Kolkata: The liver and kidneys of a 73-year-old deceased donor will be transplanted into three patients in three hospitals in the city through Friday night to early Saturday.This sixth deceased organ donation of the year comes within a week of the previous one.Kasba resident Tapan Sarkar suffered intracranial haemorrhage at home, leading to hospitalisation. He…
Both TMC factions put up their banners outside the building Rebel TMC faction at TMC Bhawan on Friday Kolkata: A day after meeting Election Commission to stake claim to the party’s name and symbol, rebel Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee, Firhad Hakim, Jawed Khan and Golam Rabbani on Friday evening “took control” of the…
Sixteen people died in the warehouse collapse in Taratala on June 24 Kolkata: Establishing the financial trail that facilitated the vetting of the Taratala warehouse project is the focus of the Lalbazar SIT probe into the collapse. The team is preparing to produce six arrested accused, including Kalicharan Banerjee, suspended officer on special duty (OSD)…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police cybercrime units carried out two raids, leading to the arrest of four persons from Bihar and Kolkata. The accused were involved in separate financial and digital fraud rackets, worth over Rs 2 crore, police said.While one operation neutralized an interstate APK online invest fraud network, the other busted an illegal call…
Debraj Chakraborty investigation Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the extortion case against Debraj Chakraborty, arrested former Trinamool BMC councillor, even as investigators launched an inquiry into charges of financial irregularities, undisclosed assets, money laundering and suspicious investments levelled against him.Chakraborty was arrested after the Calcutta High Court…
Kolkata: The Adani group will set up a health city in New Town Action Area 2 with an investment of at least Rs 2,500 crore. This will be the third such facility the conglomerate will set up in the country after Mumbai and Ahmedabad.Sources close to Nabanna said the Suvendu Adhikari govt has approved the…
Kolkata: A class 10 student at Sodepur High School, Kaustav Mondal, drowned in the Hooghly while allegedly trying to shoot a reel off 12 Mandir Ghat in Panihati on Friday afternoon. His classmate, Nilchandra Das, who also fell in the water was rescued. Khardah Police Station cops and state disaster management department fished Mondal’s body…
Kolkata: The city emerged as India’s second-most affordable housing market among eight major cities in Jan-June 2026, according to Knight Frank India’s Affordability Index. The city recorded an EMI-to-income ratio of 25%, indicating that an average homebuyer spends one-fourth of household income on home loan EMIs. This is comfortably below the 50% affordability threshold, beyond…
Howrah Station set for upgrade Local Train standing at Howrah Station —————- Koushik Koley Kolkata: The grand old Howrah Station, Asia’s oldest railway hub, will get two new platforms, extend the existing platforms to accommodate 22-coach trains and carry out redevelopment work to upgrade the facility and ease congestion, Howrah DRM Vishal Kapoor said on…
Siliguri: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday directed officials to issue show-cause notices to “absconding” gram panchayat pradhans, zilla parishad members and sabhadipatis in north Bengal, saying governance and public services must not suffer due to the prolonged absence of elected representatives.Chairing a high-level administrative review meeting at Uttarkanya, Adhikari instructed officials to continue development…
