Kolkata: A 39-year-old homemaker, mother to a nine -year-old autistic child, has alleged that she has been subjected to constant stalking, verbal abuse and threats by a neighbour and his associates every time she tries to take her child out for his counselling and therapy sessions.The Beliaghata Police has registered a case even though no…
Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police is asking civic agencies, mainly KMC and PWD, to repair severely damaged roads in added areas of the city before Durga Puja.Police say work has started in some places, but several stretches in the Port area, Behala and Jadavpur divisions are still dangerous. Traffic guard officers have started making a list…
Police have charged three suspects with gang-rape, murder, and destruction of evidence. One suspect was lynched by a mob while another escaped custody. KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when…
Kolkata: Senior police officers in Bengal have stepped in to solve a major problem affecting the state’s biggest festival, Durga Puja. They have ordered all police stations to ensure that trucks carrying clay to Kumartuli are not stopped or harassed.This weekend, the state’s top police officer, under directions from director general of police Siddhinath Gupta,…
Kolkata: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India) has sent an urgent appeal to the West Bengal chief minister, urging the govt to replace horse-drawn tourist carriages used for joyrides around Kolkata’s Maidan and Victoria Memorial with heritage-style electric carriages after three new horse-cruelty FIRs and the recent death of Indian tourist…
Cops and central forces in Baruipur Kolkata: The state police headquarters has started a probe into the allegations of lapses by police while investigating the rape and murder of the Baruipur minor.CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday that accountability would extend to the police if lapses were found during the investigation. “If, after the missing…
Darjeeling: With frequent landslides, traffic jams and sudden closures on National Highway-10 during monsoon, the Kalimpong District Police on Monday launched an app, ‘NH10 Status’, for commuters and tourists to get real-time updates on the crucial route linking Siliguri with Sikkim, and the Darjeeling road network at Teesta Bazaar. The app offers live information on…
Kolkata: A survey conducted by the higher education department across govt and govt-aided colleges to find out how many have installed biometric attendance systems revealed that around 50% of them have already set the system up on their own initiative. The development comes immediately after some BJP MLAs visited Bikash Bhavan and raised the issue…
Kolkata: The state govt has extended the suspension of three senior police officers, including former commissioner Vineet Goyal, by another 120 days. The three officers are being investigated for their roles in handling the rape-murder case of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024.The other two suspended officers are former DC…
Kolkata: Govt-run high and higher secondary schools across the state are facing a “fresh manpower crunch” after the appointment of headmasters/headmistress and teachers as census enumerators and supervisors, according to school authorities. The heads of these govt schools and senior teachers are seeking exemption from census duty, citing that many teachers from their institutions are…
