Kolkata: The plot to assassinate Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, was put into motion in Dec 2025, when cash movement began for the operation.Investigators claimed to have established the timeline and operational outline of the conspiracy after seizing crucial documents and mobile phones from two brothers, who were arrested in…
KOLKATA: The alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative arrested by the West Bengal STF had planned to target chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and disrupt the recent students’ protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar by disguising himself in a police uniform, a senior STF officer said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Hamim Mondal, was arrested from Purba Bardhaman district on…
Kolkata: Centre on Saturday released Rs 7,866 crore to Bengal as an additional instalment of tax devolution, part of a broader Rs 1,09,019 crore release to state govts on August 1 — ahead of the normal monthly devolution due on August 10.The Union finance ministry said the release was in line with the govt’s commitment…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only CHENNAI:/KOLKATA: The first phase of Census 2027 began on Saturday in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with lakhs of enumerators beginning the houselisting and housing exercise. While around 1.15 lakh enumerators will conduct a month-long door-to-door survey across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal has launched its optional online self-enumeration…
On Friday, when Taslima Nasrin (at the airport on Friday in pic left) returned to Kolkata after 19 years, it was business as usual at city pockets around Ripon Street, AJC Bose Road, Beniapukur, Darga Road and adjoining neighbourhoods that saw widespread protests back in 2007 On Friday, when Taslima Nasrin (at the airport on…
A 24-year-old man was arrested by the Special Task Force in Burdwan. KOLKATA: A 24-year-old man suspected of being a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative was arrested by the state’s Special Task Force (STF) from a gym inside a gated township in Burdwan on Thursday night, with investigators alleging he had been tracking CM Suvendu Adhikari’s movements….
Kolkata: Around 1.8 lakh enumerators led by 30,000 supervisors will hit the streets and cover around 3.1 crore establishments after the first phase of Census 2027, which is set to begin from Saturday with an online self-enumeration process.On Saturday, Bengal Governor R N Ravi and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari will be the first two residents…
Traders have been told to temporarily shift from the (top) old market to the makeshift market built at the Kolkata Mounted Police paddock. photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Traders have been told to temporarily shift from the (top) old market to the makeshift market built at the Kolkata Mounted Police paddock. photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Traders…
Cops escort Taslima Nasrin out of Kolkata airport. Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: The city police on Friday threw a tight security ring around Bangladesh-born writer Taslima Nasrin following her arrival in Kolkata after 19 years.Acknowledging the persistent threat perception surrounding the author, the Special Branch (SB) of Kolkata Police has completed a detailed security…
Hamim Mondal’s ancestral village in Monteswar Monteswar: Hamim Mondal’s ancestral village in Monteswar, barely an hour’s drive from where he was arrested, learnt that the 24-year-old was a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative at 10 am on Friday. The family has been in the rice trade for several generations.Speaking to reporters in Dirghanagar village, Mondal’s elderly…
