The spot on Sarat Bose Road where the accident happened Kolkata: Four individuals were arrested on Wednesday night in connection with a daylight robbery on Sarat Bose Road where a private company employee was robbed of nearly Rs 2.5 lakh earlier this week. The suspects, all residents of Ballygunge, were identified and apprehended within 24…
Kolkata: TMC councillor from Beleghata was named in an FIR lodged regarding post-poll violence cases from 2021 to 2024.A case of trespassing, ransacking and theft has been registered against KMC Ward 35 councillor Ashutosh Das and 13 other party supporters for their alleged involvement in post-poll violence related to the previous Lok Sabha elections. He…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed no coercive steps against actor and director Parambrata Chatterjee for four weeks in a Gariahat police case filed against a social media post linked to 2021 post-poll violence.Chatterjee moved the vacation bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee. On May 21, a case was filed against the actor under…
Kolkata: The state health dept has taken disciplinary action against Birupaksha Biswas by terminating his senior residency. Biswas has been barred from state government employment. Biswas, who was into his first year senior residency (pathology) in Burdwan Medical College, has been asked to deposit a fine of Rs 20 lakh for the remaining two years…
Kolkata: The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked two hospitals to cough up a sum of Rs 10 lakh each after the health panel found lapses in patient care services on their part. In the two cases, both patients died.In the first case, Pratap Chandra Ghosh took his 21-year-old daughter to Narayana…
Kolkata: Admirers, relatives and people from various walks of life gathered to bid their final farewell to film-maker Anik Dutta, who died on Wednesday after a fall from the terrace of his residence, on a rain-soaked Friday afternoon.The adman-turned-film-maker’s mortal remains were kept at NT 1 Studios and Nandan.The funeral procession started from Peace World…
Kolkata: IIM Calcutta’s decision to put 10 dogs in a newly-built enclosure has triggered reactions from alumni, teachers and students. More than 100 alumni have written to the institute, opposing the move.Director Alok Kumar Rai said, “The institute identified a space and created an enclosure covering 40 ft by 20 ft for the furry friends…
Incident near Santosh Mitra Square in Kolkata. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Three incidents of political clashes were reported in the city in the past 48 hours.In the first incident, a BJP worker was beaten with an iron rod and injured in the head in the Labutala area close to Sealdah Railway Station under the Muchipara…
Most mosques in the city held Eid prayers in shifts to accommodate all devotees on the premises Kolkata: Mosques across the city, including areas, such as Beckbagan, Raja Bazar, Chitpore and Kidderpore, conducted the special prayers on the occasion of Eid-uz-Zoha in multiple shifts to accommodate the devotees on the mosque premises and ensure the…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has set up a five-member expert committee to overhaul its anti-rioting infrastructure.Formed under the directive of police commissioner Ajay Nanda, the panel will evaluate advanced crowd-control gear, used by the Delhi Police and CAPFs, to upgrade the local armoury. The committee, chaired by joint commissioner of police (modernisation) Nilanjan Biswas, includes DCP…
