Kolkata: All private hospitals in Kolkata have been asked to join Ayushman Bharat panel through the online portal ‘as soon as possible’ by the state health dept. At a virtual meeting on Tuesday, Swasthya Bhavan officials interacted with representatives of over 350 private hospitals and nursing homes across the state, including Kolkata. It was attended…
Kolkata: Taslima Nasrin, the Bangladesh-born author living in exile and now based in Delhi, said the change in regime in West Bengal has rekindled her hopes of returning to Kolkata, from where she was forced out in Nov 2007. She said she has not been allowed to return to the city since then.An upbeat Taslima…
Joint STF raid bunks illegal arms unit in Bihar’s Purnea; 5 arrested (File Photo) KOLKATA: An illegal arms manufacturing unit operating from an underground chamber beneath a paper plate factory was busted in Bihar’s Purnea district, police said on Tuesday. The concealed “mini gun factory” at Haripur village under Damdaha police station limits was exposed…
Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee approached the bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking quashing of an FIR over alleged inflammatory comments made in the run-up to the assembly polls.The FIR was lodged based on a complaint filed by one Rajib Sarkar at Baguiati police station on…
Kolkata: State minister Agnimitra Paul on Monday met the family of a girl who was allegedly sexually harassed by a neighbour in Narendrapur recently.In a meeting later at the SP office in Baruipur, Paul directed the police to ensure the immediate arrest of the accused and demanded exemplary punishment for the offender. Source link
Notices were pasted on several buildings owned by Banerjee or his aides. Later in the day, the notice on ‘Shantiniketan’ was found torn off the wall. KOLKATA: The Kolkata civic authorities on Monday initiated a probe into the “legality” of properties owned by Abhishek Banerjee and some of his associates, with civic officials going to…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted interim protection to TMC’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan till May 26 and directed that no coercive action could be taken against him in five cases till the May 21 repoll.While allowing Khan to contest the repoll, Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed, “After all, this is a democratic country….
Kolkata: Ordering fresh review of the OBC list, Bengal govt on Monday scrapped the existing sub-categorisation system tied to reservations in govt jobs and posts. The move was approved during the second cabinet meeting of the newly formed govt at Nabanna on Monday.Briefing the media after the cabinet meeting, state urban development and women &…
Kolkata/Agra: The CBI has arrested an alleged sharpshooter from Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s former aide Chandranath Rath, in a breakthrough investigators believe could help unravel the logistics behind the killing in Madhyamgram.This is the fourth arrest in the case and the first made by the CBI’s Special Investigation…
Kolkata: Octogenarian Trinamool neta and Ballygunge MLA Sovandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday filed an RTI application after the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat allegedly refused to recognise him as the Leader of the Opposition.Trinamool legislative party claimed it was being denied its rightful status despite having 80 MLAs in the 294-member assembly — comfortably above the…
