CM Suvendu Adhikari at Mitra Institution on Monday to observe Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s birth anniversary 447 wordsKolkata: Assuring that the Bengal govt will seek capital punishment for all accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case, CM Suvendu Adhikari, who is likely to meet the bereaved family on Tuesday, said the mob violence had a communal angle…
Kolkata: Police in North Dinajpur’s Islampur used drones and monitored digital footprints in a three-day operation to bust a commercial sex racket and rescue 39 minor girls, including an 11-year-old, on Monday. Six alleged traffickers were arrested and charged under anti-trafficking laws and the POCSO Act.The racket came to light after an NGO field worker…
A CCTV clip captures the last moments of an 11-year-old girl before she was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal KOLKATA: A grainy 13-second CCTV clip has emerged as the last known visual of an unsuspecting 11-year-old girl who had stepped out to buy a birthday gift for a friend in West Bengal’s Baruipur,…
A horrific crime has emerged in West Bengal’s Baruipur, where an 11-year-old girl, allegedly raped and murdered, was found to have been thrown into a pond alive. KOLKATA: An 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in West Bengal’s Baruipur was thrown into a pond while still alive, a preliminary post-mortem report has revealed,…
Md. Ali Park —– Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Youth Association, the organisers of the famous Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja, have said that they have neither changed the name of the festival nor support any move to rename the historic central Kolkata park, distancing themselves from the hoardings describing the puja as “Shree Mahabali…
Kolkata: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly molested by a app-biker around 9.30 pm at the crossing of Brabourne Road and Jackson Lane on Wednesday. The woman, a resident of Beckbagan, was traveling as a pillion rider on another bike when the accused motorcyclist intercepted the vehicle. The rider, operating a two-wheeler for a bike-pooling aggregator,…
Kolkata: The cleanup of the 8-acre Bikramgarh Jheel, which involved removing water hyacinth and piling saal logs along the banks, has enthused local residents who have long been demanding the restoration of the waterbody, often described as an oasis in the concrete jungle.Bikramgarh is south Kolkata’s second-largest water body after Rabindra Sarobar. The jheel, which…
Kolkata: An outbreak of Influenza A or H1N1 has laid hundreds low across Kolkata with severe symptoms like high fever, body ache and chest infection, which, doctors say, has been triggered by the sharp temperature fluctuations over the last fortnight.For most, it has been starting out with a nagging cough and turning into lung congestion…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said that in the first phase admissions, through the Centralised Admission Portal 2026–27 for UG courses in Bengal, had 3,08,793 admissions, up from 2,57,429 in 2025–26.The CM said, “It is very encouraging that admission of female students increased by 26.45%, as compared to the previous academic session. Classes will…
Drive against traffic norm flouters Kolkata: Kolkata Police top brass has asked traffic guards not to let their guard down while acting against illegal parking, non-wearing of helmets and those violating traffic norms. Traffic cops have been asked to use the present SOP and tow away vehicles that block thoroughfares and even lodge complaints against…
