Kolkata: Bengal governor R N Ravi on Thursday used his maiden address to the 18th assembly to outline BJP govt’s priorities, focusing on law and order, industrial revival, welfare expansion and a negotiated settlement to the long-pending Gorkhaland issue.Addressing the House, Ravi said the govt would pursue a “permanent political solution” to the Gorkhaland demand…
Kolkata: Troubles have deepened for arrested TMC Falta strongman Jahangir Khan’s wife Sarika Khan as police added provisions of the Arms Act and Explosives Act to the case registered against her in connection with the violent protests that she had led outside the police station on Tuesday.Police teams, under the supervision of the district’s new…
Kolkata: A Dum Dum resident has filed an FIR at Behala PS, alleging that former Trinamool councillor and MMiC Tarak Singh, his son Amit Singh and associates encroached on his plot at 89, P N Mitra Brick Field Road (Behala Taratala), assaulted him, and demanded Rs 10 lakh at gunpoint to vacate the property.The complaint…
Kolkata: A yoga session was kicked off for ministers, MLAs and govt officials at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Wednesday, to practise for 12th International Day of Yoga on Sunday. The sessions will continue till Saturday. On Wednesday, ministers, MLAs and govt officials attended the practice session under supervision of yoga trainers. A state minister said,…
The house where Chandan has a flat on top floor Kolkata: The remand application for the two men arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Monday states that police want to study “the modus operandi” in play and take the case beyond a single incident.The note, filed in Alipore court on…
Kolkata: Former Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillor Susanta Ghosh, who had fled the city soon after resigning as chairman of Borough XII on May 27, was arrested in Puri on Wednesday on extortion charges.Ghosh, who represented ward 108 (in Kasba) in the civic board dissolved on June 8, was the eighth accused to be arrested in…
Kolkata: CMSuvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that India’s single emergency number, 112, would soon be integrated with police stations across the state, enabling faster deployment of police vehicles in emergency situation. Speaking at Nabanna during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) and Bengal Police, the CM said the…
Trinamool alleged Banerjee was left without official security at her Kalighat and said the party arranged for two private security guards. KOLKATA: The Bengal govt on Wednesday replaced the personal security officers (PSOs) assigned to former CM Mamata Banerjee for nearly two decades, but Banerjee declined to accept the new personnel, her party said.Trinamool alleged…
Tarakeswar: Preparations are in full swing in Tarakeswar ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit on June 20, with security agencies and the district administration stepping up activity across key locations in the temple town. Modi will become the first PM to visit the templeAn NSG team on Wednesday inspected the Tarakeswar Rajbari ground,…
Kolkata: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, has advised employees to refrain from activities or public comments that could harm communal harmony or national integrity and to uphold the highest standards of conduct. The advisory, issued Wednesday by director Amartya Kumar Dutta, cited the need to safeguard the institute’s reputation. Source link
