Howrah: BJP MLA from Amta, Amit Samanta, lodged an FIR at the local police station, alleging that miscreants were extorting money from residents and business owners by using his name. Police have arrested four people so far.“Based on the MLA’s complaint, we have arrested four individuals. We suspect a larger racket is at work behind…
Kolkata: Sinthi PS officer-in-charge Chameli Mukherjee was removed from the post within 48 hours of her appointment, with Kolkata Police replacing her with Shrinkhala Sharma, the OC of Amherst Street Women’s PS. Mukherjee will now be the Amherst Street Women’s PS OC. This comes barely two days after KP commissioner Ajay Nanda issued transfer orders…
Marquis Street, which is known as ‘mini Bangladesh’, in Kolkata Kolkata: Kolkata’s ‘mini Bangladesh’ is preparing to bounce back to life, with traders, restaurateurs and hoteliers preparing to reopen businesses and restore full services after India’s official resumption of the process for tourist visas for Bangladeshi citizens.Across Marquis Street, Sudder Street, Free School Street, Collin…
Kolkata: A Salt Lake court on Saturday remanded a 27-year-old man to six days of police custody, a day after his arrest for allegedly raping his six-year-old cousin for nearly a year at their Lake Town residence.The horrific ordeal came to light during a medical check-up at RG Kar Medical College, where the class 2…
Urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul Asansol: Three govt officials were served show-cause notices on Saturday over alleged administrative irregularities in the controversial eviction drive at Asansol market, as urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul moved to defuse unrest.The Asansol Municipal Corporation, assisted by the police, removed several shops from the…
Durgapur: A 26-year-old contractual worker died in an accident at Durgapur Steel Plant’s blast furnace department on Friday night during maintenance work.West Burdwan’s Sk Sahidul was working alone on Friday night when an accident took place around 11pm. Workers suspect a guardrail broke while he was working, causing Sahidul to fall into a ladle of…
Shantanu Sinha Biwsas’s house at Fern Road Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a chargesheet against former Kolkata Police DC Shantanu Sinha Biswas in a land-grabbing case. The agency alleged that the former Kalighat police station OC had embezzled Rs 3 crore in the scam.Sinha Biswas’s name surfaced in the land-grabbing case after the…
Kolkata: Birbhum strongman Anubrata Mondal, one of Mamata Banerjee’s close confidants, may join the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel camp, MLAs of the camp indicated on Friday.“I have spoken to Mondal at least 30 times since May 4,” Ritabrata said while speaking to reporters on day one of the bloc’s national working committee meeting at a private…
Kolkata: Brazil’s round-of-16 exit from the Fifa World Cup after defeat to Norway left supporters crestfallen, but in Kolkata’s football-mad neighbourhoods, mourning did not last long. The city’s Brazil faithful have found new teams to back — or, more precisely, teams to cheer for against Argentina.The shift was clear during Tuesday’s Argentina-Egypt thriller in Kalighat’s…
Waterlogging on VIP Road disrupted travel plans for flyers Kolkata: Heavy overnight rain and waterlogging on the airport access roads brought air travel in and out of Kolkata to a crawl on Friday, delaying multiple flights, disrupting airline schedules, and leaving thousands of passengers stranded on flooded roads and at the airport. Though no flight…
