Kolkata: Five years after a 40-year-old BJP worker was allegedly killed in post-poll violence at Sandeshkhali in North 24-Parganas, his body was exhumed from a grave near Nazat on Sunday in the presence of a magistrate for a fresh post-mortem and forensic examination.Police have launched a fresh investigation based on a complaint by the family…
Kolkata: Barely two days after the first arrest in the case, senior state Congress functionaries Ashutosh Chatterjee and Pradip Prasad were summoned to Bhowanipore PS on Sunday to be questioned over a demonstration where posters bearing photographs of Bageshwar Dham chief priest Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, popularly known as Bageswar Baba, were allegedly kicked and burnt.Chatterjee…
The premises of Kolkata Armed Police 2nd and 8th Battalion Kolkata: Something fishy is taking place inside a pond located within the well-guarded premises of the 2nd and 8th battalions of the Kolkata Armed Police (KAP) at Cossipore in north Kolkata.Dead fish have been recovered from the pond, while cops allege that a large quantity…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Kolkata: With Bengal set to celebrate Durga Puja in Oct, state govt has decided to curtail the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ – marking PM Narendra Modi completing 25 years in public service – by a week. The series of programmes, earlier scheduled to go on for a month, will now be observed…
Kolkata: Keeping both Trinamool camps on tenterhooks, Election Commission on Saturday again wrote to both Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee to make their final submissions by 3 pm on Sept 16 – also the deadline for filing nominations for the Oct 6 Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls. The letters also indicated that the poll panel might…
According to BSF, troops of 71 Battalion, Malda Sector, carried out the rescue operation after noticing several people struggling in the river on the evening of September 12. MALDA: The Border Security Force (BSF) rescued 10 alleged Bangladeshi nationals, including three children, three women and four men, after their boat capsized in the strong currents…
KOLKATA: A renewed demand for dissolving the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has surfaced after Association of Private Hospital and Nursing Home (APHNH) alleged the council of providing license to doctors who obtained fake degrees. Various doctor oganisations have also demanded a thorough probe into the issue.One of them is allegedly working as a gynaecologist…
Kolkata: Airport-bound commuters on VIP Road will need to leave home early for the next three months from Sunday, with Bidhannagar police and PWD blocking three lanes of the airport-bound flank between Haldirams crossing and Kaikhali to facilitate construction of the final two pillars of New Garia-Airport Orange Line metro corridor.The new traffic arrangement came…
The 252 madrasas that have been served closure notices are devoid of minimum infrastructure. By: Soumitra.NandiKOLKATA: The state minority affairs and madrasa education department has sent closure notices to 252 madrasas across the state and issued show-cause notices to about 100 others following a survey of unaided madrasas.“The 252 madrasas that have been served closure…
prof protest Joint press conference by University Teachers’ Association, university teachers, research scholars and WBCUTA in protest against The West Bengal Universities and Colleges Administration and Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Teacher representatives from 14 universities, including Jadavpur University, Calcutta University, Rabindra Bharati University and Presidency University, and two all-Bengal…
