Kolkata: Two persons died in two incidents in the city on Sunday. Basirhat resident Ranjit Ray (25) died after allegedly coming in contact with a live high-voltage electric line in a building on Taratala Road. Co-workers and locals took him to Vidyasagar State General Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. In another incident,…
Kolkata: A retired scientist from New Town who was allegedly defrauded of more than Rs 1 crore in a digital-arrest fraud earlier this year finally has hope of a full recovery of his money. Bidhannagar cops have arrested three persons from the Behala area — Biku Kumar, Duronto Patra, and Mohammad Javed — in connection…
Arpita Sarkar was allegedly being prepared to take on a role similar to that of arrested alleged ISI operative and influencer Jyoti Malhotra.(C) KOLKATA: A 22-year-old woman from Jharkhand, arrested alongside a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, was allegedly being groomed by Pakistan-based handlers to run espionage and honey-trap operations in India, according to investigators.The West…
The spot at BT Road where the accident took place on Saturday morning Kolkata: Suspecting that construction materials piled on the roadside could have led to Saturday’s fatal accident in which two young siblings were killed after a truck hit their scooter, cops have launched a hunt for the builder accused of illegally stockpiling stone…
Kolkata: Commuters on one of South Kolkata’s crucial transit corridors were left in the lurch on Sunday morning after auto services along the Baghajatin–Ranikuthi route were abruptly suspended following an argument over unauthorised autos trying to ply the route. However, after the Garia Traffic Guard intervened, most of the autos resumed services by evening, cops…
The victim was stabbed in the chest Kolkata: A 44-year-old man, an ISF functionary, was allegedly murdered by his cousin over a family dispute in Bhangar on Saturday night. The accused later surrendered at the local police station. Victim Atabuddin Molla was a resident of Beliadanga. The accused, Golam Sarowar Molla, was arrested on the…
KOLKATA: Kashmira Sheikh, 36, visited the Kultali Jamtala branch of PNB in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas to check whether the subsidy for her LPG cylinder had come through. She froze at the sound of what the bank official said was the latest “credit” to her account — Rs 99,99,99,997.She lives in an asbestos-roofed house and…
Kolkata: Cops have launched a multi-agency probe after a businessman residing in an eleventh-floor apartment of a gated complex on Sarat Bose Road in Bhowanipore alleged that he received threats and an extortion demand of Rs 5 crore from members claiming to represent the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. According to sources, the complainant alleged that since…
Jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh was stolen Kolkata: A 69-year-old woman has complained that gold and diamond jewellery estimated to be worth Rs 20 lakh was allegedly stolen from a locked almirah in her Woodburn Park Road home. According to sources, the theft came to light around noon on July 28 when the victim discovered…
The locality where the dispute took place Kolkata: A dispute over feeding stray dogs near the main gate of a complex in the Sovabazar area escalated into attack and death threats last week. A complaint by residents of the apartment has prompted cops to register an FIR on Friday. The incident took place between 10.30…
