Kolkata: Refusing to “brush aside” the testimony of a man who, as a 7-year-old, witnessed his father, uncles and aunts poison and kill his mother in 2006, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday reversed the acquittal of the Diamond Harbour man and his four relatives after nine years, and sentenced them to 24 years in…
Central forces and Bidhannagar police deployed in Bankra in Friday Kolkata: A planned protest against the suspension of congregational prayers at the 136-year-old mosque inside Kolkata airport fizzled out on Friday after a massive deployment of police and central forces prevented supporters of the Bankra mosque committee from assembling near the airport, prompting the protesters…
Kolkata: A Haridevpur resident, Dipojjwal Maity (36), died after a heat goods vehicle hit his bike near the Taratala flyover on Thursday. His pillion rider, Suman Haldar, was admitted to Vidyasagar Hospital with injuries. Both had their helmets on, police said. Another biker, Suman Pal, and pillion rider Sushmita Banik were injured after being hit…
Cops take Barun Biswas out of the New Town apartment Kolkata: A BJP functionary accused of extortion got “egg therapy” on Thursday after police arrested him for allegedly occupying a rented apartment in a premium New Town housing complex without paying rent and intimidating its elderly owner for years. As officers escorted him out, angry…
Kolkata: Former KMC MMiC Tarak Singh’s son filed an FIR after Singh’s car was attacked outside Behala Police Station on Wednesday. The complaint alleges unidentified people hurled eggs, bricks, mud and stones, damaging the vehicle and injuring Singh. Police dispersed the crowd and are examining CCTV footage. tnn Source link
Kolkata: Armed with eggs, a group of people protested outside former Rajarhat-New Town MLA Tapas Chatterjee’s home on Friday, shouting “chor, chor” as he prepared to join rebel TMC neta Ritabrata Banerjee’s camp. Police cleared the protesters, after which Chatterjee left for the Assembly and joined the camp. tnnhat. An hour later, he entered the…
Mangled remains of the pool car that met with the accident Behrampore: Four schoolchildren aged between seven and nine were killed when a passenger train rammed a pool car ferrying seven students at the Gobindapur railway gate near Karnasubarna station in Murshidabad on Friday morning. A 65-year-old cyclist, too, died on being knocked down by…
College admission cheating Kolkata: A 28-year-old youth, Gaurav Choubey, was arrested for allegedly cheating college aspirants by promising them admission to Maharaja Srischandra College.Choubey, a resident of Gopal Chandra Bose Lane in Sinthee, was picked up following a complaint by an 18-year-old girl from Shyampukur, who claimed he took money and original academic documents from…
Cellphone curbs in schools Kolkata: The Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Friday issued a notice to the heads of affiliated schools, asking them to restrict students from bringing mobile phones to classrooms.The notice, signed by council president Mosiur Rahaman Sardar, stated, “Students may be advised not to bring or use mobile phones during…
Adhikari at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Shyam Steel plant at Mejia on Friday Bankura: Bengal govt’s upcoming incentive policy for industry will be linked to the quantum of employment generated by an industrial unit, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.“Incentives will depend on how many jobs a unit creates. We want…
