Land grab FIR names ex-councillor | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A fresh FIR has been filed against former ward 35 councillor Asutosh Das and 16 associates for allegedly running an organised land-grab operation in Beleghata. Based on landowner Tarun Biswas’s complaint, Beleghata police booked the accused for trespass, intimidation and organised crime under BNS sections. Biswas alleged the group padlocked his plot on Raja…

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CM exemption for emergency, relief projects | Kolkata News

Suvendu Adhikari after Taratala collapse Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced a four-week suspension of all construction projects in Kolkata and adjoining municipal areas, barring emergency and relief-related work, to facilitate a safety audit of under-construction buildings. The suspension will cover all the 144 wards under KMC as well as municipal areas of…

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Suvendu blames Trinamool’s ‘sins’ for Taratala warehouse collapse, ex-mayor’s OSD arrested | Kolkata News

Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed the previous Trinamool Congress dispensation for the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, telling off the party, “This is the result of the sins you committed.”Holding a copy of the sanctioned building plan of the structure, which bore the signatures of then Trinamool mayor of Kolkata Municipal…

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Work stops at 700 sites across city; developers, contractors worried as daily loss pegged at Rs 25 cr | Kolkata News

Work stops after Taratala collapse Kolkata: Construction activity came to a standstill at nearly 700 sites across the city on Thursday after the govt issued a stop-work notice following the warehouse collapse and deaths near Taratala.The real estate industry spent an anxious day, hoping the govt would review its decision within the next few days…

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