Kolkata: The rags-to-riches story of Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya — who was arrested on Tuesday after unaccounted cash and tarpaulin sheets allegedly meant for disaster relief were recovered from his premises — is stranger than fiction. From being a humble mason stacking bricks to make ends meet, to driving other people’s cars and operating…
Behrampore/Midnapore: Two men have been arrested in separate incidents for allegedly drawing financial benefits under Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, a state welfare scheme meant exclusively for women.In Murshidabad, Behrampore Police arrested Rakibul Sekh of Sialmara following an FIR lodged by the BDO. The arrest came after CM Suvendu Adhikari highlighted Rakibul’s case while unveiling the ‘Annapurna…
Asansol: A class 6 student allegedly drowned in the swimming pool of a private English medium school in Asansol during a summer camp session on Thursday morning. Aadvik Hilarian, 11, was among 30 students participating in a swimming session of the summer camp at St. Vincent’s School under the supervision of two trainers, school authorities…
Kolkata: CID officers visited the residence of Chowringhee MLA Nayana Bandyopadhyay on Thursday regarding an FIR lodged by the Bengal assembly secretary, which alleges that her signature proposing Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) was forged. Bandyopadhyay slammed the move, calling it the “harassment” of a five-time MLA and a bid to…
Kolkata: A city court on Wednesday sent Santanu Sinha Biswas, accused in a land grab and money laundering case, to judicial custody till June 1. Biswas was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the case.During the hearing, the counsel for Sinha Biswas raised concerns over his security inside the correctional home, arguing…
Kolkata: India’s engineering exports rose 8.8% year-on-year in April 2026 to $10.3 billion from $9.5 billion in the same month last year despite logistical and production disruptions due to the West Asia conflict.The growth was primarily driven by aluminium and its products (38%), copper and its products (80%), electric machinery and equipment (9.5%), two- and…
Kolkata: City cops investigating the death of 66-year-old film-maker Anik Dutta are now certain it was a case of death by suicide.The sleuths have cited several findings — from the postmortem report, witness accounts and the recovery of a note and slippers on the roof from which Dutta fell — to arrive at the conclusion.Dutta…
Kolkata: The engineers who drew up a river-training scheme for the lower Hooghly in 1981 — to keep the approach to Haldia port navigable for large cargo vessels — knew that part of their plan would intensify erosion along the shores of three islands downstream — two of them inhabited. So they included a protective…
Agitation against MP Sougata Roy at Nimta Kolkata: Veteran parliamentarian Saugata Roy ran into protestors at a Nimta police station on Thursday as they shouted “chor-chor” (thief-thief) slogans and hurled eggs at his vehicleAccording to cops, the 78-year-old Dum Dum MP had gone to the police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on Trinamool…
Kolkata: People can themselves log in to the Census website and fill in their details from Aug 1 to Aug 15 to do away with the doorstep verification by enumerators.A major new feature of Census 2027 will be the self-enumeration facility, which enables households to voluntarily submit their details online via the official portal (www.se.census.gov.in)…
