Kolkata: Former KMC MMiC Tarak Singh’s son filed an FIR after Singh’s car was attacked outside Behala Police Station on Wednesday. The complaint alleges unidentified people hurled eggs, bricks, mud and stones, damaging the vehicle and injuring Singh. Police dispersed the crowd and are examining CCTV footage. tnn Source link
Kolkata: Armed with eggs, a group of people protested outside former Rajarhat-New Town MLA Tapas Chatterjee’s home on Friday, shouting “chor, chor” as he prepared to join rebel TMC neta Ritabrata Banerjee’s camp. Police cleared the protesters, after which Chatterjee left for the Assembly and joined the camp. tnnhat. An hour later, he entered the…
Mangled remains of the pool car that met with the accident Behrampore: Four schoolchildren aged between seven and nine were killed when a passenger train rammed a pool car ferrying seven students at the Gobindapur railway gate near Karnasubarna station in Murshidabad on Friday morning. A 65-year-old cyclist, too, died on being knocked down by…
College admission cheating Kolkata: A 28-year-old youth, Gaurav Choubey, was arrested for allegedly cheating college aspirants by promising them admission to Maharaja Srischandra College.Choubey, a resident of Gopal Chandra Bose Lane in Sinthee, was picked up following a complaint by an 18-year-old girl from Shyampukur, who claimed he took money and original academic documents from…
Cellphone curbs in schools Kolkata: The Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Friday issued a notice to the heads of affiliated schools, asking them to restrict students from bringing mobile phones to classrooms.The notice, signed by council president Mosiur Rahaman Sardar, stated, “Students may be advised not to bring or use mobile phones during…
Adhikari at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Shyam Steel plant at Mejia on Friday Bankura: Bengal govt’s upcoming incentive policy for industry will be linked to the quantum of employment generated by an industrial unit, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.“Incentives will depend on how many jobs a unit creates. We want…
Kolkata: The ED on Friday filed its second supplementary charge sheet against Sona Pappu in the land grab and money laundering case it is probing, accusing him of embezzling around Rs 38 crore.In the nearly 100-page charge sheet, the agency has listed around 200 witnesses. Apart from Pappu, former DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas and businessman…
Kolkata: Patients across age groups have been showing symptoms of ‘shock to the respiratory defence system’ this monsoon, a condition triggered by frequent changes in ambient temperature due to the fickle weather and long periods in air-conditioned rooms. These have combined to weaken the immune system of a significant number of Kolkatans, say physicians.As a…
Kolkata: Traders in New Market and Chowringhee are upset over the growing encroachment by hawkers on roads in these areas, not only blocking traffic but also affecting their buisness.“We fail to understand why the KMC and police are silent on the issue when the chief minister spoke against encroachments around New Market. We will wait…
Kolkata: The Self-Help Groups (SHGs) working in the mid-day meal scheme in Bengal schools will be placed under Iskcon, the Bengal govt said in a notification on Friday. It, however, did not offer any clarity on whether eggs will be provided in the mid-day meals.The notification issued by the state project director, Pradhan Mantri Poshan…
