Kolkata: Bengal’s 7th Pay Commission will examine an overhaul of the pay structure of state employees, including raising annual increments from the existing 3% to at least 5%, aligning pay levels with those of central staffers and recommending a standing order on Dearness Allowance (DA) that will ensure any central hike is automatically applied at…
Kolkata: Two patients who were being treated at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital “went missing” from their beds on Friday. The hospital administration later said both patients had “left” before completing the formal discharge process. The patients are 23-year-old Dipanwita Roy of Chitpore and 51-year-old Bimal Ghosh of Baranagar.Police said Roy was admitted to…
Birju Keot, the deceased TMC worker Kolkata: The wife of a Trinamool worker, who was in police custody on extortion charges, alleged her husband, Birju Keot (48), died at a Kalyani hospital following assault in cop custody at Halishahar PS on Friday.The wife, Jenny Sharma Keot, a former TMC councillor of Kanchrapara Ward 23, alleged…
East Jadavpur sergeant Madhab Mondal, who was on duty at the Highland Park crossing on Bypass, thwarted a suicide by saving a person while he was jumping on the railway tracks from Baghajatin flyover. Upon receiving the news, he immediately rushed to the scene and rescued the individual with help of locals. The man was…
former TMC Naihati MLA Sanat Dey Former Naihati TMC MLA Sanat Dey arrested — Amar Kar Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested former Trinamool MLA from Naihati, Sanat Dey, in connection with several allegations, including extortion and post-poll violence. He was arrested from Duttapukur early on Saturday and remanded in police custody for six days after…
(Image used for representative) The girl told police that she had left her home with Shafiqul Molla. KOLKATA: A 16-year-old girl was rescued from Kolkata’s red-light district of Sonagachi within an hour of police receiving a distress call alleging that she had been “sold” after running away from home with her alleged lover, an officer…
Samik Bhattacharya speaks in the Rajya Sabha Kolkata: Driven by a specific ideology, party workers are at times distanced from Gen Z, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya admitted on Saturday.Bhattacharya’s comments come two days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in an attempt to reach out to Gen Z, urged political netas to look for course…
Kolkata: While “deviations” can’t be completely wiped out, BJP will have zero tolerance towards indiscipline, said party state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday. This comes a day after BJP national general secretary Sunil Bansal held a series of meetings with party workers, functionaries and the state brass on issues of extortion and other “anti-party activities”.“There…
The Future Foundation School proudly presented its Sixth Food Fiesta, aptly themed ‘Festival of India’ KOLKATA: The Future Foundation School celebrated India’s vibrant culinary heritage on Friday through its Sixth Food Fiesta, themed “Festival of India,” featuring students from Classes 9 to 12.A key highlight was an inter-school non-fire cooking competition that drew over 150…
Buxa recorded a tiger in Dec 2021 after nearly three decades. The forest department later released around 600 spotted deer to improve the prey base and plans to bring two tigresses from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in the first phase. Jalpaiguri: Over 300 families of Jainti, the largest forest village in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), have…
