Construction materials to be used in the ongoing repair of Vidyasagar Setu Kolkata: The Hastings Police has started a probe after the project manager of a French firm that has been currently entrusted with the repair work of Vidyasagar Setu lodged a theft complaint. He has alleged the theft of heavy steel structural components, valued…
Kolkata: Two separate road accidents in the Beniapukur police station area have claimed the lives of two pedestrians within 24 hours.In the first incident, an auto driver who was on his first trip out in the city after arriving from Delhi, hit a 60-year-old unidentified woman with his vehicle on Friday near the main gate…
Kolkata: A Behala resident attempting to secure accommodation for an upcoming trip at Uttarakhand fell victim to an online hotel booking scam, losing Rs 1,74,888 through fraudulent representations and deceptive credit card transactions.The incident unfolded on Aug 17, when the complainant intended to book a hotel room at Nainital and contacted unknown accused persons using…
Kolkata: A massive operation against cyber fraud rackets involving Rs 92.6 crore has been dismantled across Bengal in a major intelligence-led drive titled ‘Operation Cyber Prahar’.Over the last seven days, the Cyber Crime Wing of Bengal Police, with help from multiple police units, have registered 69 FIRs and arrested 107 individuals connected to organized syndicate…
Kolkata: A lawyer was injured and her husband assaulted after a recklessly driven vehicle collided with their car on SN Road Roy in Behala on Friday, Aug 21 around 8 pm.The incident occurred in front of the Merlin Jabakusum building while the victim was returning home from court by car with her husband. According to…
Kolkata: The new-age schools that are being developed on the wetlands are giving additional focus to undertaking safety audits to eradicate snakes, especially during the monsoon season. The school where the class 3 student was bitten by a snake is organising a special session with a herpetologist to explain standard operating procedure and emergency respond…
One of Auddy’s kidneys was transplanted into a 28-year-old male recipient at SSKM Hospital, while the second kidney was transplanted into a 48-year-old male patient at Fortis Hospital Kolkata: The family of a 17-year-old brain-dead youth from Beleghata, Akash Auddy, consented to organ donation following his death at IPGMER-SSKM Hospital in Kolkata. This resulted in…
Kolkata: Subha Shankar Sarkar, a retired academic appointed by Jadavpur University to head the committee that will investigate the recent violence and vandalism on the campus, informed vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on Saturday that he could not lead the inquiry because of other commitments.Officers said a police team would visit the campus on Monday to collect…
A near-empty Free School Street on Sunday evening Kolkata: The closure of hotels in central Kolkata following last Wednesday’s fire at Shikha Inn, which claimed nine lives, has forced many Bangladeshis staying in that area to shift to accommodations off EM Bypass, especially in Mukundapur.Large numbers of Bangladeshi nationals come to Kolkata for medical treatment,…
CM Suvendu Adhikari and defence minister Rajnath Singh at the Garden Reach programme Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that the Bengal govt has reserved 20% posts in the police, fire brigade, forest and civil defence departments for retired Agniveers and also hinted at the reintroduction of NCC in schools and colleges in the…
