Totos compete with buses, choke roads Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Department has drawn up a plan to realign the operation of toto, or e-rickshaw, services across urban local bodies (ULBs), restricting them primarily to last-mile connectivity and keeping them off major roads and highways. The move is aimed at easing congestion and strengthening the…
Banabitan bio-diversity park in Salt Lake Kolkata: The daily entry fee of Rs 10 for morning walkers from 5 am to 7 am at Banabitan bio-diversity park in Salt Lake has been waived. The green projects wing under West Bengal Forest Development Corporation issued a public notice, announcing the waiver coming into effect from Sunday.“It…
Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman was molested at a night club on Park Street in the early hours of Sunday. A venue employee was also involved in allegedly assaulting the woman’s fiance when the latter tried to intervene, the woman claimed.According to cops, the incident took place at around 3 am when the woman was preparing…
The woman, Puja Biswas, with the firearms and ammunition Kolkata: A 38-year-old woman was arrested and CID found her handbag packed with pistols, ammunition and cash in Ashoknagar on Sunday, exposing what investigators suspect could be an interstate arms trafficking network.“Dressed in a salwar-kameez with her head covered by a scarf, the woman appeared to…
Kolkata: A 40-year-old woman was arrested for leading a robbery in which the victim had been tied up at her own house. Cops have recovered the stolen gold jewellery worth lakhs within days of the robbery in the Rajabagan area.Accused Sultana Begum, alias Rosy, is a resident of SA Farooque Road. According to cops, the…
Kolkata: A man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a customer to steal gemstones worth nearly Rs 5 lakh from a jewelry shop in Behala on Thursday. The accused, 40-year-old Prabhat Debnath, was tracked down to his residence in Durgapur within 24 hours of committing the crime.According to cops, the jewellery store was inaugurated…
Kolkata: Considering the advanced stage of pregnancy and “the availability of obstetric facilities in jail”, Calcutta High Court on July 16 granted interim bail to a Mominpur woman arrested for possession of drugs worth Rs 63 crore till Sept 21 as she is expected to deliver the baby on Aug 13.Shaista Khan was arrested on…
Union home minister Amit Shah, CM Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state chief Samik Bhattacharya at an event to lay foundation stone for an Amul plant Kolkata: Gujarat will keep bringing investments to Bengal, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday while virtually laying the foundation stone for Amul’s Rs 700-crore integrated dairy complex. The…
Kolkata: A 19-year-old youth and his friend were allegedly ambushed, abducted, and tortured by a group of men over a grudge in the early hours of Friday, before being stripped and filmed. The victim, a resident of Kabi Tirtha Sarani in Kidderpore, filed a formal complaint with Hastings Police detailing a midnight ordeal that also…
Proposals discussed at Shah’s meeting Kolkata: Bengal can become the first state to have a Special Investigation Agency (SIA) modelled on National Investigation Agency (NIA). The proposal was among several discussed at a law-and-order review meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah and attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari, along with senior officials from the…
