Kalyan Banerjee, Kunal Ghosh, Rajeev Kumar KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police has withdrawn or downgraded security cover for two former DGPs, Trinamool Congress MPs, former ministers and other VIPs, officials said on Monday. Ten VIPs have their names on the security-downgrade list.In an email issued by joint commissioner of police (headquarters) Sudeep Sarkar, senior officers were…
KOLKATA: Newly elected BJP MLA Rekha Patra has triggered a political controversy after she was seen intercepting a vehicle carrying cattle in Hingalganj and allegedly suggesting that those transporting cows should produce a “birth certificate”.On the alleged illegal transportation of cattle, Patra said, “Our government has issued a guideline stating that cattle below 14 years…
Kolkata: To mark International Museum Day on May 18, the two premier national museums — Indian Museum and Victoria Memorial Hall — will unveil a treasure trove of rare manuscripts and artefacts, many on display for the first time. Accompanied by multidisciplinary performances, the dual-site exhibitions are designed to showcase India’s civilisational identity, mythology and…
Kolkata: Amid a growing unease ahead of the festival of Bakrid, also known as Eid al-Adha, set to be observed in the last week of May, Muslim intellectuals and religious figures across Kolkata have urged the community to follow all legal guidelines on animal sacrifice after the newly elected BJP govt in Bengal reiterated existing…
KOLKATA: More than 150 illegal stalls outside Howrah station were razed and close to 200 vendors evicted in a drive launched late on Saturday. A similar action at Sealdah station, which started on Friday night and continued on Saturday as well, saw the removal of around 300 hawkers.In Howrah, payloaders removed structures that encroached on…
Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat. KOLKATA: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance…
KOLKATA: Electric vehicles (EVs) have outpaced traditional diesel-powered vehicles in Kolkata.Nowhere is this green dominance more definitive than at Public Vehicles Department (PVD) in Beltala, Kolkata’s largest vehicle registration hub, which has witnessed a steady decline in the enrolment of diesel vehicles.The trend coincides with the central govt’s clean energy push. The issue acquired more…
KOLKATA: Ten cops and CAPF men were injured, three of them seriously, at the Park Circus seven-point crossing when stones and bricks were hurled at them during a protest against “the bulldozer action in Tiljala” on Sunday afternoon.Police said 21 persons were arrested and 25 detained. Flag marches and raids continued across Park Circus till…
Kolkata: A man, Dilip Mondal, was arrested for allegedly running an illegal gas refilling and storage racket in South 24 Parganas’ Uttarbhag on Sunday. Cops have seized 177 LPG cylinders from him.Acting on a tip-off, officers of the district enforcement branch, along with Baruipur police, conducted a raid in the Kamra area along the Champahati-Uttarbhag…
Kolkata: A senior doctor attached to a prominent south Kolkata hospital was defrauded of nearly Rs 7.8 lakh in a banking scam. He alleged that several colleagues have been defrauded too, the total amounting close to Rs 14 lakh.According to the FIR, the crooks apparently blocked the victim’s mobile banking alerts before executing the crime….
