Jalpaiguri: Two people were killed in lightning strikes during a sudden storm in Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday afternoon.The dead were identified as Arjun Oraon, 40, and Ratna Roy, 50.Arjun, a mahout patrolling in Gorumara National Park atop a kunki elephant, took shelter under a tree after dismounting and was struck by lightning there. He was…
Police filed a supplementary chargesheet before Nadia chief judicial magistrate’s court in July under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 25 of Arms Act and Sections 3 and 4 of Explosive Substances Act. Advocate Bivas Chatterjee has been appointed special public prosecutor Kolkata: A Nadia court on Monday framed charges against all 24 accused in the murder…
According to a State Election Commission report, ruling TIPRA Motha submitted nominations for 4,390 seats (nearly 95.5%), while BJP put up candidates for only 1,974 seats, accounting for 42.9% of the total. Agartala: BJP has failed to field candidates in over 57% of seats in village committee (VC) elections under Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District…
Kolkata: Despite a light drizzle, admirers gathered outside 77B Golf Club Road — a dilapidated building where Bhupen Hazarika once lived in a top-floor flat — on Tuesday. Though that flat now lies empty, neighbours still look back with nostalgia at its open windows. It was here that he composed iconic songs like ‘Ami ek…
Minister Agnimitra Paul during the awareness drive in Baguiati Kolkata: State urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Tuesday issued a stern warning to owners of vacant plots that hefty penalties would be charged with their property tax bills if they continue to be negligent about cleaning them. The plots have reportedly turned…
Patchwork has already been completed on stretches on EM Bypass. pic by Suparna Goswami Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will have to step up road repairs across the city after incessant rain left craters and damaged stretches of several major thoroughfares.A KMC roads department official said potholes and craters had surfaced on stretches of a…
Kolkata: A road traffic accident 13 years ago had Bolpur resident Saswata Kundu limping and whining in pain at each step he attempted to take. Now after an ankle replacement surgerythe 33-year-old Bolpur man has regained the ability to walk and has started bouncing back to normal life.Kundu had sustained a severe fracture in his…
Modern High students at an inter-school event in Kolkata Kolkata: Thirty-nine inter-school competitions, nine overall distinctions and over 150 prizes—Modern High School’s inter-school circuit in 2026 has been defined by diversity, consistency, effort and an ever-growing sense of curiosity.Beginning in April with Youthopia and X-Celsior, the calendar grew steadily through May and June, with students…
Kolkata: A day after CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday warned against child marriage, the husband of a minor girl was arrested under the Pocso Act after she gave birth to a child on Tuesday.The husband was produced before a city court that remanded him in judicial custody till Sept 22.Cops from the Shyampukur PS arrested…
The prime accused in the Attappadi double murder case was arrested in West Bengal. PALAKKAD: The prime accused in the Attappadi double murder case was arrested in West Bengal by Agali police on Tuesday, days after the bodies of a woman and her four-year-old daughter were found dumped in the Bhavani river.The accused has been…
