Kolkata: At least three students were injured – one of them seriously – after the pool car they were travelling in was hit by a private car near the J&N Island, next to the Red Road-Outram Road-Dufferin Road Crossing. The accident took place at 7.37 am on Monday.The Maidan PS and South traffic guard, along…
Kolkata: Another thunderstorm lashed Kolkata on Monday afternoon, leaving several pockets in the southern part of the city under water. This was the fifth significant thunderstorm to strike the city in the past 11 days. The Met office has not ruled out similar thundershowers in Kolkata and the rest of south Bengal till the monsoon…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari promised a “goon-free Bengal” and vowed to make “rioters homeless” while introducing a bill on preventive detention and another on confiscation of properties of accused in the Assembly on Monday.He assured the House that neither law would be used against those engaged in politics, social service or religious work in…
Panel’s report in 4 weeks Kolkata: The Bengal govt will prepare its draft bill on a uniform civil code (UCC) based on the recommendations of a five-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari told the assembly on Monday. The panel will have four weeks to file its…
Kolkata: Police re-arrested a man, Mohammad Nehaluddin, and arrested his wife, Neha Parvin, on murder charge in Beniapukur on Monday, hours after the man returned home on bail to meet his two-month old child. Nehaluddin had been jailed previously following an assault complaint by a local family. After his release, the complainants visited him, leading…
Kolkata: The issue of the ISI draft bill, that has generated much debate over the autonomy of the institution, weighed heavily at an event organised to mark the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, founder of Indian Statistical Institute. The day is also celebrated as ‘Statistics Day’ by the govt and the institute observes it…
Agartala: A local court sent eight Bangladeshi nationals, apprehended on Sunday evening for allegedly entering the state illegally and attempting to depart from Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, to police custody on Monday.The police reported that the operation was initiated following an intelligence tip-off suggesting that four Bangladeshi nationals intended to enter Tripura and fly out…
Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) in Kolkata is scheduled to begin counselling forBTech courses in engineering, technology and architecture across 95 govt and govt-aided colleges from Tuesday. The portal will remain live for the first phase of registration, choice filling and payment until July 5.The board will conduct three phases ofcsounselling,…
Midnapore: A police constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly assaulting and molesting a college student while she was returning home from a computer class in the Khirai area of West Midnapore district. The incident has triggered widespread public outrage.The accused has been identified as Biswajit Bhowmik, 30, a resident of Gobardhanpur village in…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari speaks during the proceedings of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata district of West Bengal, on Monday Kolkata: “Enough is enough, it’s time to teach such people a lesson,” roared CM Suvendu Adhikari in the assembly on Monday referring to AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, adding that he would…
