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- newGym trainer bites cop, ransacks police station
A gym trainer in his early 20s bit a policeman, broke two television sets and two wooden chairs, threw paper weights and pen stands inside Bidhannagar north police station on Sunday night. Earlier on the same day, cops had stopped him along with two others for triple riding and speeding on a bike during a naka check at Salt Lake's BF Block.
- 16 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 7:41am - - newTutor held under Pocso for abusing girl in West Bengal for 4 years
A class-IX girl in Birati was sexually abused and threatened by a private tutor for almost four years at her own home till her parents saw him tormenting the teenager last week and lodged a police complaint. The 54-year-old teacher was arrested soon and the charge sheet was submitted by Airport police within 72 hours, on Wednesday.
- 16 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 7:39am - - newHelp of 10 years steals Rs 30,000 from woman living alone
The police have arrested a domestic help, who was working for the past decade at the residence of a woman, for allegedly stealing Rs 30,000 from the flat in the Rashbehari area. The woman works at a private firm and lives on her own. Her children are settled abroad.
- 17 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 6:46am - - newMore cops, speed guns for New Town roads
New Town cops register anything between 100 to 200 cases of speeding daily on the stretch of New Town -between Biswa Bangla gate and Akankha crossing-where a young techie riding pillion with her colleague was killed on Monday night after being hit by a car from behind near Eco Park.
- 17 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 6:41am - - new'Lowest May rainfall in Kol in 5 years, 36% below normal'
The considerably low rainfall in May this year in Kolkata, 36% below the normal record expected for the month, has been the lowest since 2018, making it one of the driest pre-monsoon months in five years, weathermen said.
- 17 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 6:35am - - newHeat spell still on, reopen schools on June 15: CM Mamata
State-run schools would reopen after summer vacation on June 15, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday. She also appealed to all private schools to follow the same date. The CM said inputs from the Met department suggested that heatwave-like conditions would continue.
- 18 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 6:26am - - newFrom this year, 4-year UG courses in Bengal colleges
Four-year undergraduate courses will debut in Bengal from this academic session. The state higher education department on Wednesday issued a press release announcing the change in format. An expert committee set up by the state government to examine the matter had earlier recommended the implementation of the four-year regime from this year.
- 18 hours ago 1 Jun 23, 6:19am - - 203 stretches on traffic cops' road repair list to agencies
Kolkata Traffic Police has sent pre-monsoon SOS to civic agencies - including KMC, KMDA and the port authorities - for immediate repair of 203 road stretches across the city.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 8:13am - - Burglary at councillor's flat
Thieves struck at the Ballygunge Place residence of Ward 68 councillor Sudarshana Mukherjee and decamped with cash and gold jewellery while she was sleeping on the floor above. The thieves entered the house located behind South Point School through the bathroom window.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 8:13am - - SUV hits bike, techie dies near Eco Park
Helmets firmly strapped, riding along the lane next to the left kerb at a moderate speed, two techies were following all traffic rules when a car hit them from behind, killing the 23-year-old female pillion rider and leaving the rider critically injured. Officers of Eco Park police station have arrested the driver, Md Nishan (55), and booked him under IPC sections 304A (death due to negligence), 279 (rash and negligent driving) and 338 (causing grievous hurt).
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- Mamata Banerjee emphasises national opposition unity after Jairam Ramesh ‘poaching’ barb
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday emphasised the need for opposition unity against BJP at the national level, sending out signals that the state’s lone Congress MLA joining Trinamool would not impact these efforts.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 8:12am - - 45 held since May 15 for electricity hooking in Kolkata
Forty-five persons have been arrested in past two weeks by various police stations and the anti rowdy section of the detective department for their involvement in organized electricity hooking, as stated by senior Lalbazar officers on Tuesday evening. Most people were arrested in port and eastern suburban divisions.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 5:58am - - ED lens on 17 properties linked to 'Kalighater Kaku'
ED Sources said the documents seized from the premises of Sujay Krishna Bhadra alias 'Kalighater Kaku', who was arrested on Tuesday, and data retrieved from his cell phones gave the investigators valuable information.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 5:47am - - 2-storey Bidhan Mkt above E-W Metro's Esplande stn
The Joka-Esplanade Metro project has taken a giant step forward with bids being floated for a new Maidan market at Curzon Park above the upcoming underground East-West Metro Esplanade station.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 5:44am - - Age of self-harm falls sharply among kids in Kolkata
The average age of self-harm has fallen sharply in the city in the last three years, with mental health professionals noticing an increase in such behaviour in kids as young as seven, from the earlier observed age of late adolescence.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 5:42am - - Govt to recruit 1.2 lakh in next two months, says Mamata
The Bengal government will recruit 1.2 lakh persons in various state departments in the next couple of months, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The recruitment drive is the highest since Trinamool Congress came to office in 2011.
