An unusual protest was staged at Mahananda Colony under ward 41 of Durgapur Municipal Corporation over alleged corruption in land ownership certificate (patta) distribution. On Saturday, instead of throwing eggs at Sukumar Chakraborty, aide of ex-TMC councillor Shipul Saha, they forced him to eat an omelette while demanding accountability. Source link
Kolkata: A couple from Tribeni celebrated their daughter’s first menstruation day , challenging societal taboo and stigma. Thirty two years old Moumita Das posted the pictures of 12-year-old Ahona and the celebration on a social networking site. Her post was flooded with congratulatory messages from the netizens.“A decade ago, I watched the video of how…
Falta: A controversy erupted in Debipur under Falta block of South 24 Parganas over the return of alleged kickback money linked to a housing scheme.According to allegations, two close aides of the local Debipur Trinamool functionaries — Sumit Haldar and Sumanta Mondal — are returning money previously collected from beneficiaries of the housing scheme.The development…
Kolkata: A 51-year-old real estate promoter was allegedly wrongfully confined, assaulted, and extorted inside a political party office in Beleghata over an old monetary dispute, police said on Sunday.The attackers allegedly also forced the victim to transfer a hefty amount via a digital wallet and physically robbed him before letting him go.According to police, the…
Kolkata: Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday said she will lodge FIR against BJP workers planning to hurl eggs and tomatoes at her, saying political opposition cannot be allowed to degenerate into “physical intimidation” and warned that she was prepared to pursue the matter all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.The Krishnanagar MP’s…
Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator and commissioner Smita Pandey KOLKATA: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) administrator and commissioner Smita Pandey has appealed to citizens to participate with enthusiasm in the World Yoga Day celebrations in Kolkata on June 21, 2026.Urging people across the city to join the Maha-Yoga campaign, Pandey requested citizens to take their yoga mats…
In a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade, a joint operation conducted by the Society for Protecting Ophiofauna & Animal Rights (SPOAR) in collaboration with officials of the West Bengal forest dept led to the busting of an illegal turtle meat racket at Haldibari in Cooch Behar on Sunday.Acting on specific intelligence regarding the sale of…
IIM Calcutta start-up initiative is announced at the inauguration of the MBA 63rd batch Kolkata: IIM-Calcutta, the oldest among the IIMs, has launched a new initiative for MBA students to encourage entrepreneurship. Under the initiative that kicks off from this academic year, an MBA student, interested in building a start-up, can opt out of campus…
Mamata Banerjee (L), Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar (C), Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar (R) KOLKATA: Amid the ongoing split in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Dr Baidyanath Ghosh Dastidar, son of rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, has issued a legal notice to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and several party leaders. He has denied allegations…
