Kolkata: Members of the Posta Bazaar Merchants’ Association took out a silent rally on Tuesday afternoon, alleging that the police had failed to arrest all those involved in last week’s assault on the association’s general secretary, Biswanath Agarwala (73).The rally comes days after Jorabagan Police arrested four people, including the main accused, in connection with…
Kolkata: New Town cops have recovered gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh from a thief, Tajmul Haque, a resident of Rajarhat after he admitted to have stolen the ornaments from a gold shop at Kestopur Mission Bazar. Cops said he had stolen the jewellery on the night of June 28 and had burried…
CM Suvendu Adhikari met survivors and bereaved families on Tuesday Kolkata: The state govt would address systemic failures, the fallout of the lapses by the previous administrations, and ensure additional financial aid, job support and long-term rehabilitation for families affected by the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, announced chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on…
Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police has started fining buses that do not complete their permitted routes, especially buses from Howrah that stop early between Esplanade and Sealdah.Police said this causes problems for passengers, who are forced to change buses. It also leads to illegal parking on JL Nehru Road, Mayo Road, Esplanade and Dalhousie, reducing road…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old fuel pump attendant, Subhankar Patra, suffered serious head injuries after he was allegedly assaulted by a customer and two of his associates at a petrol pump in Manicktala on Sunday night. Patra, a resident of Dum Dum Road, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. According to a complaint filed by…
Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly targeted in an attempted abduction, after a youth tried to take her away, while her mother was momentarily distracted at Bhyabla railway station on the Sealdah–Hasnabad section on Tuesday afternoon. The man, Biswanath Ghosh, was arrested after locals caught the accused, thrashed him, and handed him over to the…
Howrah: A National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) health centre clerk in the Howrah Municipal Corporation area was arrested on Tuesday night after women health workers accused him of obscene and inappropriate behaviour.The accused, Loknath Saha, allegedly misbehaved with the women during duty hours on Tuesday afternoon, leading to protests. But he denied the allegations and…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at the SP’s office in Baruipur, where he held a review meeting of the police force Tamaghna Banerjee & Monotosh ChakrabortyKolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met the family of the 12-year-old rape-murder victim in Baruipur and assured them of swift justice. At the same time, he declared that the 26-year-old…
Kolkata: Schools in the city are adopting artificial intelligence to check answer scripts, tabulate results, analyse performance and streamline administrative work.The Newtown School introduced AI-assisted answer-script evaluation for classes 9 and 11 in June. The system, being used for the first time by the school, will be deployed in all future exams of these two…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has busted a cyber fraud gang and arrested two key members. Police said the gang used cloned debit cards to withdraw money illegally from several bank accounts.One of the arrested accused, Sarfaraj Ansari, was reportedly found with cloned debit cards, active SIM cards and mobiles. Police said he worked as the cash-withdrawal…
