Kolkata: A fresh complaint was lodged at the Kalighat PS against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The traffic wing of Kolkata police is probing this incident.According to the complaint, security personnel assigned to Banerjee were seen standing on an SUV’s footboards on either side with their…
Kolkata: A man died and two of his family members were critically injured after a neighbour allegedly attacked them with a cleaver in Cossipore on Wednesday morning. Police arrested the accused, Dilip Pal, and seized the weapon.While Ananta Manna died at R G Kar Hospital on Thursday, his son and another family member were being…
Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Thursday adjourned Satadru Dutta’s appeal, challenging the interim protection granted to former minister Aroop Biswas till July 29. The division bench of ACJ Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee adjourned the matter as one of the legal points in discussion of Dutta’s case was pending consideration before a special…
Road repairing work at road to airport Kolkata: With rain forecast ahead, Metro has started urgent road repair work outside Kolkata airport to address concerns over waterlogging on the approach road. Airport officials had cited the issue at a meeting on Wednesday after passengers complained of waterlogging as they take the right side to get…
Kolkata: A school’s decision to isolate a young student for nearly six hours for wearing rubber shoes instead of regular school shoes after heavy rain soaked her footwear has triggered concern among parents, especially with monsoon flooding affecting daily school routines.The incident came to light after the child’s father, a doctor, wrote about his daughter’s…
CM Adhikari on Thursday reiterated a July 15 timeframe for the Ayushman Bharat rollout and set a Sept 30 deadline to integrate it with the state’s Swasthya Sathi scheme. The state cabinet also set up two committees — one headed by finance minister Swapan Dasgupta to release white papers on corruption, and another on investments…
Kolkata: Mystery shrouds the death of a 22-year-old bride-to-be whose body was found floating in a pond at Habra on Thursday evening just 10 days before her wedding. The body of the deceased, Mridula Saha, was found floating in a pond at Joygachhi Srinagar area in Habra. The incident has sparked widespread speculation over whether…
Katwa: Police have identified the man accused of tying a black cloth around the face and hands of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Station Bazar in Katwa on Wednesday.The accused has been identified as Raman Kumar Jha. During interrogation, he was unable to provide any coherent information apart from his name, prompting suspicion about his…
Kolkata: Nineteen months after the death of former police officer Pankaj Dutta, his wife, Indrani Dutta, has lodged a complaint at Lake Town Police Station accusing 11 people, including journalists, police officers, politicians and rights activists, of criminal defamation, forgery and criminal intimidation, alleging that their actions drove her husband to death.In the complaint, Indrani…
Kolkata: A video of two traffic officials, including a sergeant, has gone viral after an alleged incident near Narkeldanga bridge on Wednesday morning.Locals claimed that a young biker was injured after a traffic sergeant allegedly kicked him while he was riding. They said the rider lost balance, fell on the road, and was taken to…
