Agartala: Tripura govt has directed all educational institutions, including madrasas, to begin each school day with the entire ‘Vande Mataram’, followed by the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, to strengthen national pride and unity.The move follows Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines issued Jan 28 which emphasise respectful and proper conduct during the national song. The…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Dock System (KDS) of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) set a new single-day container handling record on Monday, moving 3,186 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units). The port’s previous best of 3,081 TEUs was logged only weeks earlier, on June 12.In the April-June quarter, SMPK reported 8.4% year-on-year growth in total container volume…
MP Saayoni Ghosh encountered hostile protests and mocking chants during her visit to Baruipur KOLKATA: MP Saayoni Ghosh faced hostile protests and mocking chants when she visited the family of the 12-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal’s Baruipur.Videos circulating on social media showed members of the crowd chanting “Gaddar” and…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee joined a candlelight march protesting a minor’s rape-murder in Baruipur. KOLKATA: With cops putting up guardrails around Kalighat, former CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday joined a candlelight march near her residence to protest the rape-murder of a minor in Baruipur.Earlier during the day, a Trinamool delegation met the victim’s parents and…
KOLKATA: A football match turned tragic in Baruipur on Monday evening when a 17-year-old boy was allegedly hacked to death following a dispute over the game’s result.The deceased, identified as Prasenjit Biswas, was attacked with a sharp weapon by three youths after his team won the match, police said.According to local residents, the match was…
Kolkata: A 39-year-old homemaker, mother to a nine -year-old autistic child, has alleged that she has been subjected to constant stalking, verbal abuse and threats by a neighbour and his associates every time she tries to take her child out for his counselling and therapy sessions.The Beliaghata Police has registered a case even though no…
Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police is asking civic agencies, mainly KMC and PWD, to repair severely damaged roads in added areas of the city before Durga Puja.Police say work has started in some places, but several stretches in the Port area, Behala and Jadavpur divisions are still dangerous. Traffic guard officers have started making a list…
Police have charged three suspects with gang-rape, murder, and destruction of evidence. One suspect was lynched by a mob while another escaped custody. KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when…
Kolkata: Senior police officers in Bengal have stepped in to solve a major problem affecting the state’s biggest festival, Durga Puja. They have ordered all police stations to ensure that trucks carrying clay to Kumartuli are not stopped or harassed.This weekend, the state’s top police officer, under directions from director general of police Siddhinath Gupta,…
Kolkata: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has sent an urgent appeal to the West Bengal chief minister, urging the govt to replace horse-drawn tourist carriages used for joyrides around Kolkata’s Maidan and Victoria Memorial with heritage-style electric carriages after three new horse-cruelty FIRs and the recent death of Indian tourist…
