SSri Chaitanya Temple at Panihati Mahotsab Tala Ghat where the donation row errupted —— Amar Kar Sanjib ChakrabortyKolkata: A controversy has erupted in Panihati after allegations surfaced that the husband of the local MLA Ratna Debnath, who is also the father of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim, pressured the priest of a…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has directed all city police stations to begin advance security and crowd management planning for Durga Puja, with a focus on identifying potentially controversial pandal themes and preparing crowd circulation plans well before the festival.The instruction followed a virtual review meeting chaired by police commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand with officers-in charge and…
Mahua Moitra held a Trinamool flag as she recorded a video of the attack on her Kolkata: Eggs were thrown at Mahua Moitra and the TMC MP was effectively held hostage for nearly four hours by alleged BJP supporters inside a Trinamool Congress party office in Nadia’s Kaliganj on Wednesday. The Krishnanagar lawmaker claimed cops…
Kolkata: Former Bidhannagar councillor Debraj Chakraborty, once among the closest aides of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested by the West Bengal STF in Purulia on Wednesday evening in connection with cases of extortion, land grabbing and possession of disproportionate assets.There were also allegations that he had suppressed information in the election affidavits…
CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks at a programme in Kolkata on Wednesday Kolkata: Stressing on the need for a politically neutral administration, CM Suvendu Adhikari assured West Bengal Civil Service officers that his govt would not use the bureaucracy for political purposes.He was speaking at a meeting at Dhana Dhanya auditorium on Wednesday. This was his…
Diptangshu Mahata, a class 12 student at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, died hours after drinking scalding hot tea Kolkata: Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, died hours after consuming a hot tea at school. His family has lodged a complaint with Narendrapur PS, alleging gross negligence on the part of…
Kolkata: Acting on a Calcutta High Court order, the state administration on Wednesday began demolishing two illegally constructed hotels along the banks of the Ichhamati River in Taki. The Taki Municipality had earlier served demolition notices to the hotel owners following allegations of unauthorized construction.According to sources, drive started around 10 am in the presence…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi on Wednesday Agartala: Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi to review ongoing national highway projects and discuss future infrastructure plans. The focus was on speeding up execution, improving maintenance of existing roads, and launching new works to…
Kolkata: As Trinamool MLAs of the Ritabrata Banerjee camp took Delhi flights on Wednesday to meet the full bench of the Election Commission “to claim Trinamool control, its symbol and funds”, party chief Mamata Banerjee stepped up the heat, telling party workers “traitors will be traitors forever”.As many as 10 rebel MLAs, including Ritabrata, Sandipan…
Kolkata: Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India (FCBM) and Eastern India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (EICMA), along with Bharat Chamber of Commerce, have submitted representations to Union finance minister and chairperson of GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking rationalisation of GST applicable to paper and paperboard used in the manufacture of corrugated cartons, boxes and…
