Kolkata: The KMC on Sunday launched a massive drive to demolish illegal buildings ‘linked’ to Trinamool councillor Faiz Ahmed Khan, real-estate promoters, Beleghata strongman Raju Naskar and Kasba strongman Sona Pappu (now in ED custody). According to a buildings department source, a special hearing officer on Saturday ordered complete demolition of these buildings as they…
Kolkata: Long-time councillor from Behala and Borough 16 chairman of KMC Sudip Polley is facing attempt-to-murder charges from police. Polley, the ward 123 councillor, had allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh from a trader and assaulted him with an intention to murder when he refused to comply, police told a local court on Sunday. He has…
Kolkata: A Trinamool panchayat pradhan from Jangra was arrested on Sunday by Bidhannagar cops on charges of extortion. Rita Gayen, pradhan of Jangra-Hatiara-2 Gram Panchayat under Rajarhat block, allegedly approved the construction of several buildings on wetlands and govt land in her panchayat area in exchange for large sums of money. Cops also claimed she…
Kolkata: According to the preliminary postmortem report, cops on Sunday said South Dum Dum Municipality Trinamool councillor Sanjay Das died by suicide. However, cops are probing if there was provocation or external involvement.Police have also launched an inquiry into allegations that banners accusing Das of land grabbing, corruption and extortion were put up outside his…
Jalpaiguri: Nine years after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) proposed relocating tigers to Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), the talks of the plan have been revived by Centre.Speaking at an event in New Delhi on Saturday, Union minister of environment Bhupender Yadav announced a tiger-reintroduction plan. “Buxa hasn’t had a…
Kolkata: Speaking on the removal of the ‘football-man’ with a Biswa Bangla logo in front of Salt Lake stadium, former CM Mamata Banerjee said, “I feel very bad. I created that logo with the help of an artist and drew it myself. You can be angry with me, but why destroy the installation? Sports-lovers and…
Nandigram/Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday pointed to Bengal’s poor fiscal health and said state govt would fulfil its promise in phases as it worked to revive the economy after “49 years of Left and TMC misgovernance”.“The condition of the state’s exchequer is bad. But we will fulfil our promises in stages. Centre is helping…
Jalpaiguri: A commander-level flag meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was held at Teen Bigha on Saturday to address a dispute over border fencing in Mekhliganj block of Cooch Behar. The meeting followed rising tension from Friday after the BSF began demarcating land along an unfenced stretch of the…
Kolkata: TMC Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar resigned from the post of the party’s Barasat organisational district president on Sunday. In a letter addressed to state party president Subrata Bakshi, she stated that she was stepping down taking moral responsibility for the party’s defeat in Barasat. While doing so, she attacked political consultancy agency I-PAC…
Kolkata: City’s largest Eid-uz-Zuha congregation will shift from its traditional Red Road venue to the Brigade Parade Grounds this year. It was decided following a series of meetings between Kolkata Police and the organisers over crowd management and traffic arrangements that culminated on Sunday.Police had earlier asked members of the Calcutta Khilafat Committee to explore…
