Kolkata: The city’s fleet of govt buses, which wore red during the Left Front regime and switched to blue-and-white after Trinamool Congress came to office, is now turning saffron with BJP at the helm.The shift in the colour code became evident last week, following the rollout of govt-run AC buses on AC-58 route, which connects…
Kolkata: Krishnadas Das, a 105-year-old retired policeman who was posted with the Constituent Assembly security in Delhi in 1946-47, can still recall Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s towering presence at the House and his frustration with the efforts to divide the country that eventually prompted his decision to move to Kashmir. The resident of Bolpur on Sunday…
A family out in the rain in Esplanade on Sunday afternoon photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The first big weather system formed over Bay of Bengal during this monsoon assumed the status of a depression on Sunday. While this system will cross the land through Odisha neighbouring coastal Bengal Met officials said parts of south…
Kolkata: A senior clerk working at the Kolkata Police East Division’s DCP office has allegedly embezzled over Rs 51 lakh from government funds in the past four years. Accused Pulakendu Ghosh, an upper division assistant (UDA), allegedly stole the money by generating fake bills and transferring the funds into the bank accounts of himself, his…
Academic Footprint Of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Kolkata: From the educational institutions where Syama Prasad Mookerjee studied to the institutes where he worked, all are buzzing with preparations to mark his 125th birth anniversary on Monday. Calcutta University has decided to digitise all the convocation addresses delivered during his four-year tenure as the vice-chancellor of the…
Legal troubles have deepened for Abhishek Banerjee over the ‘Sebashray’ and ‘Sebashray 2’ health camps, with a second FIR registered at Bishnupur Police Station after an earlier case at Diamond Harbour. Based on 16 complaints, the FIR names Banerjee as the principal accused, along with several TMC leaders and others, alleging irregularities in organising and…
Bengal panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh (file photo) Kharagpur: State panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh said on Sunday that panchayat representatives remaining absent from duties would be pelted with bricks if they continue to remain inactive, triggering a controversy.“I will be forced to do everything in my capacity if necessary. I will send police to their homes,…
Bidhannagar South police have issued a fresh summons to former minister Aroop Biswas, directing him to appear on Tuesday in the probe into alleged chaos and ticket irregularities during Lionel Messi’s visit. Biswas, questioned earlier after securing interim court protection, now faces renewed scrutiny over alleged security lapses and the diversion of 22,000 event tickets….
Kolkata: The SIT probing the extortion case against arrested Trinamool functionary Debraj Chakraborty is widening its investigation to trace the alleged money trail and determine whether the funds remained within a local syndicate or were routed to more influential beneficiaries, police sources said.Investigators said Chakraborty cooperated during questioning but evaded several crucial questions.The SIT is…
Kolkata: From the educational institutions where Syama Prasad Mookerjee studied to the institutes where he worked, all are buzzing with preparations to mark his 125th birth anniversary on Monday. Calcutta University has decided to digitise all the convocation addresses delivered during his four-year tenure as the vice-chancellor of the university.Mookerjee served as the vice-chancellor of…
