Kolkata: Calcutta High Court has assigned the R G Kar rape-murder case to a special bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar and Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, making it the fourth bench to be assigned to hear the case.Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the division bench of justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Rai Chattopadhyay recused from the case, citing…
KOLKATA: A man was arrested from Kolkata’s Garden Reach area for allegedly sending an email to police threatening a suicide bomb attack on West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari “with the help of terror outfit Al Qaeda,” a senior officer said on Saturday.The accused, identified as 27-year-old Hasnain Iqbal, was arrested following a joint operation…
KOLKATA: The CBI conducted searches at multiple locations on Saturday in connection with the murder of Chandrakant Rath, an aide to West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said.The searches began late Friday night and continued into the early hours of Saturday, they added.The agency recently took over the investigation into Rath’s murder from the…
Kolkata: Traffic cops have put in place an elaborate traffic management plan to prevent major congestion during the RVNL work to bridge a 366-metre gap at Chingrighata Crossing. The work will be carried out in two phases — from 8 pm on May 15 to 8 am on May 18, and again from 8 pm…
Kolkata: After a decade of conducting admissions through the West Bengal JEE board, Presidency University will return to its own undergraduate admission process this year, with the application portal opening on Monday and forms to be accepted till June 1.Of the 17 departments, six — chemistry, statistics, life sciences, economics, history and political science —…
Kolkata: Kolkata’s real estate market is staring at fresh time and cost escalations as the war in West Asia disrupts supplies of construction materials, delays project execution and pushes up apartment prices. A letter from CREDAI West Bengal to chief secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking extension of project timelines because of material shortages, has highlighted…
Kolkata: After standing idle since Feb 2, 2025 next to Chingrighata crossing, the 500MT launcher moved for the first time to start placing a 28m concrete segment at 7.55pm on Friday. It moved 5m by 8.10pm.Elaborate traffic arrangements were made at the busy EM Bypass intersection as Ultadanga bound cars moved along the new road…
Kolkata: The revision in fuel prices might hit Kolkata’s public transport sector hard. Following international market volatility and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the price of diesel has crossed Rs 95 per litre mark. While economists said that central interventions managed to prevent a worse price shock, the Rs 3 hike has pushed…
Kolkata: The newly elected Bengal govt will use the voters’ list created out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls to prune names of deceased or relocated individuals whose names continue to feature as beneficiaries of state govt schemes.Directions to the effect have been issued to DMs who…
ASANSOL: Tension flared in Asansol after a group of people attacked a police outpost at Naya Mohallah accusing cops of trying to stop Friday night prayers. Police and central forces resorted to lathicharge and are conducting marches in the area. Several people have been detained.According to Asansol North MLA Krishnendu Mukherjee, police from the outpost…
