An early morning drizzling in Esplanade… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: The city and most other parts of south Bengal are set to receive moderate to heavy rain over the next two days under the impact of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bengal-north Odisha coasts. An associated cyclonic circulation extended up to…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old woman, Reshmi Das, was arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Amit Das, after a quarrel as he failed to bring momos and skipped a visit to an Ulto Rath fair in north Kolkata’s Chitpore area on Saturday. According to a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother, Reshmi kicked and punched Amit on…
Cancer survivors being felicitated at the meet in Kolkata on Saturday Kolkata: Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), New Town, organised an interactive meet of cancer survivors, patients and caregivers on Saturday, where doctors and recovered patients stressed early detection, timely treatment, positivity and family support in fighting the disease.The event brought together survivors and medical…
Kolkata: Hundreds across Kolkata have been left with red, swollen and sticky eyes, thanks to a twin outbreak of viral conjunctivitis and seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.Triggered by a swelling of the conjunctiva gland of the eye, it is highly contagious and has made many rush to doctors and hospital OPDs for treatment. This time, the outbreak…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Saturday granted interim protection from eviction to alleged occupiers of railway land at Belgharia station till Aug 31.As the eviction drive was supposed to take place at 11 pm on Saturday, an urgent hearing was conducted before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya’s bench.Since it was submitted by the petitioners that hearing on…
Kolkata: Bidhannagar Police has booked a former driver for alleged sextortion, voyeurism, and criminal intimidation after he allegedly morphed and circulated photographs of his employer’s wife, a resident of Kestopur, to her family members and friends.The accused has been identified as Amit Kumar Ray. After a complaint at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station, lodged by…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police personnel, including IPS officer Koteswar Rao, for “misusing” powers and “hurting faith” of people in different incidents during the previous govt.The suspended police officers are linked to different incidents including the police firing at Rajbanshi youth Mrityunjay Burman at Kaliaganj, the controversial…
Kolkata: Two men from Haryana were arrested by Kolkata Police for allegedly defrauding an elderly Kolkata woman of Rs 3.7 crore in a digital arrest scam by posing as police officers two years ago.The accused, identified as Deepak Tewatia and Akhil Bansiyal, were produced before the Bankshall court on Saturday. The court has sent them…
Kolkata: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it doubled down on Friday’s protest march in the city against the Centre for repeated paper leaks and other grievances.Seventy people — none of them students —…
Kolkata: CPM on Saturday distanced itself from attacks on journalists at the rally organised in Kolkata on Friday. “Left student groups were not involved in attacks on mediapersons,” CPM functionary Sujan Chakraborty said.He added that Left groups instead had condemned the attacks and had visited the injured journalists in hospitals.Congress, which too had condemned the…
