Encroachers cleared 2/3rd of the pavement Kolkata: Following the surprise inspections by urban development & municipal affair minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday, hawkers were instructed to vacate two spots on Park Street.Paul highlighted the two spots on Park Street, infront of Madhya Shikkha Parishad office and infront of Park Street post office, posting photos on…
Midday meals at state schools Kolkata: Eggs were served on Saturday with midday meals at 500 state-run schools, where Iskcon-supported Annamrita Foundation provides vegetarian food. The move followed chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement last Saturday that eggs would be supplied separately by self-help groups to children under the new midday meal arrangement.Students welcomed the return…
Kolkata recorded a maximum temperature of 31.7°C on Saturday Kolkata: A low-pressure area has formed over the southern part of Bengal and north Odisha which could trigger light to moderate showers in south Bengal. Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty wind is likely at some places in North and South 24 Parganas, East and West Midnapore,…
Kolkata: A prosperous Bengal is essential to a resurgent Bharat, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday, urging young entrepreneurs and home-grown businesses to be the change agents.Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Kolkata chapter of World Hindu Economic Forum, Bhattacharya said Bengal, once the country’s economic engine, must reclaim its historic position…
Kolkata: Bengal’s 7th Pay Commission will examine an overhaul of the pay structure of state employees, including raising annual increments from the existing 3% to at least 5%, aligning pay levels with those of central staffers and recommending a standing order on Dearness Allowance (DA) that will ensure any central hike is automatically applied at…
Kolkata: Two patients who were being treated at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital “went missing” from their beds on Friday. The hospital administration later said both patients had “left” before completing the formal discharge process. The patients are 23-year-old Dipanwita Roy of Chitpore and 51-year-old Bimal Ghosh of Baranagar.Police said Roy was admitted to…
Birju Keot, the deceased TMC worker Kolkata: The wife of a Trinamool worker, who was in police custody on extortion charges, alleged her husband, Birju Keot (48), died at a Kalyani hospital following assault in cop custody at Halishahar PS on Friday.The wife, Jenny Sharma Keot, a former TMC councillor of Kanchrapara Ward 23, alleged…
East Jadavpur sergeant Madhab Mondal, who was on duty at the Highland Park crossing on Bypass, thwarted a suicide by saving a person while he was jumping on the railway tracks from Baghajatin flyover. Upon receiving the news, he immediately rushed to the scene and rescued the individual with help of locals. The man was…
former TMC Naihati MLA Sanat Dey Former Naihati TMC MLA Sanat Dey arrested — Amar Kar Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested former Trinamool MLA from Naihati, Sanat Dey, in connection with several allegations, including extortion and post-poll violence. He was arrested from Duttapukur early on Saturday and remanded in police custody for six days after…
(Image used for representative) The girl told police that she had left her home with Shafiqul Molla. KOLKATA: A 16-year-old girl was rescued from Kolkata’s red-light district of Sonagachi within an hour of police receiving a distress call alleging that she had been “sold” after running away from home with her alleged lover, an officer…
