Kolkata/Burdwan/Howrah: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a 21-year-old college student in Howrah for allegedly being involved in a plot hatched by suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Hamim Mondal to abduct junior state minister Umesh Rai’s son.STF officers said Aditya Singh, alias Raj, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata,…
Howrah: A private tutor in Howrah helped police arrest her husband after allegedly catching him raping a 14-year-old Class 7 student inside their home on Monday morning.The accused, Sk Hafizul (40), was arrested from Munshirhat in Jagatballavpur under the POCSO Act after his wife, Chandana Bibi, witnessed the alleged assault and raised an alarm. Neighbours…
Varsha Ashok Aglawe, the newly appointed DG of Geological Survey of India (GSI) Kolkata: Varsha Ashok Aglawe on Monday assumed charge as the 54th director general of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), becoming the first woman to lead India’s premier geoscientific organisation in its 176-year history.She succeeds Asit Saha, who served as director general…
Author Taslima Nasrin visits the iconic Indian Coffee House amid heavy police protection. pic by Biplab Bhattacharjee Author Taslima Nasrin visits the iconic Indian Coffee House amid heavy police protection. pic by Biplab Bhattacharjee Author Taslima Nasrin visits the iconic Indian Coffee House amid heavy police protection. pic by Biplab Bhattacharjee Author Taslima Nasrin visits…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee’s personal assistant Sumit Roy in Salboni’s land fraud case but granted him anticipatory bail in Debra’s jobs-for-money case.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh observed that since the allegations against Roy in the land fraud case were serious, the same could not be…
Kolkata: CenturyPly, the Kolkata-based plywood and veneer manufacturer, has drawn up a roadmap to double its turnover to around Rs 12,000 crore by 2031 through capacity expansion across the country. The company plans to invest about Rs 2,500 crore over the next five years to support the expansion.The company, which currently has nine manufacturing facilities…
A policeman speaks to Aditya Singh’s grandmother at their Howrah home Howrah: Posing as a committed BJP supporter, Aditya Singh, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata and an alleged associate of suspected militant Hamim Mondal, had reportedly been gathering information on minister of state Umesh Rai and his family, according to…
Malda: In an ongoing probe into cough syrup smuggling, police recovered Rs 2.4 crore in cash, 20 gms of gold and 9,000 bottles of a banned drug worth nearly Rs 90 lakh from a trader’s rented room in Malda late on Sunday.While three accused arrested a month ago were present during the operation, carried out…
Agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Ratan Lal Nath inaugurated and laid foundation for five significant development projects across various areas of Unakoti district, with a total investment exceeding Rs 15 crore Agartala: Tripura has experienced remarkable advancement, said agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Ratan Lal Nath on Monday in Kailashahar of Unakoti district.The minister inaugurated…
Jalpaiguri: BJP supporters allegedly hurled eggs at their own party functionaries, including a mandal president, during a clash over attempts to bring Trinamool panchayat members to the Chhoto Salbari gram panchayat office in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi on Monday evening.The office had remained largely non-functional after the BJP came to govt in the state. Party seniors,…
