Kolkata: KMC councillor Susanta Ghosh, named in an extortion case, was spotted on the Bengal-Odisha border on Friday but he, along with his family, reportedly fled, leaving his car behind, before police could reach him. His driver was, however, arrested from the Belda-Odisha border area.Ghosh, Ward 108 Trinamool councillor, has reportedly remained untraceable amid allegations…
Kolkata: North-South Metro (Blue Line) services were disrupted for 20 minutes on Friday because of a technical issue in the signals at the Shahid Khudiram station. Officials said the heavy rain in the morning may have been the reason behind the snag at the elevated station.Shahid Khudiram at Briji or Garia Bazar has been serving…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to two of the three accused in a cryptocurrency case involving transactions worth more than Rs 50 crore and links with China.Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) granted bail to Sourav Kar and Dhiman Bhattacharjee on the grounds of remote possibility of conclusion of trial. They were in custody…
Kolkata: Calcutta University has issued guidelines for the re-entry of students in the undergraduate degree programme after they exited at the end of the second, fourth or sixth semester. Under the four-year programme, students, who exited, are allowed to continue with the same UG course and subjects, provided they completed all the previous semesters and…
After a split in its state legislative wing, Trinamool’s parliamentary party is also headed for a split, with several MPs already in New Delhi or expected to reach there by next week. KOLKATA: After a split in its state legislative wing, Trinamool’s parliamentary party is also headed for a split, with several MPs already in…
Kolkata: Visva-Bharati will hold guided heritage walks six days a week from Monday, keeping pace with the overwhelming demand from tourists.The university had introduced guided walking tours in five slots of the core heritage zone — the asrama area of Santiniketan — for tourists around Aug, only on Sundays. Later, they increased the number of…
Kolkata: Vidyasagar Setu will be closed for 16 hours from 5 am to 9 pm on Sunday to facilitate the repair and rehabilitation work of the bridge, including replacement of stay and holding cables and bearings.Work is being undertaken by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC). During work, movement of all types of vehicles will…
Swarup Biswas produced in court Kolkata: The Alipore court on Friday remanded Trinamool functionary Swarup Biswas, also brother of former state sports minister Aroop Biswas, in police custody till June 18 following his arrest on Thursday on multiple charges, including attempt to murder, sexual harassment, extortion, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and sections under the Arms…
Kolkata: East Midnapore zilla parishad president Uttam Barik resigned on Friday, coinciding with the arrest of a Trinamool zilla parishad office-bearer by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with election-related violence.Barik travelled to Midnapore and submitted his resignation to the office of the divisional commissioner. Having lost the recent assembly election, Barik cited the…
JALPAIGURI: Trinamool lost control of Mekhliganj municipality in Cooch Behar after its chairman, who defected to Congress on Friday, said six councillors would follow him into Congress. This will be the first civic body to be managed by Congress since the change of govt in West Bengal.Chairman Prabhat Patani received the party flag from state…
