Malda: GRP on Saturday detained five Bangladeshis in Malda Town station, reports Subhro Maitra. The five arrived from Delhi and Gujarat and had planned to go to Bangladesh through Malda border, said cops. Police also said that the detainees were relatives of some Bangladeshis pushed to the neighbouring country. They have been kept in the…
Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee claimed he was struck by a projectile, causing a head injury in Hooghly district on Sunday Chanditala (Hooghly): Trinamool chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused BJP of “murdering democracy” after her party’s Lok Sabha chief whip Kalyan Banerjee suffered head injuries in an assault during a protest near…
A bulldozer brings down a stall near Dum Dum Junction railway station Kolkata: A massive anti-encroachment drive was conducted by railway authorities and police at Dum Dum Junction railway station throughout the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, which demolished more than 200 illegal shops and evicted hundreds of vendors.According to railway sources, the operation…
Kolkata: Students of a girls’ hostel of Presidency University in Salt Lake sector I allegedly chased away a man after spotting him flashing and masturbating on a road near the hostel late on Saturday night, triggering fresh concerns over security in the area.According to students, the man was seen engaging in an alleged obscene act…
Hot weather in Kolkata on Sunday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The city woke up to a stifling morning and endured a scorching Sunday, with the maximum temperature soaring to 35°C, after a brief one-and-a-half-day respite from the sweltering summer heat, triggered by the squall on Friday afternoon. Sunday’s maximum was around 8°C higher than…
Golf Green two decomposed body recovered from a flat at golf green vin Kolkata……Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: The decomposed bodies of a 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, believed to have been in a live-in relationship, were recovered from a rented one-bedroom flat in Golf Green’s Aravinda Nagar on Sunday. The incident has triggered a police…
Vegetable vendors at a Kolkata market Kolkata: The shockwaves of the ongoing crisis in West Asia have travelled thousands of miles into the kitchens of Bengal. Across the country, fuel prices have skyrocketed by over Rs 7 per litre, triggering an immediate spike in neighbourhood markets where the prices of daily essentials and perishables are…
Kolkata: In a major win for community spirit, Behala residents have successfully reclaimed and restored the Roy Nagar Ground. It is a 18-cottah football ground that had been forcibly acquired by alleged land grabbers for over six years.The trouble began on Feb 20, 2020, when a self-proclaimed NGO named Banglar Bandhu—allegedly owned by Sujoy Bhadra,…
A pre-vacation morning assembly at a city school Kolkata: State-run schools are preparing to introduce ‘Vande Mataram’ in morning assemblies as schools reopen on Monday after the summer vacation. Several schools have decided to play the original version on loudspeakers to guide students during the prayer session.Ahead of the reopening, officials of the school education…
Gap between two more piers have been bridges Kolkata: The Orange Line Metro project has gained more speed with RVNL successfully bridging two more pillars at Chingrighata. The agency is now all set to start construction of the foot overbridge (FOB) — also the most important access to Beleghata station at Metropolitan, around 500m from…