- 2 days ago 31 May 23, 5:42am - - Mamata Banerjee seeks Centre's permission to visit violence-hit Manipur
"The CM has written to the Central government seeking permission to visit Manipur. She wants to stand by the victims of violence there," the official told PTI.
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 5:06pm - - New Metro smart card to cost Rs 150, deposit still Rs 80
Come Thursday and a Metro Railway smart card will be costlier at Rs 150 as the carrier is all set to hike the purchase value by Rs 30.
- 3 days ago 30 May 23, 8:13am - - Kidnapper of Kalighat kid held in Bihar
Probing into the kidnapping of a 10-month-old child who was picked up from a wedding at Kalighat eight days ago, cops have arrested the man, Bikram Rai, who had abducted the kid, from Bihar’s Danapur on Monday. The child was rescued the day after the abduction and the brain behind the kidnap was also arrested last week.
- 3 days ago 30 May 23, 8:11am - - Manipur ethnic gulf widens, big relocation on: Security officials
The two communities had clashed previously over territory and identity, but the violence since May 3 has been the worst in their tumultuous history, leaving over 100 people dead and scores wounded. While both sides say they want the hostilities to end, the underlying message is that they would rather not live together.
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- CBI officers threatened while serving notice to Abhishek: Mamata
Banerjee also said that the Union government has virtually unleashed an 'agency Raj' throughout the country. KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the CBI officers, who went to the residence of her nephew and Trinamool Congress' national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee last Friday to serve a summon notice for questioning, misbehaved and threatened the members of the family."Abhishek was in Bankura then. The officers who went to his house to serve the n…
- 9 days ago 23 May 23, 7:29pm - - Mukul Roy underwent brain surgery, has Parkinson's disease, dementia: Doctors
Roy underwent surgery for hydrocephalus, a condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain, which may cause brain damage. KOLKATA: Bengal's maverick politician Mukul Roy, who has flip-flopped between TMC and BJP over the last few years, has been suffering from Parkinson's disease and dementia and last month underwent surgery for a neurological disorder, according to doctors treating him.Though he has physically improved, his doctors remained unsure of his mental functioning.Roy underwent s…
- 43 days ago 19 Apr 23, 6:57pm - - Bengal BJP chief stopped by police on way to violence-hit area for second day
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC are in force in several places of the district where clashes broke out between two groups during a Ram Navami procession on Sunday. DANKUNI: The BJP's West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday was stopped for the second consecutive day from visiting the riot-hit areas of Hooghly district by the police citing prohibitory orders.Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC are in force in several places of the district where clashes broke out…
- 58 days ago 4 Apr 23, 3:23pm - - Rata-looty: Rat steals Rs 13,000 cash from Kolkata grocery shop; caught on camera
The owner managed to recover Rs 12,700 intact from the rat’s hole. KOLKATA: In a curious heist case, a rat stole Rs 13,000 from a grocery shop's cash drawer in East Midnapore. The rat had nibbled the currency notes through a gap in the cash drawer and stored them in its 'home.' The entire act was recorded in the shop’s CCTV cameras. Thus, the fortunate owner managed to recover Rs 12,700 intact from the rat's hole.Amal Kumar Maity, the owner of the shop in Tamluk Market, closed his…
- 62 days ago 31 Mar 23, 8:37pm - - Three persons trampled to death by elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram
An eyewitness, Siddhartha Mahato said that the stray elephant attacked Subbala first. After trampling her, it attacked Gurucharan and Saroj Mahato. KOLKATA: Three persons, including a woman, were trampled to death by an elephant at Belpahari in Jhargram. Subala Pal (55), Gurucharan Mahato (65), and Saroj Mahato (62) had gone to the Bhulabheda forest to collect flowers from the Mahua tree to prepare local hooch. They were collecting the flowers when the elephant, which got separated from its h…
- 68 days ago 25 Mar 23, 7:32pm - - Congress spokesperson Kaustav Bagchi granted bail after arrest for comments on Mamata
Bagchi referred to a book and commented that the author mentioned the Bengal CM's past life a day after TMC’s defeat in Sagardighi by-elections in which the Congress-Left Front alliance candidate won. KOLKATA: Congress spokesperson Kaustav Bagchi was arrested in the wee hours of Saturday for his alleged comments against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a day after the result of the Sagardighi by-election.On Friday, Bagchi (a lawyer) held a press conference where he referred to a book written…
