hour later. She met the investigating officer as directed by Calcutta High Court.On July 21, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya had asked Moitra to cooperate with the…
Kolkata: CBI on Friday arrested a proclaimed offender, Masad Sheikh, from Mumbai’s Dongri in connection with the 2022 Bhadu Sheikh murder case.Masad had been on the run since the initial registration of the FIR in 2022 and had evaded both the investigation and ongoing trial proceedings.TMC panchayat deputy chief Bhadu Sheikh was murdered on March…
Kolkata boosts I-Day security as HC voids certain OBC certificates (Image used for representational purpose only) KOLKATA: Kolkata is preparing for Independence Day under heightened security, while a major Calcutta High Court ruling and a dispute involving a prominent Durga Puja committee are also drawing attention.Kolkata Police has deployed around 6,000 personnel and installed hundreds…
Kolkata: A Kolkata Police constable has been accused of chasing, molesting, and attempting to drag a domestic help into his flat at Sukhobrishti in New Town on Wednesday when the woman had come to work at the complex. Cops said they have identified the man and have sent him a notice while naming him under…
KOLKATA: The Hastings Police has arrested a 32-year-old motorcyclist, identified as Rajesh Mondal of Matiya area in North 24 Parganas, late Wednesday night for allegedly stalking, verbally abusing, and making sexually suggestive remarks toward a 40-year-old woman bike rider near AJC Bose Road and DL Khan Road crossing.The incident occurred when the victim, a resident…
Kolkata: BJP has suspended a Jadavpur Mahila Morcha functionary, pending an internal investigation, after a video went viral of the woman allegedly receiving a stack of cash from a real estate promoter in Mukundapur.The video, which remains unverified, depicts a man handing over cash to Mousumi Das, the women’s secretary of BJP’s Jadavpur organisational district,…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee has sought a report from joint registrar Ujjwal Kumar Mandal on the yajna performed on the portico of Aurobindo Bhavan by members of Paschimbanga Visvavidyalaya Karmachari Sangh (PVKS), JU unit, on Friday.PVKS, affiliated to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), performed the ‘yajna’ demanding removal of acting registrar Selim Box Mandal,…
