Kolkata: Screening of films at Inox in Metropolitan Mall at Hiland Park off EM Bypass stopped from Saturday as the fire licence did not get renewed due to lack of pressurisation in the stairs and exhaust system in the basement. Mall authorities said they have started work to comply with the fire norms.The multiplex that…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police arrested a man accused of sending a fake email to Bhowanipore police station claiming that a plot was being hatched to assassinate chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said on Saturday.The email, received by Bhowanipore police station at 10.45am on May 14, claimed that a woman was planning to kill the CM. It…
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would be probed.Addressing a public gathering in Diamond Harbour, Adhikari alleged that he possesses details of multiple…
Kolkata: Multiple Trinamool functionaries were arrested across districts on a string of charges ranging from cooperative bank fraud and extortion to demolishing a govt school building and a post-election firing on Saturday.In Malda’s Ratua, Bilaimari gram panchayat pradhan Smritikana Mandal and her husband Anil Mandal were arrested in connection with an alleged multi-lakh cooperative bank…
Kolkata: In a bid to improve connectivity in Bengal, state govt has cleared the transfer of seven key highway corridors to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), to allow development works on the stretches. The decision had been pending for almost a year due to…
Asansol: Fifteen people were arrested for ransacking a police outpost at Qureshi Mohalla in Asansol on Friday evening, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the police outpost are in police custody. Not only will they face prosecution, the cost of damaging public property will be realised from…
KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as the “remaining animals did not meet govt guidelines”.The newly elected state govt on Wednesday had issued…
Kolkata: Panchayat, rural development and animal resources minister Dilip Ghosh spent Saturday morning at the ‘bheris’ (pisciculture ponds) of Khasmahal in Bidhannagar, casting fishing nets and interacting with local residents and supporters.The minister joined a tea gathering before boarding a fishing boat. Supporters gathered along the banks, many recording the event on their phones, as…
KOLKATA: CM Suvendu Adhikari took his first political programme outside his own constituencies to Falta in South 24 Parganas on Saturday — squarely in Abhishek Banerjee‘s Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency — in a pointed move at a Trinamool stronghold days after he unseated former CM Mamata Banerjee from Bhowanipore.Falta goes for a repoll on May…
KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the meeting, Adhikari highlighted four categories, saying that alleged victims of political violence, police brutality, harassment against…
