The incident occurred in Behala Kolkata: A 46-year-old animal rights activist from Harisabha area in Behala has lodged a complaint of harassment, online defamation and physical stalking against a neighbour, who allegedly enjoys political clout. The neighbour, she said, did a Facebook Live, saying she received “cut money” of Rs 3.5 lakh through the local…
Survey Park Police Station Kolkata: A late-night brawl inside a pub located near Highland Park took a violent turn in the early hours of Thursday, June 18, when a disgruntled group allegedly stormed the Survey Park Women’s Police Station, tried to stop the OC and assaulted on-duty cops.A lady constable was seriously injured after being…
Kolkata: Bengal police on Friday started a probe into three accounts of Trinamool Congress at HDFC Bank under BNS sections related to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy, as well as under the information technology act, following a complaint lodged by rebel MLA Biswanath Das. Police asked the bank authorities to freeze withdrawals from the…
Kolkata: A 75-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint against her tenant, alleging illegal occupation of her Garfa Main Road property for 21 years, criminal intimidation and abuse.Protima Bhowmik alleged that Gopal Gayen entered the premises in 2005 under a six-month tenancy agreement but never vacated. The complaint also names former councillor Tarakeshwar Chakraborty, for…
Lightning strikes aircraft Kolkata: A lightning struck an Agartala-bound IndiGo aircraft, with 141 passengers and six crew members on board, moments before departure at the Kolkata airport on Friday morning. An immediate power outage and panic among flyers forced the airline to deboard the passengers and arrange for a replacement aircraft after mandatory safety inspections.Two…
Kolkata: Tollywood is locked in a debate following an open letter posted by Miami-based director Suman Ghosh on Friday. While Ghosh has levelled plagiarism charges against Prosenjit Chatterjee’s characterization in Indraadip Dasgupta’s ‘Abhhiman’ and not the film’s plot or makers, the actor has stated that there was “absolutely no intent to compromise anyone’s creative trust”.On…
Midnapore Medical College and Hospital Midnapore: The suspension of three doctors of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital was revoked on Friday. Hospital superintendent (MSVP) Jayanta Kumar Routh, RMO Soumen Das, and assistant professor Dr Himadri Nayek — who were suspended after the death of two women and a newborn in Jan 2025 — returned to…
Outgoing chief justice of Calcutta HC Sujoy Paul Kolkata: Adjudicating nearly 60 lakh Special Intensive Revision (SIR) cases within a compressed timeline was a “herculean task” that Bengal’s judicial officers successfully completed, outgoing Chief Justice of Calcutta HC Sujoy Paul said during his farewell speech on Friday, describing the exercise as “a new and unknown…
Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has set a target of raising its cargo handling capacity to 120 million tonnes over the next few years, chairman Rathendra Raman said at the CII Logistics Colloquium 2026 on Friday.The port has already expanded its capacity to 93 million tonnes from 74 million tonnes a year ago,…
Kolkata airport (File photo) KOLKATA: An IndiGo aircraft scheduled to operate a flight from Kolkata to Agartala was struck by lightning while parked at Kolkata airport on Friday amid severe thunderstorm conditions, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.The incident occurred while the aircraft, IndiGo flight 6E6068 (VT-IPW), was stationed at aerobridge 56L, according…
