Kolkata Airport (File Photo) KOLKATA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying 159 passengers was delayed while approaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after the pilot was reportedly distracted by a laser beam, airport sources said on Sunday.Flight MH-184 was scheduled to land at 11.20 pm on Saturday, according to news…
CP Ajay Nand at the rally to promote road safety Kolkata: When Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand was the assistant director (outdoor training) at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Police Academy almost 14 years ago, he had sought leave for 40 days and joined IPS officer GUG Sastry from the National Police Academy on a cycling tour…
Kolkata: The state has asked cops to strictly enforce the ban on toto operation on national highways, state highways, and other major roads. In a letter to the DGP on Friday, transport department principal secretary Ravi Inder Singh said totos were intended to provide “last-mile connectivity” but their operation on major roads was restricted under…
Kolkata: The health department will summon doctors, interns and staff who were present in the chest medicine department of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on the intervening night of Aug 8 and 9, 2024, when a female PG trainee doctor was raped and murdered. Her body was found in the third-floor seminar hall of…
Kolkata: Eight lawyers from the Bar were sworn in as additional judges in Calcutta High Court on Saturday. They are Justices Aryak Dutt, Atarup Banerjee, Sandip Kumar De, Partha Pratim Roy, Sudip Deb, Anuj Singh, Arjun Ray Mukherjee and Rishad Medora.The demand for having more judges in the country’s old chartered high court were repeatedly…
Kolkata: Following a directive from Nabanna, Lalbazar’s top brass has instructed all divisions to re-examine pending Pocso cases, including those where chargesheets are yet to be filed and those currently under trial. Officers have been asked to take necessary steps to ensure the cases reach their logical conclusion.The law requires police to complete investigations in…
A protest against nationwide rollout of E20 petrol in Kolkata on Saturday Kolkata: Claims and allegations by a section of motorists that E20 fuel is damaging vehicles and reducing mileage dominated a townhall held in Kolkata on Saturday, with car and two-wheeler owners demanding that ethanol-blended petrol be made optional.Around 200 vehicle owners from different…
Kolkata: In a surprising twist on Friday night to one of the most high-profile cases involving alleged extortion and threat by people who were considered close to the erstwhile Trinamool Congress regime, make-up artist who had accused the former federation president Swarup Biswas of sexual misconduct has now decided to “withdraw” the case.“I have withdrawn…
Kolkata: A woman travelling on an app bike was molested by a biker at a busy crossing in north Kolkata late on Friday evening. According to the complainant, the harassment began near Mullickbazar crossing and went on for an hour till Vivekananda Road-Bidhan Sarani crossing.The woman was travelling towards Goabagan on an app bike after…
Kolkata: Police in Barrackpore said on Saturday that they have identified some youths, who were allegedly involved in the assault on the 40-year-old theatre activist, Subhankar Dassharma, near Shyamnagar railway station in North 24-Parganas.Dassharma, a member of theatre group ‘JanaGanaMana’, lodged an FIR at Jagaddal PS on Friday, alleging he was attacked around midnight on…
