Kolkata: A resident of Kolkata is among the 17 sailors being held aboard an oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast more than a month ago. Tanviruzzaman (36), who works as a chef on the oil tanker Honour 25, has been in captivity since the vessel was seized by armed pirates near the…
Kolkata: A West Bengal CID team arrived at Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence on Saturday, serving him a notice to appear at the state CID headquarters in Bhawani Bhawan on Monday afternoon. This relates to an ongoing ‘fake signature’ row, where it has been alleged that the signatures of several TMC…
Kolkata: Vehicular traffic on Vidyasagar Setu will remain suspended on Sunday from 6 am to 2 pm to facilitate the replacement of stay cables and bearings, police said.A notification issued by the Kolkata Police commissioner Ajay Nand said the temporary closure was necessary to carry out maintenance work on the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge.The Hooghly…
Kolkata: Tobacco use was one of the principal triggers of cardiac diseases that now affect more people under 40 than ever before, said cardiologists on the eve of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday. One in every four heart attacks in Kolkata is suffered by people below 40, they said.This year’s theme for the day…
Former chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived at Apollo Hospital, where TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee is currently undergoing treatment KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited a hospital in Kolkata where her nephew and party national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is undergoing treatment following an attack in…
KOLKATA: After TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was allegedly beaten and pelted with stones and eggs during his visit to West Bengal’s Sonarpur to meet families of post-poll violence victims, he said the entire incident had been captured on camera and vowed to move court over the attack.“They wanted to kill me. The whole…
HOOGHLY: Abhijit Majumdar, who resigned as Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief, has alleged that the party has “lost its vision” and has “become a sectarian outfit, chasing Muslim vote banks instead of standing for all communities.”Majumdar, who submitted his resignation to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday, said he had been associated with the party…
Kolkata: Fearing drainage issues during monsoon due to stalling of day-to-day functioning of KMC and the deferment of 54th Corporation meeting after the change in political party in the state govt, KMC chairperson Mala Roy moved Calcutta High Court on Friday. The matter might be taken up for hearing on June 3.The matter was mentioned…
Eight people were killed, including two in Kolkata, after a severe squall with a top speed of 88 kmph and intense rain left a trail of destruction across south Bengal districts on Friday. KOLKATA: Eight people were killed, including two in Kolkata, after a severe squall with a top speed of 88 kmph and intense…
Place of occurrence at Chatla.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: One person was crushed by a heavy tree branch and another died when a chunk of concrete from a dilapidated building crashed on him while three others were seriously injured by uprooted trees in Friday afternoon’s storm, in which over 65 trees toppled and around 50 others…
