Malda: In a case of alleged fratricide, two BSF jawans were shot dead and another sustained bullet injuries after a colleague opened fire following an argument at a battalion camp in Malda’s Baishnabnagar on Thursday afternoon.According to preliminary details, Shivam Mishra, a jawan belonging to the 119th Battalion and hailing from Chhattisgarh, opened fire on…
Kolkata: Centre on Thursday approved a six-month extension for Bengal chief secretary Manoj Agarwal. Agarwal was scheduled to retire on July 31.His extension will be effective from Aug 1 to Jan 31, 2027, according to an order by the Centre’s department of personnel and training.The Bengal govt had sent a proposal seeking an extension for…
Kolkata: With rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee recognised as LoP in the Bengal assembly, the post of chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is now set to be allotted to a member of the dissident camp.The frontrunners for the post of one of the assembly’s most influential oversight panels are Ratua MLA Samar Mukhopadhyay and…
File photo of a duty-free shop at Kolkata airport Kolkata: Facing criticism from flyers over the lack of duty-free shopping and foreign exchange facilities, the Kolkata airport authorities have asked the new duty-free operator to open at least one store in the departure area by next month. They have also floated a fresh tender with…
Kolkata: A fresh complaint in the 2012 murder case of anti-rape crusader and schoolteacher Barun Biswas has named former CM Mamata Banerjee as an alleged conspirator. The complaint was filed by Nandadulal Das, one of Barun’s closest associates in the movement against rapes in Sutia, North 24 Parganas.In a letter to Bongaon SP Bidisha Kalita…
Kolkata: TMC MLA Madan Mitra’s elder son, Swarup Mitra, appeared before the ED at its CGO Complex office on Thursday in connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam. His younger brother, Shubharup Mitra, was questioned by the central agency for nearly nine hours on Wednesday.The ED has also summoned Mitra’s wife, Archana Mitra, in connection…
Kolkata: ITC chairperson Sanjiv Puri said the company aspires to become India’s number one FMCG player, telling shareholders at the annual general meeting that its non-tobacco FMCG business has already crossed Rs 24,000 crore in revenue.The milestone makes it the second-largest FMCG company by revenue after Hindustan Unilever, ahead of Nestle (Rs 23,200 crore in…
Kolkata: ITC is recalibrating its cigarette portfolio to cushion the impact of higher taxes, chairperson Sanjiv Puri said on Friday, attributing the company’s recent share-price weakness largely to increased taxation on cigarettes.Responding to shareholders at the AGM, Puri said ITC had adopted calibrated price hikes to minimise loss of market share to the illicit trade….
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari met victims’ families after a tragic accident. He directed police to expedite the investigation and seek capital punishment for the arrested gateman. KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday directed the police to expedite the investigation into the Murshidabad level crossing accident that claimed five lives.He said…
No arrests have been made yet Kolkata: A BJP worker and a resident of Purba Rajapur, Mangal Haldar (30), was allegedly assaulted alongside his family members by alleged Trinamool Congress workers on July 15. Two persons were detained for interrogation. Haldar stated that a group of miscreants—Ranjit Mondal (alias Rana), Subhash Shikari, Prabir Shikari, Surajit…
