Kolkata: Following directives from CM Suvendu Adhikari to reopen cases linked to post-poll violence, Bengal Police has launched a statewide legal crackdown. As many as 458 new inquiries related to 2021 post-election violence have been started, 181 fresh FIRs registered, and 59 cases where final closure reports had already been submitted, have been reopened.Reviewing the…
Kolkata: A fairytale come true in Indian football — well, not quite like the usual type of a Leicester City of 2015-2016 there or an Aizawl FC of 2016-2017 season here. Diamond Harbour FC’s journey from the humble Bata stadium ground in Maheshtala — a part of greater Kolkata — to the summit of I-League…
Kolkata: Hypertension is a silent killer affecting one in every three adults, and often has no symptoms, warned doctors on World Hypertension Day on Sunday. There was a significant increase in the number of patients aged between 30 and 40 years suffering from hypertension, and a sizeable section of them is having cardiac issues, including…
Kolkata: RVNL completed the Orange Line’s Phase I bridging work at Chingrighata at 5am on Monday. The Ultadanga bound flank was opened to traffic at 5.30am, well before the scheduled 8am.Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), the implementing agency of the Orange Line project, was finally allowed traffic block to close the Ultadanga-bound flank of the…
Kolkata: The Association of Hospitals of Eastern India is set to convene an internal meeting and firm up a proposal for a gradual integration of Swasthya Sathi with Ayushman Bharat. A ‘happy integration’ of the two schemes would be ideal, said Rupak Barua, president of the association and CEO of Woodlands Hospital. “A partial integration…
Kolkata: Attacks on cops during protests — especially stone-pelting of the kind witnessed in Kashmir earlier — will not be tolerated in Bengal, CM Suvendu Adhikari said in Park Circus on Monday. The comment came a day after six cops and two CAPF men were injured in violence at Park Circus during a protest against…
Kolkata: Muslim religious figures and community intellectuals on Monday appealed to people to stay away from street protests and avoid confrontation with govt after violence and injuries during a Park Circus gathering on Sunday.The appeals came after clashes broke out during an unauthorised protest linked to partial demolition of two buildings in Tiljala that authorities…
Kolkata: Thousands of commuters using Howrah and Sealdah stations experienced obstacles and hassle-free movement inside and outside the stations during peak hours on Monday, about 48 hours after anti-encroachment drives that saw removal of about 500 hawkers encroaching on public space with their wares for a long time.The drives were initiated on Friday night and…
KOLKATA: Police have arrested the son of “absconding” TMC MLA Dilip Mondal, along with five others, for allegedly possessing firearms in West Bengal’s Bakkhali-Fraserganj area, a senior officer said on Monday.A joint team of the West Bengal Police and Diamond Harbour district police apprehended them late on Sunday, the officer said.“Arghya Mondal and the others…
Kolkata: Evicted families of G J Khan Road in Tiljala feel that clashing with or pelting stones at cops to drive away bulldozers to stop demolition is not the way-out, rather they want the administration to help them with a shelter.Two days ago, a protest by locals had forced the pushback of a bulldozer used…
