Lightweight trams will replace the rickety fleet Kolkata: The state govt plans to revamp Kolkata’s tram services by introducing lightweight, modern trams similar to those operating in Australia and is commissioning a study to revive routes that have been curtailed in recent years, transport minister Arjun Singh said on Tuesday.Ruling out the possibility of driving…
CICSE handbook on screen time regularisation Kolkata: A new health and hygiene handbook introduced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has underlined the importance of regulating screen time to protect students’ mental well-being.The handbook recommends a “digital detox hour” — a 60-minute period each day when students put away all digital…
Kolkata: The delimitation exercise proposed in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari before the Dec civic elections may lead to a reduction in the number of wards in north Kolkata and a rise in the ward count in areas along the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.Civic officials pointed to the uneven demographic shift…
Kolkata: The collapse of the Dum Dum municipal board is now imminent following the consecutive resignations of its chairman, Harinder Singh, and vice chairman, Barun Natta, on Tuesday. The duo handed over their resignation letters to the municipality’s executive officer, citing severe infrastructural distress.Singh, a veteran councillor for 33 years who helmed the civic body…
Abhishek Banerjee at Bhawani Bhavan Abhshek banerjee at bhawani bavan…..Debobrata Shome Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was questioned for six and a half hours on Tuesday by the CID pertaining to alleged inflammatory remarks made by him during the recently concluded assembly elections, including the controversial DJ remark.Banerjee arrived at Bhawani Bhavan…
Kolkata: A primary school teacher — and close associate of Abhishek Banerjee — who led the Trinamool-backed protests by BLOs in Kolkata, and former MLA Saokat Mollah were attacked with eggs while being produced in court on Tuesday.The teacher, Maidul Islam, was arrested by Diamond Harbour police in connection with a 2022 case involving the…
A look-out notice has been issued by West Bengal Police on Tuesday against Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s executive assistant Sumit Roy, who is currently absconding and is wanted in connection with an FIR registered at Salboni PS. Roy is an accused in an alleged land grabbing case. Looking for him, cops had raided Abhishek…
Challenging Calcutta High Court’s single judge order of protection to former sports minister Aroop Biswas against any coercive action till Aug 17, Lionel Messi tour organiser Satadru Dutta moved the division bench on Tuesday. Dutta approached the division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul challenging the order passed by the single bench of Justice Saugata…
Kolkata: Abhijit Das, known as Bobby, who had contested the Lok Sabha polls from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has lodged a fresh FIR alleging that senior Trinamool functionaries had run an illegal soil excavation and smuggling racket worth over Rs 300 crore in the Bishnupur-Bakrahat region.The complaint, filed late on…
Kolkata: A fresh FIR has been lodged against jailed Trinamool Congress neta Swarup Biswas, accusing him of demanding no less than a Rs 80 lakh bribe to allow a street food stall to operate and even seeking “personal favors”.The latest complaint adds to the mounting legal troubles for Swarup, the brother of former Bengal state…
