Howrah: A 15-year-old national-level rifle shooter from central Howrah, who was due to appear for national squad trials, has gone missing after leaving home on Rathayatra morning to buy milk and other household items. Police have launched a multi-district search after CCTV footage showed the teenager entering Howrah station and walking towards platforms from where…
Kolkata: The Bengal Gas Co Ltd (BGCL) has begun supplying piped natural gas (PNG) in Chandernagore, the second town after Kalyani in the KMDA area. The supply started on July 10, and the company aims to provide 500 connections in the next two months, officials said.“We began supplying PNG in Chandernagore last week. We have…
Bhubaneswar: City police arrested two men on Friday for allegedly posing as IAS and police officers. Shree Lingaraj police arrested Rabinarayan Das (40) from Hooghly district in West Bengal on charges of posing as an IAS officer and duping a Bhubaneswar-based man of Rs 20 lakh with the promise of securing him a post in…
Tarakeswar: Preparations are in full swing in Tarakeswar ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit on June 20, with security agencies and the district administration stepping up activity across key locations in the temple town. Modi will become the first PM to visit the templeAn NSG team on Wednesday inspected the Tarakeswar Rajbari ground,…
Jhansi: Police on Saturday arrested an alleged interstate conman accused of siphoning off Rs 40 lakh belonging to the grandson of legendary hockey icon Major Dhyan Chand through an elaborate banking fraud involving forged documents and suspected collusion within a bank.The accused, Sameer Samonto (49), a resident of West Bengal’s Hooghly district, allegedly orchestrated the…
Vegetable vendors at a Kolkata market Kolkata: The shockwaves of the ongoing crisis in West Asia have travelled thousands of miles into the kitchens of Bengal. Across the country, fuel prices have skyrocketed by over Rs 7 per litre, triggering an immediate spike in neighbourhood markets where the prices of daily essentials and perishables are…
Imphal/Churachandpur: A section of NH-202, the Imphal-Ukhrul lifeline, was found dug up on Saturday near Shangkai Kuki village, allegedly using a JCB excavator.Sources said the road was deliberately excavated by Kuki villagers to disrupt vehicular movement along the highway.Meanwhile, Manipur Police said an attack on Friday at Roudei (TM Kasom) village was allegedly carried out…
Imphal: A truck driver from West Bengal was killed and a police constable was injured after armed miscreants opened fire on a convoy carrying essential food supplies in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday morning, police said.The victim was identified as 65-year-old Nitish Das from Hooghly district in West Bengal. He was driving a truck loaded…
