Bonny being paraded by cops Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy alias Boni wearing underwear was paraded by police in public in Kanchrapara ——- Amar Kar Kolkata: Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy, alias Bonny, of the Bijpur assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas, who was earlier arrested in connection with extortion and Arms Act cases, was…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to probe an AI-generated eviction notice that was circulated among traders in the New Market area. The purported notice asked for all hawker stalls, dalas and encroachments near the Metro Esplanade station gate No. 6 and around the Grand Hotel to be vacated within a month, following which…
Kolkata: Concerns of transporters over rising operational uncertainties and fuel costs have triggered the private operators to urgent call for state intervention to “revive the transport sector” following the recent political transition in Bengal.The Joint Forum of Transport Operators (JFTO), an umbrella body representing five major transport associations, has formally approached chief minister Suvendu Adhikari,…
Idol-makers have 141 days to finish their work Kolkata: Ever since the ban on digging soil from riverbanks came into effect, sticky clay from the Hooghly has become scarce. As a result, the making of Durga idols has taken a hit. Artisans are concerned over how to complete the idols, as they have only 141…
Debashis Konar & Kaushik PradhanKolkata: The state govt on Wednesday released the 11-page application form (12 pages in Bengali) for the newly launched Annapurna Yojana, a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which eligible women will receive monthly financial assistance of Rs 3,000.Unlike the Lakshmir Bhandar form, which was a simple two-page document requiring minimal…
KOLKATA: Despite RG Kar outrage and citywide protests, Kolkata has once again emerged as India’s safest metro city, recording the lowest rate of cognisable offences per lakh population among 19 Indian cities with populations exceeding 20 lakh, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2024 report.The latest figures reaffirm Kolkata’s position at the…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy on Thursday faced protests outside a police station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, with demonstrators shouting “thief” at him and hurling eggs at his vehicle.The 78-year-old parliamentarian had gone to the Nimta police station to submit a deputation alleging attacks on TMC councillors in several parts of…
Former Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen (File Photo) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Dr Santanu Sen has resigned from his post as the party’s national spokesperson on Thursday, according to news agency ANI.In his resignation letter addressed to party chief Mamata Banerjee, Sen said he could no longer continue defending…
Bengali filmmaker Anik Dutta KOLKATA: Award-winning director Anik Dutta, 66, the man behind a new genre of political satire in Bengali cinema, died after falling from the roof of a six-storey residential building at Hindustan Park near Gariahat on Wednesday. He was taken to anearby private hospital around 1.15pm but declared dead on arrival.Police said…
Facing internal dissent after a poll setback, Mamata Banerjee penned a poem, ‘Girgiti (Chameleon),’ targeting rebel leaders. KOLKATA: As TMC grapples with a deepening internal crisis following the party’s crushing poll setback, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday appeared to hit back at dissenters within the organisation through a sharply worded poem titled “Girgiti…
