Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta (File picture) Kolkata: The Bengal govt is working on an industrial policy, including a series of incentives, which it’s likely to unveil by Aug 15, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Saturday, adding that the govt would acquire land for industries and also put in place a land policy.“We…
Abhishek Banerjee’s Amatala office demolished. KOLKATA: A demolition drive targeting a Trinamool Congress party office linked to the party’s national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee began in Amtala on Saturday, with district authorities alleging that the five-storey building had been constructed without an approved building plan and in violation of building rules.The…
Missing national level shooter Damayanti Sen returns home (FIle Photo) HOWRAH: National-level shooter Damayanti Sen, who had been missing since Thursday afternoon, was found safe in Howrah on Saturday.The 15-year-old, who was recently selected for national team trials, had left her home on Thursday to buy household items but did not return. Police launched a…
Kolkata: Bengal STF has set up a State Terror Monitoring Grid to track, detect, and break up extremist networks across the state. The grid will work as a central system for counter-terror operations, keeping real-time digital records related to suspects, funding, illegal arms, and incidents.The ‘Terror Suspect Database’ will include details of people suspected of…
Kolkata: Sabyasachi Laskar, the Bengal topper in NEET (UG), the national entrance test to medical colleges, has decided to forgo a career in medicine and instead, study computer science engineering. Sabyasachi, who said his ultimate goal was hardware research to reduce global energy consumption, has already secured admission to IIT-Kharagpur, where his classes will begin…
Kolkata: The Congress functionary from the port area, Mohammad Mukhtar, was arrested on Friday in connection with alleged violence during Muharram in Metiabruz.Police sources said Nadial Police Station had registered a suo motu case after the incident and later took Mukhtar into custody as part of the investigation. A senior officer from the Port division…
Kolkata: Police have started lodging zero FIRs in cyber fraud cases to allow quick freezing of the money trail.In a case where a Cossipore resident filed a complaint, Baguiati police filed Zero FIR under relevant sections of BNS. The victim said he befriended the accused, identified as Kallol Chakraborty, on social media, and was persuaded…
Kolkata: Cops have launched a hunt for two bike-borne accused who snatched a premium smartphone from a pedestrian on E M Bypass early on Thursday morning. According to the FIR, the incident occurred near Sanjha Chulha restaurant in the Uttar Panchannagram area around 12.55 am on July 16.The victim, Md Irfan Akhtar from Bright Street…
Artwork by Abanindranath Tagore Kolkata: Works of Indian masters, including Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, MF Hussain, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Chintamani Kar, Sunil Das, Ganesh Haloi, Jogen Chowdhury, Paresh Maity, Kishen Khanna and Manu Parekh, will go under the hammer in what is being billed as the first such online auction in eastern India, bringing together works…
Kolkata: The narcotic cell of the detective department seized hydroponic ganja, valued at over Rs 2 crore in the illegal, following late-night raids on Thursday, first on a guest house at Tagore Park and then, a home in Tiljala. A 28-year-old youth was arrested.Acting on a tip-off, police knocked on the door of a room…
