Stuffed In Sack, Dumped In Pond When Still Alive Police and central forces have been deployed due to tension in the Suryapur market area 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 waterbody when…
Union home minister Amit Shah and Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s house in Bhowanipore Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder…
Vehicles parked illegally at Bangasree Pally in Parnasree Kolkata: A group of 203 residents of Bangasree Pally on Upen Banerjee Road in Parnasree has lodged a police complaint and signed a mass petition, launching a campaign against illegal parking and unauthorized roadside structures in their neighbourhood. In their effort to reclaim road space, the residents…
Kolkata: A clash broke out in Behala on Saturday evening between local residents and workers of a quick-commerce delivery hub, which reportedly left three persons injured.Residents said delivery vehicles were blocking a road and causing disturbance. Animesh Jana, who serves in the Indian Armed Forces, alleged that delivery workers attacked him and his family with…
Kolkata: A seven-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born without her outer ears and ear canal, underwent a ‘bone conduction implant’ procedure at a city pvt hospital that will let her hear. The complicated procedure involves fitting a magnetic device inside the skin that will act as a sound recipient to the inner ear and an outer…
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik (L-R) KOLKATA: The bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal have highlighted the political impact of the split in the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC), with the changed numbers in the state Assembly placing the BJP in a strong position to potentially win all three…
Agartala: Tripura is eyeing investment proposals worth Rs 1 lakh crore at the two-day Destination Tripura Business Conclave-2026, starting July 9. The event expects over 500 delegates.Chief minister Dr Manik Saha said Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will participate. “We received encouraging responses from domestic and international investors to create jobs and boost GSDP,” Dr…
CM Mamata Banerjee at a candlelight march near her Kalighat residence on Monday to protest the Baruipur rape-murder 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…
Kolkata: Suicide due to dowry-related torture is “not very rare or uncommon”, the Calcutta High Court observed on Monday while reducing a man’s life sentence to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the 2014 deaths by suicide of his wife and their minor daughter.The division bench of justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray…
Kolkata: The EC on Monday announced bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from Bengal, setting July 24 as the polling date. This comes following the resignation of three former Trinamool members — Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — from the RS. With 207 MLAs, BJP is likely to win all three…
