Kolkata: The Calcutta HC on Wednesday dismissed the Tollywood dispute case after the state in its report informed that no further complaints were received.The additional secretary of I&CA department submitted the report.Multiple directors had moved the HC, alleging their work was being obstructed by the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI)….
Kolkata: The Kasba assembly constituency is likely to see the steepest increase in the number of civic wards — from six to 17 — in the delimitation exercise planned by the state govt for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).Among the other assembly seats that are likely to gain a significant number of wards are Behala West…
Kolkata: On Bengal police’s instruction, at least 1,279 loudspeakers have been removed from mosques and 199 from temples over the past two days for violating prescribed noise limits. The majority of dismantling has happened in North Bengal, where 1,238 loudspeakers have been taken down from mosques and 117 from temples.Senior police officers confirmed the ongoing…
Kolkata: A gold jewellery manufacturing company registered a criminal complaint with Girish Park Police Station.In its complaint, the firm has alleged that two freelance artisans misappropriated gold bullion worth around Rs 3.5 crore.According to the complaint,the company employs freelance artisans and contractors to make ornaments on a returnable job-work basis.A manufacturing agreement was signed in…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the fire brigade headquarters Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the fire brigade headquarters Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at the Watgunge Police Station Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, who heads the state home…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Wednesday reconstituted the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC), appointing retired Calcutta High Court judge Biswajit Bose to replace outgoing chairperson retired Justice Ashim Kumar Banerjee. IAS officer Moumita Godara Basu will take over as vice-chairperson.Justice Banerjee had served as chairperson of the commission, which acts as a quasi-judicial…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday acquitted two men convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old girl in East Midnapore while observing that ‘extrajudicial confession by a co-accused alone cannot be the basis for convicting a person’.Sk Rafijul alias Tutul and Ukil Ali alias Akil Ali were convicted on Jan 24 and 25, 2024, by…
Among those arrested are CPI (Maoist) regional committee member Madan Mahato, sub-zonal commander Sagar Singh and his wife Mira Pahariya. Police seized an AK-47 rifle, a 9mm pistol, a walkie-talkie and a large stash of live cartridges from Sagar Manbazar: Jharkhand Police on Wednesday nabbed three high-profile CPI (Maoist) operatives with a collective bounty of…
Police posting outside TMC party office on Sadananda Road Kolkata: Trinamool Congress alleged “political high-handedness” after a former councillor’s office on Sadananda Road in ward 83, Kalighat, was ransacked. On Tuesday night, Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh claimed on Facebook that BJP-backed miscreants had attacked and vandalised the office of former councillor Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay in…
New Delhi: BJP West Bengal President and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya and West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari during a courtesy meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata: With NCPI MPs attending NDA parliamentary meet and expressing differing opinions on whether or not to align with BJP, state BJP…
