Kolkata: Coal India Limited (CIL) has sought to allay concerns over coal shortages despite a sharp rise in daily consumption by thermal power plants, saying 168 million tonnes (MT) of coal is available in the system to meet peak summer demand. Coal stocks at domestic coal-based plants stood at 47.6 MT as of May 23,…
Kolkata: Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya was arrested on Tuesday after police recovered about Rs 80 lakh in cash and around 4,000 tarpaulin sheets allegedly meant for disaster relief from a godown at his residence in Punra, in North 24-Parganas. He has been sent to police custody for six days.Police said the raid began Monday…
Jalangi/Baruipur/Palashipara: A day after holding centres for illegal foreigners — including Bangladeshis and Rohingya immigrants — debuted in Murshidabad and Malda, seven more suspected Bangladeshi detainees were sent to the former on Tuesday, taking the total number of inmates at Murshidabad centres to 10.Late on Monday, police spotted several suspected individuals in the Gopalpur area…
Kalyani: The 24-year-old son of a former Trinamool panchayat pradhan was allegedly beaten in Nadia’s Gayeshpur last week and he succumbed to his injuries four days later on Sunday, triggering claims of post-poll violence.The deceased was identified as Papai Sarkar, a resident of Kuliapat Thakurbari. Neighbours said the youth was not known to be actively…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench on Tuesday refused to extend the interim protection in five FIRs granted to TMC strongman Jahangir Khan. Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee referred the matter to a regular bench.Earlier, the TMC candidate for Falta was granted interim protection by Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya till May 26, considering the repolls there on…
Malda: NIA made 15 arrests on Monday in connection with the Mothabari incident of April 1, when judicial officers engaged in SIR work were gheraoed for over eight hours.In a statement issued Tuesday, NIA said the arrests were made in two separate cases linked to road blockades and the illegal confinement of judicial officers. In…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
Darjeeling: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued a warrant of arrest against Saurav Garg, director of M/s Longview Tea Estate in Pankhabari, Kurseong, over alleged non-payment of provident fund dues amounting to Rs 7.30 crore.The warrant, issued on May 19 by Ankit Srivastava, assistant provident fund commissioner and recovery officer, regional office Siliguri,…
Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended her “sympathy” towards hawkers and street vendors even as she strongly criticised the state govt over alleged eviction drives.In a social media post to mark International Hawkers Day, Banerjee accused govt of demolishing stalls, evicting hawkers and pushing them into distress without considering…
As Emami East Bengal FC players and fans continue to bask in the afterglow of ending the team’s 22-year wait for Indian football’s top-flight title, their triumph of the Indian Super League 2025-2026 has now come as an interesting link between the past and the present.Back in 2012 when Oscar Bruzon arrived to take charge…
