Burdwan: For residents of Badamtola in Burdwan, Ramprasad Das and his wife Banashree Das were known less for their presence in the neighbourhood and more for the stream of creditors who regularly turned up at their rented home demanding money.The couple, who had been living with their minor son in a sprawling mansion at 61…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief and former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee travelled to Delhi on Sunday, a day before the INDIA bloc meeting, as the party scrambled to prevent the rebellion that shattered its legislature wing in the Bengal assembly from spreading to Parliament. Party national general secretary and its Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee had…
Siliguri: Veteran Left neta Ashok Bhattacharya, in hospital after he suffered a head injury in a fall at his home, was met by minister Shankar Ghosh on Sunday. Ghosh, directed by CM Suvendu Adhikari to meet Bhattacharya, inquired about the former minister’s treatment at the Matigara facility. CM Adhikari spoke to Bhattacharya over the phone….
Darjeeling: The bodies of four residents of Lingdok in East Sikkim, who had been missing since Friday, were recovered from an SUV pulled out of the Teesta River near Coronation Bridge at Sevoke on Sunday morning, reports Roshan Gupta.The deceased were identified as Smarika Neupaney, a nursing lecturer at Sochyagang Nursing College; Sabiya Neupaney, a…
KOLKATA: The owner of the property off EM Bypass that houses the TMC headquarters told officers at Pragati Maidan police station on Sunday that he wants the former governing party of Bengal to vacate the premises.Montu Saha, who owns A/P-1/A Canal South Road, said the tenancy agreement with TMC lapsed in late 2025, and his…
Bolpur: An FIR was registered against Trinamool strongman Anubrata Mondal on Saturday for allegedly orchestrating an attack at a brick kiln owned by a BJP supporter in Bolpur’s Kankalitala during the post-poll violence of 2021.The complainant, Subhendu Mondal, has alleged that an armed group of around 100 Trinamool workers had stormed his factory led by…
Dehradun: Five people, including three pilgrims from Bengal miraculously survived after the SUV they were travelling in fell 200 ft into a deep ravine at Tilwara, a popular transit hub in Uttarakhand, while returning from the Kedarnath temple.The SDRF and police rescued the five after their vehicle veered off the Kedarnath highway and crashed into…
Bolpur/Kolkata: Bengal govt on Sunday upgraded security of five Trinamool MLAs, all of whom are part of the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel camp of 58 MLAs.The five are Chandranath Sinha (Bolpur), Rajendra Prasad Singh (Nalhati), Mosaraf Hossain (Murarai), Bidhan Chandra Majhi (Nanoor) and Kajal Sheikh (Hasan). They represent the entire contingent of Trinamool legislators elected from…
Kolkata: Around 4,800 people have been pushed to Bangladesh and another 836 people are in holding centers, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday at a BJP programme. Saying that border security and illegal infiltrators were some of the biggest concerns for state govt, Adhikari said: “We have started the process of handing over land to…
Bolpur/Kolkata: Bengal govt on Sunday upgraded security of five Trinamool MLAs, all of whom are part of the Ritabrata Banerjee-led rebel camp of 58 MLAs.The five are Chandranath Sinha (Bolpur), Rajendra Prasad Singh (Nalhati), Mosaraf Hossain (Murarai), Bidhan Chandra Majhi (Nanoor) and Kajal Sheikh (Hasan). They represent the entire contingent of Trinamool legislators elected from…
