Kolkata: The Thakurpukur police has registered an FIR against former cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee, former Trinamool councillor Ghanasree Bag, Tilak Bhattacharjee and Sudip Ghosh on charges of assault, extortion and criminal intimidation over an alleged 2020 incident involving a former Behala BJP functionary who died in judicial custody months later.The case has been registered under…
National rower Sanglap Bose, who is based in Kolkata, became the first Indian to win the Open Men’s Double Sculls event at the 65th Grand Moscow Regatta, held in Moscow from June 3 to 9, 2026. Competing at one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious rowing events, Bose clinched the gold medal in the…
Kunal Ghosh was outside Victoria House on Sunday with decorators to take measurements for July 21 observance Kolkata: The Trinamool bloc loyal to Mamata Banerjee filed four fresh police complaints on Sunday against the rebel faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee, accusing the breakaway group of illegally using the party’s name, symbol and designations to mislead…
Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Former ward 104 councillor and ex-borough XI chairman Tarakeswar Chakraborty illegally filled multiple public water bodies and protected wetlands in east Kolkata for commercial construction, police told the court.Seeking his custody, investigators alleged he misused his official position to grab land for personal gain. Police said his interrogation revealed clues about an organised land-grabbing…
Kolkata: Phoolbagan cops have arrested two men, Mohammad Ali Molla and Asraful Molla, for allegedly abducting and robbing an import-export businessman at gunpoint by posing as CID officers. The incident occurred two days ago when the victim, a resident of Baduria, was returning from a meeting at a Phoolbagan shopping mall. The duo revealed they…
Agartala: Two alleged familial killings in separate locations of Tripura in the last 24 hours left the state reeling and raised concern over the destructive effects of alcohol abuse and domestic violence.In Dhalai district, 34-year-old Lalchuanawma Bru allegedly killed two of his minor children on Saturday at the Bru Settlement in Ultachhara ADC Village under…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at slain BJP neta Prasanta Dey’s Bagnan home on Saturday Howrah: Within six hours of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s message that “no one will be spared”, the joint forces of the state CID and Howrah Rural Police arrested the right-hand man of the prime suspect in the murder of Bagnan BJP neta Prasanta…
KOLKATA: Former councillor Shams Iqbal was arrested on Monday in connection with a Rs 70 lakh extortion case registered in 2023, police said, clarifying that the arrest is not related to the recent Taratala warehouse collapse that claimed 16 lives.The clarification comes amid growing political demands for action following the collapse of an under-construction warehouse…
Kolkata: Retail egg prices have shattered previous records, crossing Rs 8 per piece to pinch household budgets across the region. A standard loose egg is currently retailing between Rs 8.50 and Rs 9 in neighborhood markets, while a 30 pieces egg crate has skyrocketed to the Rs 220 to Rs 240 range, burdening the consumers…
Kolkata: Gariahat police have registered an FIR on charges of extortion, assault and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a site in-charge of a construction firm, who alleged that two men, Chiku Manna and Uttam Mondal, and their associates disrupted work at a building project on Jamini Roy Road and demanded money and business rights.According…
