Kolkata: Rebel Trinamool MLA from Islampur Kanaia Lal Agarwal was on Tuesday appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Bengal assembly after the 20-member panel was constituted unopposed.Assembly sources said exactly 20 nominations were received for the committee, matching its strength and making a formal election unnecessary. The PAC comprises 14 members…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday urged Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing of Mamata Banerjee’s election petition challenging CM Suvendu Adhikari’s victory from the Bhowanipore assembly seat in the 2026 polls.“Let Calcutta High Court set a record by deciding an election petition within five years,” Banerjee told…
Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court will hear Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment on Wednesday, after the Supreme Court on Monday directed the HC to dispose of the matter within a week.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya asked the additional govt pleader to inform both sides…
Cheating complaint against wife Kolkata: Anandapur Police is investigating a case where a businessman residing in a condo has lodged an FIR against five individuals — his new wife and four members of her family — alleging criminal conspiracy, cheating worth more than Rs 2 crore, physical assault, and theft. He claimed he even contemplated…
Kolkata: Rajasthan Police, supported by technical inputs from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and on-ground execution by the Sealdah GRP, arrested three suspected cyberfraudsters at Sealdah railway station on Monday. The suspects were apprehended after stepping off the Ajmer Express and while moving towards the Sealdah South section.Preliminary investigations reveal that the trio belong…
Protest against ISI Bill 2026 Kolkata: Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 was tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday by the minister of statistics and programme implementation Rao Inderjit Singh to provide for a comprehensive statutory framework to the 95-year-old institute. The bill, which Singh claimed would pave the way for the institute to become a…
Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand addresses the audience at a road safety programme held at the Park Circus 7-point crossing on Monday Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday stopped his convoy at the Chingrighata crossing to meet a bunch of enthusiastic students who were trying to raise awareness about road safety Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay…
Kolkata: The state is planning to impose a huge penalty for violations of approved plans in commercial buildings and high-rises. Following a review meeting of the Taratala warehouse collapse probe panel attended by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Nabanna on Monday, state urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul announced that property owners will…
Kolkata: Raids on a few private blood banks across the state, including at least four in Kolkata, have revealed they have “trafficked” blood components worth approximately Rs 3.5 crore in the past six months. While raided units have been told to refrain from holding any blood donation camp for now, the health department has asked…
Kolkata: The school education department on Monday issued a notice informing teachers to perform census duties either after class hours or on weekends, so that academic activities are not hampered. Several teachers’ organisations have protested the order that mandates taking on a heavy workload on top of academic responsibilities. Swapan Mandal, general secretary of Census…
