Calcutta High Court on Friday denied urgent hearing to CPM neta Lahek Ali’s plea seeking protection against an FIR filed against him for allegedly inciting violence over Baruipur rape-murder case. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya told Ali’s counsel to file the case in a regular course and it would come up for hearing in presentation form. His…
Kolkata: Amiruddin (alias Bobby), a former Kolkata Municipal Corporation member and ex-mayor-in-council, was allegedly attacked with deadly weapons while he was walking home along with an associate, Md Fahim, on Wednesday night. While Amiruddin escaped unhurt, Fahim sustained injuries and had to be hospitalised with the help of locals.According to a complaint filed by Fahim,…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to inaugurate a police outpost at Surjapur near Baruipur on Saturday, four days after he had announced its launch after meeting the kin of a minor who was allegedly raped and murdered. The CM is also slated to meet the family of lynching victim Indrajit Mondal in the…
Kolkata: Storage battery major Exide Industries is likely to invest Rs 1,400 crore more in the first phase its Bengaluru-based lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant in the current fiscal, MD and CEO Avik Roy said after the company’s annual general meeting on Friday. The first phase, with a capacity of 6 GWh, has already attracted over…
Agartala: Tripura has secured investment pledges worth Rs 1.21 lakh crore after finalizing 342 MoUs at the Tripura Destination Business Conclave 2026, which concluded on Friday.Industries and commerce secretary Kiran Gitte said the event reflects the state govt’s ongoing initiatives to draw both domestic and international investors from 45 entities.Over 2,000 investors and delegates from…
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed parts of West Bengal on Friday as IMD has forecast more showers across the state over the next few days.Cooch Behar recorded the state’s highest rainfall at 143 mm in the 24 hours ending Friday morning.Commuters in Kolkata, including schoolchildren and office-goers, struggled to navigate rain-soaked roads as showers continued through…
Kolkata: More than 36,000 students registered for the first round of counselling for engineering, technology and architecture courses (except pharmacy) being conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) this year, marking a 34.3% rise from last year’s 27,135 registrations, shared chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on X.One of the primary reasons for the…
Baruipur: The number of people picked up for arson, vandalism and violence reached 32 on Thursday. About 12 were detained between Wednesday night and Thursday while 20 others had been picked up by the police earlier.The detainees are mostly from Surjapur Haat, a residential area off Kulpi Road, as well as Surjapur and Alipore villages…
Kolkata: Bengal’s Panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh, who had earlier said “absconding panchayat members” will be treated with “stone therapy”, said on Thursday that people would now treat intellectuals and “communists” with “egg therapy”. Ghosh labelled the intellectuals protesting against the encounter of Prabash Mondal “anti-socials”.On Thursday, Ghosh defended the police encounter of Mondal, and criticized…
Baruipur: Security deployment has been raised near the house of the Baruipur rape-murder victim in Surjapur Haat area from Wednesday night. On Thursday, a contingent of around 40 central force personnel was deployed on Kulpi Road as well as in the surrounding areas of the house where the girl’s father is staying alone. His wife…
