Kolkata: How does it feel to suddenly receive Rs 100 crore in your bank account?Not good, as Kashmira Sheikh — a poor zari worker from Kultali in South 24 Parganas, more than 100 km from Kolkata — is finding out.The 36-year-old has been gripped by fear and panic, and her life has been turned upside…
Author Taslima Nasrin meets press on Sunday in Kolkata.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: Bangladesh-born author Taslima Nasrin said she “wants to believe” that the BJP govt in Bengal will protect freedom of expression and the fundamental rights of every citizen. “I believe they (the govt) will accommodate those with differing opinions so they can express their…
Kolkata: Every person — Pakistani or of any nationality — should be given all opportunities to prove his/her case, Calcutta High Court said on Saturday, criticising the Centre and state for taking 24 years to decide on the citizenship application of a 60-year-old Pakistani woman, married to a Howrah man, and directed them to submit…
BJP neta and Bengal panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh (file photo) Kolkata: A day after Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said that a section of party workers was engaging in corruption, senior BJP neta and state panchayat minister Dilip Ghosh said extortion culture can’t be ended overnight.“This (extortion) culture cannot be ended overnight. We have asked…
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday cautioned party workers against using loudspeakers as a show of strength and warned them of strict action if members are found collecting “protection money.”“There is no reason to blare loudspeakers during rituals like sankirtan. There is no reason to put up…
Renneissance Township, East Burdwan Burdwan: Fear and concern over security gripped residents of Renaissance Township after STF arrested Md Hamim Mondal on Friday on suspicion of terror links.On Sunday, the Renaissance Central Welfare Society met to discuss security and communal harmony. Member Bapi Sarkar said, “We met with the objective of ensuring a safe and…
Alam Mistry Lane in Howrah, where Hamim Modal had rented a flat Howrah: Suspected terrorist Hamim Mondal and his father, Maniruddin Mondal, operated a business from the ground floor of 7 Alam Mistry Lane in ward 13 of the Howrah Municipal Corporation— the same ward where minister of state for urban development Umesh Rai lives…
Taslima Nasrin said denying Joy Goswami the opportunity to speak was an insult to him. She said, “I felt bad. I invited Joy and requested him to speak. I spoke about freedom of speech — people can have different opinions, but everyone should be allowed to express their views. Why did those who claim to…
Kolkata: A social media buzz about former Bengal minister Shashi Panja meeting NCPI MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar at a fertility clinic in Bhowanipore on Saturday has led to speculation over the former’s political future. Kakoli’s husband Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar is a director of the clinic.While many think the former Bengal cabinet minister’s meeting with Kakoli…
Minister Agnimitra Paul in north Bengal on Sunday West Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul participate in the ‘Mukhomukhi’ public grievance programme at the Siliguri Municipal Corporation on Sunday. Siliguri: From Sept 1, the govt would launch a state-wide enforcement drive against illegal construction, encroachment, plastic pollution and public nuisance. Builders found…
