Kolkata: Thousands of aspiring chartered accountants filled the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre as the National Conference of CA Students 2026 brought together over 4,000 students from across India on June 20 and 21. Organised by the Board of Studies (Operations), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and hosted by Eastern India Regional Council…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the State Legal Services Authority to ensure that a rape survivor receives compensation under the victim compensation scheme, even though the incident occurred in 1998 — before the scheme was introduced in 2017 — observing that she “must not be deprived of such opportunity”. The court also upheld…
Kolkata: The city police registered two separate cases of cyber fraud involving the siphoning of over Rs 39.7 lakh through credit card data manipulation and medical emergency impersonation.In the first incident, the Park Street police initiated a probe into a major credit card fraud involving Rs 38.8 lakh. According to police which received the complaint…
Kolkata: Encroachment on public passages inside market complexes will not be tolerated, state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said on Tuesday after inspecting VIP Market in Kankurgachhi.The visit was part of an ongoing cleanliness drive, during which Paul expressed dissatisfaction over sanitation and maintenance. She said floors required immediate repair and described…
Kolkata: Laughter and high drama reverberated through the Bengal Assembly on Tuesday as the debate on the governor’s address descended into an open display of Trinamool infighting, with rival factions trading barbs and overshadowing legislative business.The House appeared divided into three camps — BJP, Mamata Banerjee-loyalist “Kalighat Trinamool”, and the 62-MLA rebel faction led by…
Mamata Banerjee camp and the rival Ritabrata Banerjee faction submitted separate NWC lists to the EC on Monday Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee camp and the rival Ritabrata Banerjee faction submitted separate national working committee (NWC) lists to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday, each seeking to establish its claim over the party and its election…
Kolkata: Senior officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) met state officials at Nabanna on Tuesday to discuss possible support for Bengal’s industrialisation and infrastructure agenda, a day after the state govt presented its first budget.The meeting, attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari’s adviser Subrata Gupta, focused on developing industry-supporting infrastructure, including city economic regions (CERs),…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said no roads would be named after Mughals or Pathans and announced the appointment of Swami Pradiptananda Maharaj, also known as Kartik Maharaj, to head a road-renaming panel.Replying to the debate on the Governor’s address in the assembly, the CM referred to criticism over the renaming of a…
Kolkata: The CBI on Tuesday arrested proclaimed offender Rohan Sk, alias Kismot Sk, from Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata in connection with the 2022 Bogtui carnage case.Rohan had been absconding since the CBI took over the probe on March 25, 2022, following orders from the Calcutta High Court. The case relates to the deaths of…
Kolkata: The ministry of home affairs has added the Haldia Dock Complex as a seaport so that it can be included as a designated immigration checkpoint. This will make Haldia the 41st seaport immigration checkpoint in India..Speaking to TOI, a top official of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, told TOI that the move will benefit…
