Kolkata

KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and his five cabinet colleagues will have their first meeting around noon on Monday at Nabanna and take up implementation of Ayushman Bharat, a Centre-funded health insurance scheme, in Bengal and plugging of 569km of unfenced border Bengal shares with Bangladesh, among other issues, govt sources said.The five ministers who…

KOLKATA: The saffron tsunami in the Bengal assembly elections, which swept BJP to office for the first time in the state, resulted in the party getting a lead in as many as 102 of the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), fuelling speculation about how long Trinamool Congress can hold on to the civic…

KOLKATA: A multi-state manhunt is underway as a special investigation team (SIT) claimed to have made a technical breakthrough that shifted the needle of the probe to Jharkhand, even as cops are questioning three men in UP’s Badaun with regard to the murder of Chandranath Rath. A close aide of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, Rath…

Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on Accidents and Suicides in India 2024 has found that Kolkata has witnessed a jump of 10% in accidents from 2023 to 2024. While a total of 1,129 accidents were reported in 2023, it rose to 1,242 in 2024. The incidents left 1,150 persons injured and 92…

Khejuri/Hooghly: Trinamool on Sunday blamed BJP for the death of a party worker in Hooghly and an incident of arson in East Midnapore’s Hooghly in which 60 shops were set on fire. BJP denied the allegations.Sharing a picture of a bloodied corpse on its social media handle, Trinamool claimed that the deceased, Sahadeb Bag, was…

Asansol: Daily worship resumed at Asansol’s Bastin Bazar Durga Mandir on Sunday — Mother’s Day — fulfilling a poll promise made during the campaign, including by PM Narendra Modi, to reopen the 75-year-old temple that had been closed for regular puja since 2009.For over a decade and a half, the temple remained open only during…

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on May 8 ruled that Vodafone cannot offer songs as caller tunes or ringtones solely under agreements with sound recording companies and must also obtain permission from the Indian Performing Right Society Ltd (IPRS), which represents authors, composers and publishers.The case involved Vodafone’s value-added service using film and non-film songs…

Kolkata: A 48-year-old manager employed in a sandal manufacturing unit in Beniapukur and his employer have allegedly been swindled of Rs 31.2 lakh by a woman who befriended the manager on a popular matrimonial portal.The Kolkata Police registered a case at the Beniapukur Police Station following a formal complaint by the resident of Jannagar Road,…

Kolkata:Unidentified miscreants targeted the Central Detective Training Institute (CDTI) and the Central Finger Print Bureau (CFPB) under the ministry of home affairs, decamping with copper pipes from multiple air-conditioning units.The incident, which took place at the govt premises located at 30 Gorachand Road in Park Circus, has resulted in significant damage to public property and…

Kolkata: A woman in her late 20s reportedly jumped to her death from the third floor of a building near City Centre II in Rajarhat on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, a resident of Barasat, worked at a spa operating from the same premises.According to the Eco Park police, the incident took place shortly after around…