Md Salman Hossain, one of the 14 accused, being produced in court on Sunday Kolkata: Foreign-funded “Jamatis”, and not students, may have been behind the attacks on police personnel and journalists during Friday’s demonstration in Esplanade over the alleged NEET paper leak, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday. He clarified that neither Cockroach Janta Party…
Kolkata: Actor Sreelekha Mitra is facing fresh legal trouble after multiple police complaints were filed against her for holding an offensive caricature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a student rally between Sealdah and Esplanade in Kolkata on Friday.BJP spokesperson Keya Ghosh lodged a formal complaint at Anandapur Police Station, while additional complaints were filed…
West Bengal CM Suvendhu Adhikari assured that the new law will impose strict penalties on those involved, aiming to prevent future disorder and enhance public safety KOLKATA: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it…
Kolkata: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it doubled down on Friday’s protest march in the city against the Centre for repeated paper leaks and other grievances.Seventy people — none of them students —…
Parents and veterans join youth protest Kolkata: A German Language professor, Supriyo Saha, took the morning train from Bolpur to Howrah with his wife and son to join the NEET protest “at any cost”. Being a teacher, Saha felt it was his “duty” to “encourage” the young generation and ensure they have a bright future.Even…
Kolkata: The first attempt by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) to stage a protest in the city on Friday and another rally, called by Left-aligned students’ bodies, may have hit a roadblock as Kolkata Police on Thursday cited “pre-occupation with Ulta Rath processions” as a reason to ask the organisers to postpone their demonstrations.Till last…
A bus stand completely occupied by the hawker near Park Street… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: A day after state urban development minister Agnimitra Paul’s surprise inspection in the central business district, hawkers doing business on the pavement along Jawaharlal Nehru Road near Park Street were found to have fallen in line and made way for pedestrian…
Driverless metro trains use the modern signalling system Kolkata: The city’s Green Line (East-West Metro) will undergo examinations on Sunday to be able to run driverless trains on the automatic train operation (ATO) signalling mode. Green Line services will commence from 4.30 pm on Sunday instead of the usual 9 am for the inspection.The ATO…
Kolkata: Brazil’s round-of-16 exit from the Fifa World Cup after defeat to Norway left supporters crestfallen, but in Kolkata’s football-mad neighbourhoods, mourning did not last long. The city’s Brazil faithful have found new teams to back — or, more precisely, teams to cheer for against Argentina.The shift was clear during Tuesday’s Argentina-Egypt thriller in Kalighat’s…
Kolkata: Around 5 lakh passengers rode Kolkata Metro’s Blue Line (Dakshineswar to New Garia) every day in FY 25-26 against the Green Line’s (Howrah Maidan-Sector V) 1.5 lakh per day. Among the shorter corridors, the Purple Line (Joka-Majerhat) saw about 5,000 commuters daily, the Yellow Line (Noapara-Airport) around 3,000 and the Orange Line (New Garia-Metropoliton)…
