Kolkata: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Jadavpur University (JU) unit, has written an email to university authorities asking how permission was granted for the event on Monday at K P Basu Memorial hall where All India Students’ Association national president Neha Bora will be one of the main speakers talking on demands to scrap SIR,…
A file photo of Asit Ash and Mandira Ash Kolkata: A couple in their 60s, who had lost their son years ago and were dealing with the woman’s recent stroke, were found dead inside their Panchasayar flat on Sunday morning.Police said Asit Ash (66) was found hanging from the ceiling while his wife Mandira Ash…
The hotel on Robinson Street from where the drugs were seized Kolkata: In a crackdown on recreational drug supply networks linked to the city’s nightlife circuit, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police and the narcotics cell of the detective department raided a hotel in central Kolkata and seized cocaine and MDMA from a…
Behrampore: Sagardighi MLA and industrialist Bayron Biswas was stable on Sunday following a fire at his Dhulian residence.Biswas’s brothers Nipon and Milton, who were away for work, returned to Dhulian after learning of the incident.Milton said: “His condition has improved and he was able to eat a light meal of rice and fish broth. He…
Kolkata: BJP on Sunday picked Koel (Rukmini) Mallick as its candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll in Bengal. Bypolls for 11 Rajya Sabha seats for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bengal are set to take place on Oct 16. Koel, earlier a Trinamool Rajya Sabha member, resigned from the Upper House on July 16, though her term…
The pickup van in which they had arrived was later set on fire by the mob near the Balason river SILIGURI: Two persons were lynched by villagers on suspicion of cattle-smuggling in the Tara Bari-Dhemal area on the outskirts of Siliguri early on Saturday. Several others were injured, while a pickup van was set on…
Kolkata: Kolkata Traffic Police will launch a pilot project on Maa Flyover for digital checking of vehicle documents, including pollution and fitness certificates, using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. Kolkata Police and the National Informatics Centre (NIC) have entered into an agreement for developing this system.With this system in place, there will be no…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is unlikely to attend the Oct 10 Mahalaya event at Eden Gardens, is expected to arrive in Kolkata on Saptami and attend Kumari Puja and offer anjali at Belur Math on Ashtami, according to sources.The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has not yet issued an official statement or released a…
Norovirus, Hospitals, OPDs, vomiting, nausea, fever, diarrhoea, dehydration, vomiting, severe gastroenteritis, abdominal cramps and varying degrees of weakness Kolkata: Norovirus or stomach flu cases have been reported in at least three hospitals in the city.These hospitals have received patients with severe symptoms, like dehydration, vomiting, severe gastroenteritis, abdominal cramps and varying degrees of weakness. Norovirus…
Minister Agnimitra Paul lights the ceremonial lamp along with other dignitaries to mark the occasion Kolkata: St. Xavier’s Institution, Panihati, celebrated its diamond jubilee along with its annual prize distribution ceremony on Sept 11. The celebration was held on the school premises, uniting thousands of students, parents, teachers, alumni and school authorities. The chief guest…