- 89 days ago 4 Mar 23, 7:58pm - - Misdeeds of party leaders led to by-poll debacle: TMC MP Aparupa Poddar
The MP’s analysis comes at a time when the TMC was facing serious corruption charges. KOLKATA: The TMC's defeat in the West Bengal by-election is being seen by the ruling party as a warning sign ahead of panchayat elections. TMC MP Aparupa Poddar, though has gone even further, attributing corruption within the party as the reason for the debacle in Sagardighi Assembly by-polls in Murshidabad.In a social media post, Aparupa, the lawmaker from Arambag in Hooghly, stated that some of the pro…
- 90 days ago 3 Mar 23, 7:22pm - - Gene makeup can be used to target political dissidents, solve crimes: Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee
Revolutionising both forensics and criminology, this has now been widely used in solving "30-40 unsolved so-called cold cases", Mukherjee said without elaborating. KOLKATA: Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician by training, said he feared that a new genetic sequencing identification technique could be used to identify and target political dissidents.The method is also being used to solve crimes, he said.In conversation with another acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh, Mukherjee…
- 14 Jan 23, 5:44pm - - Partha Chatterjee: The 'greedy, work-shy penny-pinching hoarder' in the eye of the SSC scam
The stories of Chatterjee's miserliness are legion in the TMC, which also explains why he allegedly hoarded Rs 52 crore in cash, thousands of dollars worth lakhs and jewellery valued at Rs 4 crore. NEW DELHI: After a 13-day customary mourning following his wife Babli's death in July 2017, the then industry minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress general secretary Partha Chatterjee threw a lavish lunch on the occasion of shraddh or ceremonial offering to a departed soul.It was anything b…
- 30 Jul 22, 8:48pm - - Mid-air smoke forces IndiGo flight to make emergency landing in Kolkata
The pilot had to issue a 'May Day' call, made to seek help in times of distress, and the the Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A320 Neo plane landed at the Kolkata airport under full emergency conditions KOLKATA: A Jaipur-Kolkata IndiGo flight with 136 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Kolkata after smoke engulfed the plane mid-air, prompting the government to order a probe, an official said Tuesday.However, no passengers were injured in the incident that happened on Monday, a seni…
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- Kolkata mall faces social media fury for barring woman from breastfeeding
The mother, Abhilasha Arup Das Adhikari, took to Facebook to express her experience, stating she was asked "not to do home chores" in the shopping centre. A mall in Kolkata faced backlash on social media after it barred a woman from breastfeeding her seven-month-old baby on November 27. The mother, Abhilasha Arup Das Adhikari, took to Facebook to express her experience, stating she was asked "not to do home chores" in the shopping centre.She wrote on the Facebook page of the South City Mall…
- 29 Nov 18, 7:43pm - - Over 49,000 fire cases in Mumbai in a decade, 609 killed: Government
Minister of State for Urban Development Ranjit Patil said in the state Assembly that a total of 49,391 fire mishaps were reported in the megapolis between 2008 and 2018. MUMBAI: There have been over 49,000 incidents of fire in Mumbai in the last one decade, killing more than 600 people, the Maharashtra government said Monday.Minister of State for Urban Development Ranjit Patil said in the state Assembly that a total of 49,391 fire mishaps were reported in the megapolis between 2008 and 2018.…
- 26 Nov 18, 2:57pm - - Man deboarded, arrested after 'joking' about terrorist on plane in Kolkata
A co-passenger saw the 22-year-old texting about a terrorist being on the plane which was headed to Mumbai A 21-year-old man on a Mumbai-bound flight was detained by CISF officials at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after a co-passenger saw him texting about a terrorist being on the plane. The man who claimed that he was joking was later handed over to local police.According to a Times of India report, Jogen Poddar, a resident of Kolkata, had boarded Jet A…
- 26 Nov 18, 1:39pm - - Jet Airways passenger talks about bombs over phone, detained at Kolkata airport
