The accused, 25-year-old Ashwar Ali Laskar, allegedly gave jail staff the slip Kolkata: Two jail warders have been suspended after an undertrial prisoner escaped from Baruipur Correctional Home, only to be rearrested from his Bakultala residence on the same day.The accused, 25-year-old Ashwar Ali Laskar, allegedly gave jail staff the slip. Following a complaint by…
Midnapore: CID is likely to take Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, to the MP’s Camac Street office to probe allegations that former party MLA Sujoy Hazra had gone there to hand over money connected to the Salboni land grab case.CID told a Midnapore court in its remand note on…
Kolkata: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his son Anant Ambani are expected to visit Bengal and explore investment opportunities, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.Speaking at a programme in Kolkata, Adhikari said he had spoken to Anant, who, according to CM, assured him he would visit Bengal along with his father. “I have spoken…
Sept 17 also marks PM Narendra Modi’s birthday. Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public office with a series of programmes from Sept 17, including lighting diyas and a three-day welfare scheme enrolment camp. Sept 17 also marks Modi’s birthday.On Saturday, KMC top brass held a meeting…
Earlier, EC announced voting on Oct 6 and counting on Oct 9, with the entire process concluding by Oct 11 Kolkata: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday approved the candidatures of Mohd Abdullahil Kafi for Rejinagar assembly constituency in Murshidabad and Milan Pradhan for Nandigram constituency in East Midnapore for the forthcoming Bengal byelections.Earlier, EC…
Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari (file picture) Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the discontinuation of the state govt’s financial assistance scheme for student mobile phones, saying the focus would shift to purpose-built educational devices to check smartphone addiction among schoolchildren.“The previous govt provided mobile phones to students of Classes 11 and 12. I have…
Kolkata: Three CPI (Maoist) members from the Bengal squad — Ramprasad Mandi alias Sachin, his wife Mita Sahu and Jaba Mahato alias Gauri — are expected to formally surrender in Bengal within days after nearly two decades in armed underground activity, police sources said. Officials are completing paperwork under the state rehabilitation policy following sustained…
Kolkata: The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) on Friday brought together HR representatives of around 40 corporate houses and industry bodies in Kolkata to explore employment opportunities for ex-servicemen and strengthen their transition to second careers after leaving the armed forces.The DGR & Corporate HR Conclave, organised by the Directorate of Resettlement Zone (East) at the…
Knock twice. Say the password. Watch a bookshelf swing open, or a phone booth become a doorway into candlelight and jazz. This is what a speakeasy is at its core – a 100-year-old American secret, born of Prohibition, when drinking meant whispered orders and a closely watched door. Reborn worldwide as pure theatre, with no…
Ganesh idols being prepared at Kumartuli workshops on Monday. Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: The number of Ganesh Pujas in Kolkata and its adjoining areas could rise by around 15% this year, according to idolmakers, with the total estimated to touch nearly 11,000 as the festival continues to spread across the city and neighbouring districts…
