CM Suvendu Adhikari at Lalbazar on Thursday Kolkata: Police will respond to natural disasters or law-and-order breakdowns without delay, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced at Lalbazar on Thursday, and said all 552 police stations across Bengal will receive four emergency response vehicles. The initial batch, funded by an allocated budget of Rs 100 crore, is scheduled…
Kolkata: High drama unfolded on Thursday afternoon as a joint team of KMC officials and police arrived at the Camac Street office of Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee to remove a billboard bearing the party’s name. This led to scuffles, arguments, and accusations from both sides.A large cop contingent…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (file picture) Kolkata: Adani Group has expressed interest in several projects in Bengal, including the greenfield airport at Kalyani, CM Suvendu Adhikari said at a TV9 Bangla event on Thursday. The CM said Karan Adani, managing director, Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd, had assured him that the group would participate…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday disposed of minister Arjun Singh’s petition challenging 10 FIRs filed during the TMC govt after Barrackpore Police described the cases as “mistake of facts”.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya had sought a police report on whether the cases would continue following the change of political party in govt after May 4….
Agartala: BJP ally TIPRA Motha suffered a setback in Tripura after forest minister Animesh Debbarma and MLA Chitta Debbarma opted out of a party meeting and dinner organised by party chief Pradyot Kishore Debbarma on Wednesday, and instead attended a strategy meet with CM Manik Saha.The CM’s meeting, held ahead of the three-day monsoon session…
Kolkata: A retired Railways employee from Behala, who was a self-proclaimed Shiv devotee and had a dream to undertake the Mansarovar yatra, features among the list of those missing in Nepal since the disaster. His family is unable to establish contact with him despite repeated attempts to trace him through the tour operator and the…
Sarmistha Bhowmik Roy, who is married to Mukul Roy’s son, has gone missing during a tour in Nepal KOLKATA/KANCHRAPARA: The family of former Indian Railway Minister Mukul Roy is anxiously searching for his daughter-in-law, Sarmistha Bhowmik Roy, 43, who has been missing in Nepal since Wednesday following a devastating flash flood in the Bhotekoshi River…
The damaged road on Sealdah flyover is a commuter’s nightmare ——- Suparna Goswami Kolkata: The deplorable condition of Kolkata’s road infrastructure has increasingly extended onto the city’s major flyovers, forcing Kolkata Traffic police to issue urgent appeals for civic intervention. The vital Sealdah flyover has emerged as a prime example.In response to the deteriorating conditions,…
A battered Bypass road near Ruby Hospital—– Suparna Goswami Kolkata: Rain has opened up craters and potholes along Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, making travel challenging and jarring for commuters, especially motorists and bikers. Apart from craters and potholes, uneven road surfaces due to random patchwork done in the past has also added to the pain of…
The spot where Tuesday night’s accident occurred at Kestopur…TOI Kolkata: A Burrabazar businessman was killed after the app-based bike on which he was travelling pillion collided with a truck at Keshtopur crossing on VIP Road on Tuesday night. Police said the bike rider was allegedly riding recklessly and attempted to overtake the truck from its…
