Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has asked four Tollywood actors-turned-BJP MLAs — Rudranil Ghosh, Rupa Ganguly, Hiraan Chatterjee and Papia Adhikary — to sort out issues in the industry. At a meeting held with the CM on Wednesday, matters regarding the friction in Tollywood were discussed in the presence of Ghosh, Ganguly and Chatterjee on…
Kolkata: In the city’s ‘red’ illegal building zone, bulldozers used for demolition spook residents who are taking refuge in their kin’s houses. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has deployed bulldozers as well as workers to pull down two unauthorised structures, including the mixed residential building where a fire on Tuesday killed two workers and injured three…
Kolkata: Eleven months after the Calcutta High Court ordered its removal, the Garia clock tower — which was constructed on a club playground — was brought down by a massive crane on Thursday.The clock tower stood in what is locally known as the Mitali Sangha Khelar Math. The Mitali Sangha club, which maintains the ground,…
Kolkata: Leather goods units, a ‘cottage industry’ in the Tiljala-Topsia belt, have downed shutters in the accident para, known for unregulated tanneries and other manufacturing. Many small factories operating out of residential buildings in the neighbourhoods remained shut on Thursday as fear spread among owners and workers following the administration’s demolition drive in the area…
Kolkata: Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul has announced that all the 128 urban local bodies and three industrial townships in Bengal will be placed under 24×7 CCTV surveillance to combat “administrative paralysis and ensure seamless delivery of civic services”.The mandate covers 121 municipalities, seven municipal corporations and three industrial townships. High-definition monitoring systems will be…
Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday in connection with a PIL alleging post-poll violence in the state, urging the court to “protect…
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrives at the Calcutta high court. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence…
Kolkata: The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder victim, now Panihati MLA, moved the Sealdah court with her husband on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of former Panihati MLA Nirmal Ghosh, Somnath Das and local Trinamool Congress functionary Sanjib Mukhopadhyay.The family alleged the three tried to destroy evidence in the rape and murder of…
Kolkata: Food and supplies minister Ashok Kirtania on Wednesday announced that ration shops would no longer supply flour but will provide high-quality wheat to ensure better public health and transparency.After his swearing-in, Kirtania said the department would for now distribute the flour stock, still remaining in govt warehouses. “Flour will not be procured. We will…
KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Bhowanipore MLA on Wednesday, but stressed that he hasn’t “forgotten” Nandigram, the other constituency that sent him to the assembly in the recent polls.Adhikari, who defeated former CM Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore, told reporters in the assembly complex, “Nandigram will elect someone else as MLA (in…
