Teen hacked to death after football match dispute in Bengal’s Baruipur | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: A football match turned tragic in Baruipur on Monday evening when a 17-year-old boy was allegedly hacked to death following a dispute over the game’s result.The deceased, identified as Prasenjit Biswas, was attacked with a sharp weapon by three youths after his team won the match, police said.According to local residents, the match was…

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State schools stare at manpower crunch as teachers roped in for census duty | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Govt-run high and higher secondary schools across the state are facing a “fresh manpower crunch” after the appointment of headmasters/headmistress and teachers as census enumerators and supervisors, according to school authorities. The heads of these govt schools and senior teachers are seeking exemption from census duty, citing that many teachers from their institutions are…

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‘Stuffed in sack, dumped in pond alive’: Autopsy reveals how Baruipur girl was gang-raped, brutalised to death; 3 held | Kolkata News

Police have charged three suspects with gang-rape, murder, and destruction of evidence. One suspect was lynched by a mob while another escaped custody. KOLKATA: The 12-year-old schoolgirl whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur on Sunday was sexually abused, brutally tortured, packed into a sack and hurled into the water body when…

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Behala residents clash with delivery hub staff, 3 injured | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A clash broke out in Behala on Saturday evening between local residents and workers of a quick-commerce delivery hub, which reportedly left three persons injured.Residents said delivery vehicles were blocking a road and causing disturbance. Animesh Jana, who serves in the Indian Armed Forces, alleged that delivery workers attacked him and his family with…

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CM Suvendu Adhikari donates Rs 25L for Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s school, Mitra Institution, promises inclusion in central schemes | Kolkata News

CM Suvendu Adhikari at Mitra Institution Kolkata: Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore, a century-old school, will receive Rs 25 lakh for renovation.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the grant during his visit to the school, Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s alma mater, on Monday to pay tribute to the leader on his 125th birth anniversary. Adhikari said Mookerjee’s memorabilia, kept…

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Refugees to get citizenship under CAAsoon, infiltrators to be driven out: Shah | Kolkata News

Amit Shah, Subhendu Adhikari in 125 years birth centenary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. In the city…

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Minister’s ‘Mukho Mukhi’ to debut today | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The direct citizen-minister interaction platform, ‘Mukho Mukhi’, which state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul had earlier announced, will be launched on Tuesday.Citizens can directly call up Paul on the toll free number, 1800 2035123, if they face civic problems with water supply, road maintenance and drainage.The first session, to be held…

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Syama in, Singur out of syllabus: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari signals after anniversary celebration | Kolkata News

Union home minister Amit Shah and Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s house in Bhowanipore Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder…

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