Kolkata: Kolkata Police has set up a Special Task Force (STF-D) to identify, trace and process overstaying foreign nationals and illegal migrants in the city, acting on directions from the Union home ministry and the Bengal home and hill affairs department.The STF-D, headed by the deputy commissioner of police (II), southern division, will comprise officers…
Howrah: Fifteen-year-old national-level shooter Damayanti Sen, whose disappearance from her Howrah home on Thursday morning triggered widespread concern and viral social media appeals, was found on Saturday morning near Ramkrishnapur Ghat. But her return, as puzzling as her disappearance, has left police and family members searching for answers.Damayanti had reportedly left home to buy milk…
Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta (File picture) Kolkata: The Bengal govt is working on an industrial policy, including a series of incentives, which it’s likely to unveil by Aug 15, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Saturday, adding that the govt would acquire land for industries and also put in place a land policy.“We…
Artwork by Abanindranath Tagore Kolkata: Works of Indian masters, including Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, MF Hussain, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Chintamani Kar, Sunil Das, Ganesh Haloi, Jogen Chowdhury, Paresh Maity, Kishen Khanna and Manu Parekh, will go under the hammer in what is being billed as the first such online auction in eastern India, bringing together works…
Kolkata: The narcotic cell of the detective department seized hydroponic ganja, valued at over Rs 2 crore in the illegal, following late-night raids on Thursday, first on a guest house at Tagore Park and then, a home in Tiljala. A 28-year-old youth was arrested.Acting on a tip-off, police knocked on the door of a room…
Kolkata: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has decided to reconstitute its town vending committee, including representatives from registered associations of street vendors in New Town in the committee for better management. Officials said the process was underway to identify registered hawkers and street vendors who will be eligible for rehabilitation. According to latest…
Abhishek Banerjee’s Amatala office demolished. KOLKATA: A demolition drive targeting a Trinamool Congress party office linked to the party’s national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee began in Amtala on Saturday, with district authorities alleging that the five-storey building had been constructed without an approved building plan and in violation of building rules.The…
Missing national level shooter Damayanti Sen returns home (FIle Photo) HOWRAH: National-level shooter Damayanti Sen, who had been missing since Thursday afternoon, was found safe in Howrah on Saturday.The 15-year-old, who was recently selected for national team trials, had left her home on Thursday to buy household items but did not return. Police launched a…
Kolkata: An Afghan national, Jamil Khan, was arrested from Bhowanipore for allegedly living illegally in the city for five years, using forged ID documents. Khan Police said Khan arrived in Kolkata in Feb 2021 on a temporary three-month visa but he continued to live here and even ran a business. Source link
Kolkata: Refusing to “brush aside” the testimony of a man who, as a 7-year-old, witnessed his father, uncles and aunts poison and kill his mother in 2006, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday reversed the acquittal of the Diamond Harbour man and his four relatives after nine years, and sentenced them to 24 years in…
