Krishnanagar (Nadia): Former state minister Ujjal Biswas was arrested on Tuesday evening after police registered a case over allegations that tarpaulins meant for public distribution had been illegally stocked at his residence and were being diverted elsewhere. The arrest came hours after angry protesters stormed his Krishnanagar home, pelted him with eggs and demanded action.Police…
Suruchi sangha club ground…..Debobrata Shome Kolkata: After filing a police complaint alleging Suruchi Sangha has encroached upon a 23-cottah land in New Alipore, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has sought assistance from the KMC assessment department to reclaim the plot. The current market value of the land is around Rs 27 crore-Rs 30…
Kolkata: Cybercrime syndicates targeted the city’s senior citizens over the week, collectively swindling them of over Rs 56.6 lakh in two separate incidents of investment and pension fraud, police said on Tuesday.In the first incident, a 65-year-old resident of Anandapur was duped of Rs 54 lakh after being lured into a fraudulent stock trading scheme….
Kolkata: To clear the backlog of passport applications, the regional passport office (RPO) in Kolkata announced a ‘Passport Mela’ to be held on Saturday.The single-day drive will be organised at the Passport Seva Kendra in Anandpur, where 2,000-odd appointments are likely to be processed.An official said slots must be booked ahead of time and appointments…
Kolkata: A Trinamool functionary from Barrackpore, who went into hiding in Jammu & Kashmir, was arrested by the detective wing of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate on Tuesday in connection with multiple cases, including extortion and criminal intimidation. The accused is being brought to Barrackpore on a three-day transit remand.According to police sources, the arrested leader…
KRISHNANAGAR: Former West Bengal minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Ujjal Biswas was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with an alleged case of misappropriation of government tarpaulins in Nadia district.The arrest came just hours after Biswas was heckled by protesters outside his residence amid allegations related to the same issue.Police said the former correctional…
Kolkata: “Is there any right of the encroacher to be rehabilitated and then evicted?” Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned the encroachers adjacent to the Konnagar railway station, who approached HC against the railway’s eviction notice. The HC directed the authorities not to evict them on Tuesday as the case would be heard again on…
another KMC councillor held Kolkata: Sushmita Bhattacharya Chatterjee, councillor of KMC ward 63 and borough VII chairperson, and her husband, Salil Chatterjee, an insurance agent, have been arrested on charges of extorting from a senior citizen in Watgunge.“Allegations include extortion, threat and cheating of around Rs 30 lakh from an elderly person,” said a senior…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday skipped the state CID’s third summons in the alleged signature forgery case, citing prior engagements in Delhi. Earlier, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had directed Abhishek to appear before it by 5 pm on Tuesday, stating that there was little ground…
KOLKATA: In a bitter twist of fate for Anik Dutta’s controversially “banned” film, ‘Bhobisyoter Bhoot’ (BB), a planned tribute screening at Kolkata’s Nandan screening complex has been abruptly cancelled.’Repeated calls from TOI to Nandan CEO went unanswered. On June 3, the film’s producer, Kalyanmoy Chatterjee, had announced on social media that the movie would run…