Yogvedanta Poddar, in his 20s, was forced to get off the Kolkata-Mumbai flight, which was preparing for take-off, he said. KOLKATA: A passenger was detained and forced to de-board a Jet Airways Kolkata-Mumbai flight on Monday after fellow passengers allegedly heard him talking about "bombs" on a video chat, an airport official said.Yogvedanta Poddar, in his 20s, was forced to get off the plane, which was preparing for take-off, he said.Co-passengers overheard his conversation and alerted a f…
- 26 Nov 18, 1:06pm - - Firing at West Bengal state secretariat; none hurt
Police have registered a suo motu case against the constable. Police have launched an investigation and are checking the CCTV footage. KOLKATA: West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna witnessed a firing incident on Saturday morning. The incident occurred when the gun of constable Shashanka Bhushan Mondal accidentally went off during change of duty on Saturday morning. However, no one was hurt in the incident and the bullet hit the bunker at the entrance of the building. Police have registere…
- 24 Nov 18, 11:50pm - - Centre-West Bengal clash over 'imposed' East-West Corridor metro rakes
The state government came to know about the Centre's proposal at a recent meeting held in Delhi and have decided to write to the railway ministry opposing the proposal, sources revealed. KOLKATA: West Bengal state government led by Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are again at loggerheads over Centre's alleged 'imposition' of metro rail rakes from a particular facility for the ongoing East-West Corridor o…
- 24 Nov 18, 12:24am - - Train runs over bridge for two km without engine in Bengal
The train was running at over 60 kmph during the detachment and seeing a lone speeding engine caused panic among local residents and they alerted the train driver. KOLKATA: The state could have witnessed a major mishap after 21 coaches of Assam-bound 22501 Bengaluru-New Tinsukia weekly superfast express covered a distance of 2 km after getting detached from the engine and finally stopping over a railway bridge over Mujnai river near Madarihat in Alipurduar district of West Bengal on Thursday. Th…
- 24 Nov 18, 12:19am - - Majherhat bridge collapse sends road traffic haywire in Kolkata, train services hit too
Thousands of people travelling in the peak evening hours were inconvenienced owing to the incident. KOLKATA: Transport services connecting the vast areas in the south-western part of the city and South 24 Parganas district were severely affected owing to collapse of a portion of a road overbridge at Majherhat on the arterial Diamond Harbour Road Tuesday.A Kolkata Traffic Police officer said traffic movement through Diamond Harbour Road in Taratala area has been suspended following the incident…
- 4 Sep 18, 7:50pm - - One dead in Kolkata's Majherhat bridge collapse; 31 admitted to hospital
Some vehicles, including a minibus, which was plying on the bridge at the time of the collapse, fell down on the rail tracks under the flyover. KOLKATA: Two years after the under-construction Vivekananda flyover collapse claimed 27 lives in north Kolkata, at least one person died and six were critically injured after a portion of the 40-year-old Majerhat rail overbridge in south Kolkata collapsed around 4.43 pm on Tuesday. Also, six Metro Rail workers are feared trapped under the debris. Rescue…
- 4 Sep 18, 5:46pm - - Sex racket of 'Gurmeet Ram Rahim's' follower busted in Kolkata
In a first in West Bengal, sex racket of an alleged follower of rape convict Saccha Dera Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was busted in Burra Bazaar area of Kolkata on Friday. KOLKATA: In a first in West Bengal, sex racket of an alleged follower of rape convict Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was busted in Burra Bazaar area of Kolkata on Friday.However, the accused ‘godman’ Pramod Singhania escaped through a tunnel which he created to slip through during possibilities of…
- 5 Jan 18, 7:14pm - - Educational certificate scam unearthed in Kolkata, five arrested
The accused had promised to arrange a degree for a complainant through distance education in exchange of Rs 25,000. KOLKATA: The police unearthed an educational certificate scam in the city and arrested five persons from the metropolis and its adjacent areas, police said today"Acting on a tip-off, we arrested the five yesterday," a senior officer of the Kolkata police said."The accused used to run an educational institute named 'Jayashree Academy' at Behala, in south west Kolkata. They lured…
- 15 Jul 17, 4:32pm - - Kolkata woman burnt alive for not bringing dowry
A woman was burnt to death at her marital house in central Kolkata for not bringing sufficient dowry. KOLKATA: A woman was burnt to death at her marital house in central Kolkata for not bringing sufficient dowry, Police said.Victim Nazia's husband was arrested even as her family accused police of inaction in the past on their complaints due to his contacts."Police was informed after the woman with severe burn injuries was admitted in the Chittaranjan Hospital in Park Circus," Debabrata Sarka…
