Protest in Baruipur after the rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl Kolkata: The body of a 12-year-old schoolgirl, who was allegedly raped before being killed, was found in a pond near Surjapur Haat in Baruipur on Sunday morning. Protests by locals snowballed into large-scale arson and violence, with the mob lynching a 26-year-old suspect and brickbatting…
Members of the Kolkata Police canine squad Kolkata: From tracking explosives at VVIP events to pulling long hours of surveillance under a scorching sun at the Eden Gardens during international matches, the Kolkata Police dog squad remains one of the force’s most hardworking units. To ensure these four-legged officers perform at their peak, Lalbazar has…
Kolkata: The Anti-Rowdy Squad (ARS) of Kolkata Police’s detective department has arrested history-sheeter, Mohammad Firoz Khan (38) alias Mini Firoz, and his associate Mohammad Sajid (30), after intercepting their car at the Dankuni toll plaza on Sunday. The duo was trying to flee towards Andhra Pradesh and had withdrawn a significant amount of cash.Firoz dominates…
Trinamool on Sunday alleged that Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee are being “forcibly confined” in their Kalighat home by cops to prevent them from meeting the parents of the Baruipur victim. Trinamool MPs Derek O’Brien and Mahua Moitra shared photographs of police patrolling near her home. Police did not issue any statement on this. Mamata…
Kolkata: In a move designed to prioritise student safety and prevent substance abuse, IIT Kharagpur is introducing a help-seeking policy where any student who seeks medical assistance in good faith — whether for themselves or a peer — will be protected from disciplinary action. This is part of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for substance…
Kolkata: The city’s fleet of govt buses, which wore red during the Left Front regime and switched to blue-and-white after Trinamool Congress came to office, is now turning saffron with BJP at the helm.The shift in the colour code became evident last week, following the rollout of govt-run AC buses on AC-58 route, which connects…
Kolkata: Krishnadas Das, a 105-year-old retired policeman who was posted with the Constituent Assembly security in Delhi in 1946-47, can still recall Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s towering presence at the House and his frustration with the efforts to divide the country that eventually prompted his decision to move to Kashmir. The resident of Bolpur on Sunday…
A family out in the rain in Esplanade on Sunday afternoon photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The first big weather system formed over Bay of Bengal during this monsoon assumed the status of a depression on Sunday. While this system will cross the land through Odisha neighbouring coastal Bengal Met officials said parts of south…
Kolkata: A senior clerk working at the Kolkata Police East Division’s DCP office has allegedly embezzled over Rs 51 lakh from government funds in the past four years. Accused Pulakendu Ghosh, an upper division assistant (UDA), allegedly stole the money by generating fake bills and transferring the funds into the bank accounts of himself, his…
Academic Footprint Of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Kolkata: From the educational institutions where Syama Prasad Mookerjee studied to the institutes where he worked, all are buzzing with preparations to mark his 125th birth anniversary on Monday. Calcutta University has decided to digitise all the convocation addresses delivered during his four-year tenure as the vice-chancellor of the…
