Howrah Station set for upgrade Local Train standing at Howrah Station —————- Koushik Koley Kolkata: The grand old Howrah Station, Asia’s oldest railway hub, will get two new platforms, extend the existing platforms to accommodate 22-coach trains and carry out redevelopment work to upgrade the facility and ease congestion, Howrah DRM Vishal Kapoor said on…
Kolkata: The Bengal cabinet on Thursday, chaired by CM Suvendu Adhikari, decided to hand over nearly 54.2 acres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on a perpetual transfer basis. The decision aims to strengthen border infrastructure in the strategically sensitive Siliguri Corridor, popularly known as the “Chicken’s Neck”.In…
Saokat Molla at Jibantala on Thursday Kolkata: Former Canning East MLA Saokat Molla, an accused in multiple criminal cases, was taken to a crime scene in Canning’s Jibantala on Thursday for a reconstruction of events as part of an ongoing police investigation. As he arrived in the market area under police escort, large crowds gathered…
Rejinagar: Skipping Shaktipur police’s summons for questioning over his provocative public speeches, Nowda MLA and AJUP chairman Humayun Kabir attended jumma namaz at the proposed ‘Babri Masjid’ near Maradighi on Friday.Kabir followed it up with a threat to gherao Shaktipur PS and called its OC a “goon” in police uniform.On June 30, a day after…
File photo Lalbazar police headquarters Kolkata: In a major police reshuffle across the state, 16 deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) and sub-divisional police officers (SDPOs), along with 108 inspectors-in charge (ICs), were transferred within the West Bengal Police. The ICs of Baruipur, Sonarpur, Narendrapur, Canning, Diamond Harbour, Falta, Budge Budge and Nodakhali were reassigned. The…
Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Friday extended the interim protection granted to Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged MLA signature forgery case till July 17.A special bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh heard the forgery case and noted that Justice Kaushik Chanda had heard the matter in detail earlier.As Justice Chanda is currently sitting on…
Kolkata: The low-pressure area predicted by IMD formed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast on Thursday. While this system already started bringing showers in the city and other parts of south Bengal from Thursday itself, the Met said there is possibility for heavy rain for the city and other…
Tourists at a Marquis Street foreign exchange centre Kolkata: Traders across Kolkata’s ‘Mini Bangladesh’ have decided to keep prices reasonable for Bangladeshi visitors once tourism resumes, believing that rebuilding trust is more important than recovering two years of losses through steep tariff hikes.The decision follows Indian envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi’s announcement that tourist visas…
Hawkers under Sealdah flyover on Thursday Kolkata: The state on Thursday assured the Calcutta High Court of no eviction of occupiers under Sealdah flyover till July 9. In case of removal of vagabonds from under Hastings flyover, the HC has granted an interim stay till July 15. On June 29, a ‘public notice’ was pasted…
Kolkata: A city court sentenced a 56-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering his wife in 2022. He was also fined Rs 10,000 under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code.The murder happened on July 5, 2022, around 8.15 pm on Kankurgachhi Road. Uttam Bakuli, an unemployed driver, stopped his 50-year-old wife Babi on…
