Kolkata: A retail company in Kolkata lost Rs 1.5 crore in a digital impersonation scam.An accounts employee received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number that used the photo of the company’s managing director. The sender pretended to be the managing director and asked for an urgent fund transfer.Believing the message was real, the employee…
Kolkata: Eighteen years and eight months after being forced to leave Kolkata amid violent protests, Bangladesh-born author-in-exile Taslima Nasrin is set to return to the city she calls home to attend a literary meet at Rabindra Sadan on Aug 1.The organisers said Nasrin, who will arrive on July 31, is likely to be felicitated by…
Kolkata: Bengal govt has decided to strip elected panchayat pradhans of their financial powers and transfer them to govt officials through a bill to be introduced in the assembly, panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh said on Tuesday.The move is aimed at improving financial oversight, transparency and accountability in the execution of development projects.“The…
An East-West Metro train under the river Hooghly Kolkata: If all goes well, the city’s first driverless metro rake may zip with passengers under the Hooghly within a month, sources said. A driver will remain on board the rake to reassure commuters, but its movement will be controlled from Operations Control Centre at the maintenance…
Kolkata: A 26-year-old woman hailing from Manipur and working at a private sector bank in Kolkata was found dead on Tuesday morning at her rented accommodation in central Kolkata’s Taltala area.Police rushed to the spot after being alerted by the landlord and recovered the body. Investigators suspect that the woman may have died by suicide…
Kolkata: The KMC borough delimitation committee on Tuesday started the field-level survey in several borough areas across the city. According to a KMC source, the fieldwork was conducted in four Assembly areas — Cossipore-Belgachhia, Maniktala, Shyampukur and Jadavpur.Besides undertaking field-level survey of ward-wise population, the committee members have been entrusted to do verification of the…
Rebel TMC MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Mala Roy during their meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla last month Kolkata: The Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) is set to debut as the second biggest partner of the NDA in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress MP…
Behrampore: Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir was interrogated by Rejinagar police for the second time on Tuesday over the AJUP chief’s alleged provocative speech at a public rally. He was earlier questioned for four hours on July 4.On Tuesday, Kabir reached the AJUP district office at Rejinagar about an hour before the interrogation. After a short…
Kolkata: The Centre has appointed senior IAS officer Rajesh Pandey as the chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).According to an official order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Pandey’s appointment for a five-year term from the date he assumes charge, or until he attains the age of superannuation, or until further orders, whichever…
Howrah: The Chatterjeehat Police Station in Howrah has arrested Arghya Mukherjee, personal assistant to actor Srabanti Chatterjee, on non-bailable charges, including attempted rape, molestation, assault, and criminal intimidation. On Monday, a Howrah court remanded Mukherjee in judicial custody, directing the police to submit a detailed case diary.The complainant, associated with the same event management firm…
