The vendors being evicted around New Market area by the civic body and police Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari made it abundantly clear that “nobody has the right to encroach upon footpaths and roads,” referring to the area around New Market among the most encroached neighbourhoods in the city, police and civic officials…
Mala Roy Mala Roy Press meet at KMC Head office in kolkata —— Suparna Goswami Kolkata: One of Mamata Banerjee’s oldest confidantes and south Kolkata MP, Mala Roy, severed her ties with Trinamool Congress after resigning as the president of the Trinamool Mahila Congress on June 8, citing “personal reasons”.Following this, the Trinamool appointed Kaliganj…
Kolkata: Chairman of Ashoknagar-Kalyangarh Municipality in North 24 Parganas, Prabodh Sarkar, was arrested on Saturday on charges of allegedly burning several municipal records and crucial documents that had been stockpiled at his residence. Investigators suspect they were destroyed to conceal evidence related to the alleged misappropriation of municipal funds. The arrest comes amid an ongoing…
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches across eight premises linked to former minister and Trinamool neta Madan Mitra, including his residence at Bhowanipore and home and office in Kamarhati and Dakshineswar. The searches, ED sources said, are linked to alleged irregularities in municipal recruitments.On Saturday morning, a team of ED officers reached Mitra’s residences…
KOLKATA: Avijit Chatterjee, the son of Naihati Municipal Chairman Ashok Chatterjee, was arrested on Saturday on multiple charges, including attempted murder, rape, extortion, criminal intimidation, illegal possession of arms, and offences under the Arms Act and the Explosives Act.Earlier, he was produced before the Barrackpore Sub-Divisional Court on Friday.Tension flared outside the court premises as…
Kolkata: To commemorate World Environment Day 2026, the Durgapur Forest Division, in collaboration with the Wildlife Information and Nature Guide Society (WINGS), recently organized a stakeholder seminar on “Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Management in Industrial Landscapes of Paschim Bardhaman”.The seminar focused primarily on the conservation of the Indian striped hyena, a Schedule I species under…
KOLKATA: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the CID and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in three separate cases between Sunday and Tuesday, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, Banerjee has been asked to appear before the CID on Sunday in connection with the “signature gate” case involving alleged MLA signature forgery. Fellow…
KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar commissionerate has issued a third notice to TMC leader and former minister Arup Biswas in connection with the controversy surrounding the Lionel Messi “GOAT India Tour” event held at Salt Lake Stadium on December 13 last year, officials said on Saturday.According to police, Biswas has been directed to appear before Bidhannagar South…
Kunal Ghosh, Abhishek Banerjee summoned by CID to appear on June 14 KOLKATA: The CID issued a fresh summons to Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday, directing him to appear before investigators in the second half of June 14. Ghosh had earlier been questioned by the agency. Meanwhile, the CID team reached Abhishek Banerjee’s residence…
Probe into fire at S 24 Pgns administrative building in Alipore Kolkata: A preliminary report submitted to EC, suggesting that some EVMs could have been damaged in the fire at the New Administrative Building in Alipore, prompted the state to form a four-member SIT team on Friday. Several floors of the 10-storey building were ravaged…
