Legal troubles have deepened for Abhishek Banerjee over the ‘Sebashray’ and ‘Sebashray 2’ health camps, with a second FIR registered at Bishnupur Police Station after an earlier case at Diamond Harbour. Based on 16 complaints, the FIR names Banerjee as the principal accused, along with several TMC leaders and others, alleging irregularities in organising and…
Bengal panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh (file photo) Kharagpur: State panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh said on Sunday that panchayat representatives remaining absent from duties would be pelted with bricks if they continue to remain inactive, triggering a controversy.“I will be forced to do everything in my capacity if necessary. I will send police to their homes,…
Bidhannagar South police have issued a fresh summons to former minister Aroop Biswas, directing him to appear on Tuesday in the probe into alleged chaos and ticket irregularities during Lionel Messi’s visit. Biswas, questioned earlier after securing interim court protection, now faces renewed scrutiny over alleged security lapses and the diversion of 22,000 event tickets….
Kolkata: The SIT probing the extortion case against arrested Trinamool functionary Debraj Chakraborty is widening its investigation to trace the alleged money trail and determine whether the funds remained within a local syndicate or were routed to more influential beneficiaries, police sources said.Investigators said Chakraborty cooperated during questioning but evaded several crucial questions.The SIT is…
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 university.Mookerjee served as the vice-chancellor of…
The concrete pedestal of the bust was damaged Cops arrest one for vandalism of Syama statue pedestal on Sukia Street —- TOI Kolkata: Tension gripped north Kolkata’s Sukeas Street area after the pedestal of a newly installed statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee was found vandalized in the wee hours of Sunday.The incident, which took place…
Siliguri: State govt on Sunday introduced a series of measures aimed at improving the experience of tourists visiting north Bengal, including a helpline mapped to the state’s central tourism helpline, and mandatory registration of hotels, tour operators and tour vehicle drivers.Further, tourism minister Shankar Ghosh said the state would conduct a police recruitment drive to…
Kolkata: The grand 125 ft statue of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the tallest in the country, will come up at Eco Park in New Town. Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to lay its foundation stone on Monday.The monumental project aims to honor the enduring legacy of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder on his 125th…
Panelists speaking at the event Kolkata: As many as 13 senior finance leaders, speaking at an event on Saturday, shattered the conventional wisdom that institutional-scale finance careers require moving to cities like Mumbai, highlighting instead that Bengal’s financial ecosystem spent three decades quietly reinventing itself. The speakers were leading panels at the fifth edition of…
The body was recovered from the Surjyapur Haat area in Baruipur on Sunday morning (Representative image) BARUIPUR: An 11-year-old girl who had gone missing a day earlier was found dead in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police said. The body was recovered from the Surjyapur Haat area in Baruipur on Sunday morning,…
