Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri is set to get a university, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at a party meeting in Maynaguri on Monday. He added that a new MIC (minister in charge) will be inducted into his cabinet from Jalpaiguri shortly.A plan to upgrade North Bengal University’s (NBU) second campus near Jalpaiguri Govt Engineering College was long…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari inaugurated the new flyover bridge on Burdwan Road in Siliguri on Monday Siliguri: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday blamed the previous state govt’s “confrontation” with Centre for delays in completing Siliguri’s Bardhaman Road flyover-cum-rail overbridge, saying North Bengal’s infrastructure suffered for years because of political conflict.Inaugurating the Rs 70 crore…
14 vandals arrested and produced to Bankshal Court Kolkata: Condemning the arrests made following the protest march over the alleged NEET paper leak in Kolkata on Friday, Bengal’s left student bodies and the Cockroach Janta Party demanded “all false cases against students and protesters be dropped”.Eight left organisations — AISA, AIDSO, AISB, AISF, DYSA, SFI,…
Durgapur: A Chhattisgarh man, suspected of being part of an alleged fake passport and illegal immigration racket, was arrested by NIA in Durgapur on Monday.On Monday morning, a six-member NIA team searched houses at New Steel Park and picked up the suspect Golam Jama from a building he had been staying on rent. NIA was…
Agartala: Tripura CPM has expressed dissatisfaction with the Special Investigation Team formed by the state govt to probe the death of former DGP Anurag Dhankar. On Monday, leader of opposition Jitendra Chaudhury and eight CPM MLAs met governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu and submitted a memorandum, citing doubts raised by Dhankar’s family and some officials about…
Nationally, Myntra has 16,000 sellers and offers around 25,000 brands Kolkata: Myntra is planning to onboard 400-plus more sellers from Bengal before Durga Puja. The lifestyle and fashion portal generally witnesses a 50% spike in sales during Pujas. Bedanta Dutta, senior director, marketplace of Myntra, said there was a lot of demand for products from…
Agartala: Leader of the opposition and CPM Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Sunday announced that his party would launch statewide agitations, alleging deteriorating law and order, the condition of national highways, unemployment and price rise.Announcing the party’s programme, Chaudhury said farmers’ and labour organisations would organise their first protest through “Jail Bharo” march in…
14 vandals arrested and produced to Bankshal Court… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: The anti-gang law, which allows for a pre-trial auction of properties seized from persons suspected of rioting and vandalism, faced its first legal challenge on Sunday. Following the arrest of 14 individuals, police invoked sections 9 and 15A of The West Bengal Maintenance of…
Law student Debabrata Adhikari during the protest on Friday Debabrata Adhikari, member of Calcutta Cockroach Movement Kolkata: The cockroach controversy pinched an actor, a life science student, a law student and a businessman to come together as ‘fellow cockroaches’ to protest against the NEET exam paper leak and seek resignation of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The…
Family memmbers of the 14 vandals produced to the Bankshal Court inconnection CPJ Student Protest chaos… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: There is no place for vandalism and attack on cops and journalists, said the kin of the arrested who gathered at the Bankshall Court on Sunday and insisted that they will stop providing any support to…
