Kolkata: A joint team of Kolkata Police and Bengal Fire and Emergency Services on Monday conducted a fire safety audit and building plan inspection at 9 Camac Street, which houses the office of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee. A separate team of forensic officers from the Detective Department’s scientific wing also visited the premises to collect…
Former TMC minister Aroop Biswas had alleged eggs were hurled at him in premises of a lower court in Kolkata (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the state to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken by the investigating agency to preserve CCTV footage linked to an FIR involving an egg attack…
Senco Gold’s business strategy for the next five years, by when turnover is projected to reach Rs 20,000 crore, focuses on lightweight jewellery, digital marketing to attract Gen Z customers, old gold exchanges and opening more franchise stores to boost sales Kolkata: City-based jewellery retailer Senco Gold Ltd is aiming for a turnover of Rs…
Blaze breaks out at Sealdah station food plaza in Kolkata KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a food plaza at Sealdah railway station in Kolkata on Monday.Firefighters rushed to the spot and began efforts to bring the blaze under control.The fire triggered panic among passengers and railway staff.The cause of the fire and the extent…
Retired schoolteacher of Basirhat Town School Anukul Poddar I have travelled to many places but I have never experienced such a terrifying natural disaster. My Nepal trip was meant to be a dream journey to Kailash-Mansarovar.As we set out towards Mansarovar, our driver suddenly turned the vehicle back after receiving news of a flash flood…
Kolkata: Bengal Police STF arrested a Bangladeshi national from Baguiati on Saturday night in connection with an alleged international kidney trafficking ring. The suspect, Russell Ahmed, was handed over to Bidhannagar South Police Station for interrogation and legal proceedings.During the operation, police seized a detailed rate chart for kidney sales, alongside documents from several private…
Sunanda, daughter of Ranajit Howladar, at her residence in Behala Kolkata: Five days after flash floods ravaged parts of Nepal, families of missing Bengal tourists are clutching at every possible lead — a last phone ping, an immigration record, a survivor list, emailing the Chinese govt, or even checking the possibility of travelling to the…
Basirhat couple back from Nepal Kolkata: A Nepal police warning and a local driver who turned the vehicle around saved 64-year-old retired schoolteacher Anukul Poddar and his wife Reba Ray Poddar, residents of Basirhat, who were about an hour-and-a-half away from the Nepal-China (Tibet) border where disaster struck. Their hours of anxiety and uncertainty ended…
Kolkata: A six-inch-long plastic strip, which had been lodged inside the right arm of a woman, was extracted after a series of tests and a prolonged period of diagnosis, leaving doctors surprised at a city private hospital. The 59-year-old patient had been experiencing excruciating pain and had pus flowing out from an injury in her…
Kolkata: The era of Kolkata’s iconic double-door private buses might finally be drawing to a close, as one of the city’s most famous routes, L-238, rapidly transitions its fleet to single-door vehicles.Known among daily commuters as the “VIP King” for its dominating presence on the Barasat–Howrah route, L-238 was the last remaining bastion of private…
