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,…
Kolkata: The 32nd Kolkata International Film Festival will be held from Dec 16 to 23, 2026. Prosenjit Chatterjee, executive chairman of a special high-level advisory committee to oversee year-long celebrations marking the birth centenary of Uttam Kumar, announced it on Thursday, adding that the state was planning to set up an Uttam Kumar Film Centre,…
Kolkata received light to moderate rainfall on Thursday Kolkata: The low-pressure area that intensified into a depression grazed the city, with Kolkata escaping with spells of light to moderate rain on Thursday. With this system moving towards Jharkhand, the Met office said the city will continue to get more rain but the possibility of intense…
Kolkata: A pedestrian in her 40s was critically injured after being hit by a car that was being driven by another woman, who was reportedly learning to drive in Salt Lake on Thursday evening.The accident took place between Shrabani Housing and FC Block. According to the preliminary information, the woman was learning to drive the…
Academy of Fine Arts ticket counter colour change Kolkata: From “childish” to “ugly”—theatre activists reacted strongly to the colour of the ticket counter at Academy of Fine Arts being changed thrice in a month. But the BJP camp called the move a “reaction”.The political tug-of-war began in early July when the ticket counter next to…
Kunal Ghosh party office vandalized last night atRaja Dinendra street in kolkata —— Suparna Goswami Kolkata: Beleghata Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh’s residence, local club, and party office in the city’s Garpar area in ward 28 of north Kolkata was attacked by a group of unidentified miscreants attacked and vandalised on Wednesday evening.Ghosh, who was not…
Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged over an alleged 2021 post-poll attack on a woman and her family, as well as vandalism at their residence in Duttabad, following the declaration of the 2021 assembly election results. The complaint was lodged against 13 persons, including a former TMC councillor (Nirmal Dutta), on Wednesday — more than…