- 16 Oct 16, 5:44am - - Dawood's gun smugglers held in Kolkata
KOLKATA: Two members of a Kerala-based inter-state gang said to be close to India's mostwanted Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar were nabbed at Howrah Bridge by Kolkata Police.The two -- identified as Abu Bakkar Siddiqui alias Nur Shah and Siyhauddin -- are said to be dreaded criminals in Kerala wanted for several cases and have been in the run and thought to have been inDubai.Two 7mm pistols bought from recently cropping up illegal arms factories of Murshidabad and 3 rounds of catridges were ret…
- 9 Oct 16, 7:21pm - - Sex workers in Kolkata stop holding Durga Puja
Claiming harassment by the police, the sex workers have decided to discontinue their own Durga Puja in city's Sonagachi area from this year. KOLKATA: Claiming harassment by the police, the sex workers have decided to discontinue their own Durga Puja in city's Sonagachi area from this year.The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), an organisation of sex workers, which has 1,30,000 registered and unregistered sex workers on its roll, alleged that for the past five years they have been at the…
- 7 Oct 16, 6:44pm - - Uber's provisional licence for Kolkata extended till December 14
The state Transport department had not renewed the licence for alleged non-compliance of the criteria fixed for renewal of the same for app-based taxis. KOLKATA: The West Bengal government today told the Calcutta High Court that the provisional licence of app-based cab company Uber in the metropolis has been extended till December 14. State Advocate General Jayanta Mitra submitted before Justice Tapas Mukherjee that in view of the ongoing festive season, the provisional licence of Uber, which…
- 4 Oct 16, 6:48pm - - Naval interceptor boat catches fire in Kolkata
KOLKATA: An interceptor speed boat rented by the Indian Navy caught fire at a mooring near the Eastern Command Army HQ this morning. Two maintenance men received burns in the incident.The incident took place at the Princep Ghat, which is close to Fort William, the headquarters of the Eastern Command, where there has been significant military deployment in view of the current Indo-Pakistan tensions.The speed boat was one of two the Navy had hired from a private agency. The two injured men wer…
- 4 Oct 16, 9:48am - - 'Airavat' vehicles to tackle elephants in Junglemahals; locals sceptical
Airavat is the name of the mythical war elephant and the pet of Lord Indra. The Karnataka government has also used this name for their inter-state cruise bus service. MIDNAPORE: In an attempt to arrest the menace of elephants in the western districts of the state, the West Bengal forest department led by Forest Minister Binaykrishna Burman will launch 4 state-of-art vehicles called 'Airavat' in Kolkata on Monday.Airavat is the name of the mythical war elephant and the pet of Lord Indra. The Ka…
- 3 Oct 16, 2:56pm - - Trinamool takes over Murshidabad municipalityKOLKATA: Tearing into traditional Congress bastion Murshidabad, Trinamool Congress tasted sucess yet again by capturing Murshidabad town municipality, with 12 Congress councillors including chairman Biplab Chakraborty and vice chairman Shahida Bibi joining the Trinamool on Wednesday.The councillors formally joined the TMC at Trinamool Bhavan here on Wednesday. Out of the 16 seat municipality, Trinamool is now in control single handedly.The ruling party has one by one taken over all but one munic…
- 28 Sep 16, 9:20pm - - Mamata foils Gorkha bandh; detains 250Mamata Banerjee administration on Wednesday for the first time showed it\'s strength on a massive scale in the Darjeeling Hills by detaining more than 250 agitating GJM members. KOLKATA: Armed with High Court order that termed bandh call by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha as 'illegal', Mamata Banerjee administration on Wednesday for the first time showed it's strength on a massive scale in the Darjeeling Hills by detaining more than 250 agitating GJM members including 5 Gorkha Territorial Administration…
- 28 Sep 16, 9:18pm - - Kolkata's red light area to roll out X-ray tests to determine girl's ageIn a bid to stop adolescent and teenage girls from entering prostitution, a sex workers\' organization is using X-Ray test as a tool to determine the age of the girls who are about to join flesh trade. KOLKATA: In a bid to stop adolescent and teenage girls from entering prostitution, a sex workers' organization is using X-Ray test as a tool to determine the age of the girls who are about to join flesh trade. The idea of using X-ray to stop underage girls from getting into the trade is being con…
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