Kolkata: In a major policy shift, the Bengal government is to conduct a detailed review of the long-standing bicycle ban on 70 major roads in Kolkata. Introduced by a previous regime, the restrictions had faced intense criticism for turning the streets into an extortion ground, disproportionately affecting working class citizens. Data reveals that 73% of…
One of the focus areas of BMC is waterlogging Water logged VIP Service road way to Newtown, near Haldiram, photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) civic board has been dissolved with the commissioner being appointed as the administrator of the civic body. The authorities are now working round-the-clock to ensure uninterrupted civic…
Kolkata: In a continued crackdown targeting institutional corruption and exploitation within the Bengali film and television industry, the New Alipore police have summoned four key members of the Cine Technicians Federation.The move follows the high-profile arrest of Swarup Biswas, the president of the now-disbanded Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India, from his…
KOLKATA: A Trinamool worker accused of extortion took shelter under a huge pile of clothes kept inside a godown of the state government organization “Tantuja” at Amta in Howrah on Saturday when BJP workers of Basantpur Panchayat in Udaynarayanpur came looking for him at Amta Block 1. They spotted Brahmananda Chakrabarty at the state-owned Tantuja…
Darjeeling: The bodies of four missing residents from Lingdok, under the Kabi-Lungchok constituency in Sikkim, were found in a SUV that was fished out of Teesta River near Coronation Bridge in Sevoke, about 20 km away from Siliguri on Sunday morning, nearly two days after they had gone missing.The deceased have been identified as Smarika…
Anik Dutta’s daughter Oishee during the event at Nandan There was a quiet sense of grief at Nandan on June 6 as a retrospective of filmmaker Anik Dutta opened with a screening of Aparajito—the film that brought him widespread acclaim, numerous awards, and renewed recognition as one of Bengal’s most distinctive cinematic voices.The evening was…
Swarup Biswas (File Photo) KOLKATA: Swarup Biswas’s arrest has exposed a long-standing culture of bullying in the Bengali film industry. As state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya pointed out—a sentiment widely shared across Tollywood—complaints had quietly piled up for years, but the previous government’s tenure left victims too terrified to speak out. Within the TMC, only…
Senior TMC MLA Madan Mitra faced protests in Ariadaha, with residents allegedly hurling eggs at his vehicle amid demands for repayment of “cut money.” KOLKATA: Residents in Ariadaha allegedly hurled eggs at a vehicle linked to senior Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra‘s vehicle on Saturday night, the latest in a string of protest actions that…
A file photo of a flooded Amherst Street Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has convened a series of meetings to take stock of the civic body’s preparedness for the rainy season.MLAs of Cossipore-Belgachhia, Jorasanko, Beleghata and Chowringhee and councillors from 59 wards (1 to 59) have been requested to attend the first of the meetings,…
Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee rushed to Delhi amid indications of a potential split by rebel MPs early next week KOLKATA: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee flew to Delhi on Saturday, a day ahead of schedule, amid indications that rebel party MPs may make their first move early next week. The dissidents reportedly…
