Agartala: Chief minister Manik Saha on Tuesday informed Tripura assembly that six FIRs have been registered against former chief minister and CPM veteran Manik Sarkar for his alleged remarks warning of a “fierce protest” to oust the BJP-led state govt in the 2028 assembly polls.Saha said the first FIR was registered at West Agartala police…
Bristi Mukherjee, niece of Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her Birbhum home KOLKATA: Bristy Mukherjee, the niece of Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, was found dead at her house in Birbhum on Tuesday, police said.Mukherjee was found hanging at her home, and the death is being treated…
Heavy rain lashed Kolkata and south Bengal districts on Tuesday morning. KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata and several districts of south Bengal on Tuesday morning as a low-pressure system over Gangetic West Bengal remained nearly stationary, causing waterlogging in low-lying areas and disrupting office-hour traffic.Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur recorded the highest rainfall in the state,…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has written to Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, requesting the revival and operationalisation of Behala airport.“Behala airport has a runway of 915 metres, which is adequate for operation of ATR-72 passenger aircraft, air ambulance and chartered flights. As per findings of a recently conducted drone survey, the…
The rally caused major traffic disruption in central Kolkata for more than three hours. Photo by Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Around 4,000 Bengal Police job applicants staged a protest on Monday, demanding the immediate publication of recruitment results.The candidates, who had applied for constable and sub-inspector posts, marched from Sealdah station to Esplanade despite heavy rain….
Kolkata: NRS Medical College & Hospital has conducted an inquiry into the allegations of wrong surgery on a patient from Beleghata. The preliminary findings suggest investigation reports pointing to acute appendicitis for which doctors conducted the surgery.According to the preliminary report submitted by health officials, Gopal Porel came to the OPD on July 8 with…
Binpur boy Sagar Goswami. pic by Santanu Mondal Jhargram: Teenager Sagar Goswami, a resident of Binpur, learnt on Monday that he had secured an MBBS seat at Medical College, Kolkata — the same hospital he visits every two months for his father’s cancer treatment.His seat allotment under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, based on…
Kolkata: The object of a bail condition cannot be punitive in nature, Calcutta High Court held on Monday, granting relief to an accused whose bail condition was to not enter the complainant’s property, of which he owned a 50% share.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: “…conditions imposed in the bail order clearly amounts to effective ouster…
Kolkata: Every person guilty of commission of a grave offence can undergo transformation, Calcutta High Court’s Jalpaiguri circuit bench on Aug 28 observed while setting aside the death penalty awarded by a trial court to a north Bengal man for murdering his wife.The division bench of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Smita Das De upheld the…
Reclaim the wall with graffiti by the sfi students union at ju…..Debobrata Shome Kolkata: The state govt has reportedly told Jadavpur University (JU) that any graffiti with “links to foreign countries”—Cuba, China, Russia—will not be encouraged and may be dealt with sternly, prompting the campus authorities to consider forming a committee to check the wall…
