Jalpaiguri: A year after scripting what was described as a national record in wildlife crime convictions, the Jaldapara Wildlife Division continued its run in 2025-26, securing convictions of 22 accused in 13 separate cases, reinforcing its position as one of India’s most successful forest divisions in converting wildlife crime investigations into convictions.In 2024-25, when Jaldapara…
Kolkata: About 60 residential high-rise and commercial buildings that have been constructed in the last three years in New Town have come under the scanner of the govt’s high level audit committee as the verification process of all G+5 high-rise buildings and commercial buildings starts.As per the SOP issued by the govt, all civic corporations…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s plea challenging a lower court’s direction of providing his voice sample in connection with the alleged ‘DJ remark’.Banerjee’s counsel had argued in court that the magistrate’s order was “perverse” and contrary to sections under BNSS. He argued that HC had already…
Kolkata: The NIA has filed a charge sheet against 11 people over an alleged terror conspiracy linked to Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK), described as an offshoot of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), aimed at expanding operations in Bengal and the northeast.The charge sheet was filed on June 26 before the NIA special court in…
Kolkata: From “cross-voting” to abstaining, rebel Trinamool MLAs on Monday repeatedly floundered on the assembly floor during the passage of four bills – the first to be introduced by the BJP govt in Bengal.In the first half, after the discussion, ISF MLA Nawsad Siddique demanded a vote. Three Mamata Banerjee loyalists – Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Biman…
Stretch leading to lady doctors hostel at NRS —— Kolkata: The arrest of four men accused of harassing junior doctors at NRS Medical College has brought a sense of security back to the campus, even though the accused, residents of neighbouring Convent Road, were released on bail.Women doctors and students on Monday told TOI that…
Kolkata: Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) is set to submit a detailed plan to KMC, seeking permission to lay piped natural gas (PNG) pipelines across nine stretches in the city in the first phase, following an assurance from the civic body that the application would be processed expeditiously.BGCL, a joint venture of GAIL and the…
Fire in Naphtha pipeline at Bengal’s Haldia refinery injures several workers. KOLKATA: A massive fire broke out in a Naphtha-carrying pipeline at the Haldia Refinery in West Bengal’s Haldia between 4 am and 4.30 am on Tuesday, leaving several workers injured. The injured workers reportedly suffered burn injuries and were rushed for medical treatment. The…
Ashoknagar oilfield Dharmendra Pradhan, minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel dedicates the 8th producing basin of India, Bengal Basin to the nation, at Asokenagar, in North 24 parganas district, nearly 50km from Kolkata. …….kamalendu bhadra Kolkata: Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas is poised to emerge as Bengal’s newest energy hub, with commercial crude…
Kolkata: The debut of a robot in a city school on Monday emphasised the growing trend of aggressively integrating AI and robotics into classroom teaching. Aiming to provide students with vital hands-on experience, several other schools in the city are undertaking a drive to upgrade their laboratories to keep pace with the tech-driven shift.DPS Ruby…
