Kolkata: Police have registered an FIR against Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra under non-bailable sections for allegedly inciting communal discord and summoned her to appear before the Diamond Harbour Cyber Crime Police Station at 11:00 am on Saturday.The FIR was lodged following a complaint by a local, Sonu Bera. Cops invoked sections 196, 197, 299, and…
“Seva Sankalp Abhiyan”, scheduled to begin on Sept 17, will also feature organizational programmes along with community initiatives in schools, colleges and rural areas across the country. The campaign will showcase welfare initiatives while strengthening the party’s grassroots connection. Kolkata: Bengal BJP is preparing a month-long outreach programme to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court granted actor Sreelekha Mitra interim protection till Dec 24, provided she cooperates with the probe, after observing that a cartoon on Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried by her during Gen-Z protests in Kolkata “shocks the conscience of the court”.Sixteen FIRs have been filed against Mitra over a poster allegedly showing Modi…
North 24 Parganas has the highest number of such centres in the state at 203, followed by Kolkata with 162. Hooghly and Howrah each have 109 Jan Aushadhi Kendras Kolkata: More than 1,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras are operational across Bengal, with 469 more set to open in govt hospitals, bringing quality generic medicines within reach…
Siliguri: Centre has approved Rs 2,077 crore for four-laning the 31-km Bagdogra-Panitanki-Kharibari-Galgalia stretch of NH-327 in Darjeeling district, aimed at strengthening connectivity through the strategically important Siliguri Corridor and to the India-Nepal border, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.The project will require diversion of forest land, drawing objections from the…
The subsidence occurred between Tildanga and New Farakka stations early Thursday, damaging the up line and bringing northbound train movement to a halt. Malda: Hundreds of passengers were left stranded as north Bengal-bound trains were delayed for hours or cancelled on Thursday following track subsidence near Farakka in Murshidabad.The subsidence occurred between Tildanga and New…
West Bengal’s CM warned schools about financial aid cuts for not singing Vande Mataram. KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday warned schools that financial aid and other government support would be stopped if the mandatory singing of the full version of Vande Mataram during school prayers was not strictly followed.Addressing the annual…
A 270-ft BSNL tower became the centre of an eight-hour rescue operation in Siliguri on Wednesday night after a youth climbed to the top . Police used a drone to communicate with him and was finally brought him down around 11.30pm Siliguri: ‘Posto diye kumro bhaja chai’ — a request for pumpkin fried with poppy…
Kolkata: Star Health, one of the oldest standalone health companies, has settled 33,000 claims worth over Rs 140 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal.The company has settled more than 6 lakh claims worth over Rs 3,200 crore in Bengal since inception, according to Atin Kumar Roy, business head (West Bengal).He said out…
The Wheels of Wellness project launched a motorcycle rally KOLKATA: The “Wheels of Wellness” project, in partnership with Wheeler Diary, was launched on Aug 22, 2026, followed by a 5,200 km motorcycle rally to raise awareness about cervical cancer and HPV vaccination from Kolkata to Ladakh and back that was flagged off on Sept 3.The…
