Kolkata: Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was on Wednesday questioned for around 90 minutes in connection with a protest he had staged a day after the stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, in which 19 people were killed and 25 injured. Officers at the Girish Park Police Station had summoned Ghosh.After leaving the police station,…
Kolkata: The decomposed body of a newborn baby was recovered after police dug up a portion of a garden at a house at Gopalpur village in Arapanch, Sonarpur. The property belongs to a doctor, Girin Mondal, a resident of Sonarpur Naba Pally near an Iskcon temple.Villagers alleged an unidentified person entered the garden around three…
Vandalised equipment at the nursing home in New Town Kolkata: Around 10 patients at a private nursing home in New Town were allegedly forced out of the healthcare facility after a group of men allegedly stormed the premises early on Wednesday, threatened staff and assaulted nurses on night duty, triggering a dispute between the nursing…
Rintu Ghosh allegedly beheaded his wife, Seema Sarkar, and was discovered in a Kali temple. KOLKATA: A man allegedly beheaded his wife and sat inside a Kali temple with her severed head resting on his lap, while their two sons sat beside him, in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district on Wednesday.The accused, Rintu Ghosh, a…
Kolkata: On Tuesday and Wednesday, CAPE Foundation conducted its annual Animal-Assisted Therapy and Humane Education programme for the nursery department of La Martiniere for Boys, creating two memorable mornings of learning, wonder and gentle interaction for the youngest students.Designed to introduce children to animals in a safe, supervised and age-appropriate setting, the programme encouraged curiosity,…
Kolkata Police busted four fake call centres across three police station areas Kolkata: Kolkata Police busted four fake call centres across three police station areas and arrested 37 people, including 29 women. In the biggest crackdown, Cyber Crime Branch sleuths raided three illegal call centres in Jadavpur, arresting 31 for allegedly running a dating extortion…
Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as one of the most severely affected states in India’s escalating extreme weather crisis, with 240 people losing their lives in the first nine months of 2026 — a sevenfold increase over the 34 deaths recorded during the corresponding period last year. The state experienced extreme weather events on 130 days…
The complainant, a resident of Canal Circular Road under the Phoolbagan Police Station, filed an official complaint detailing the cyber fraud Kolkata: A 45-year-old woman fell victim to a major cyber fraud amounting to Rs 1.2 crore after being lured into fake investment schemes by fraudsters posing as relationship managers of reputed wealth management firms.The…
Chhath rituals being held at Rabindra Sarobar in 2018 Kolkata: If Bengal govt has its way, Chhath Puja could make a comeback to Rabindra Sarobar and Subhas Sarobar. State urban development minister Agnimitra Paul on Wednesday morning said the govt is considering allowing Chhath rituals at Rabindra Sarobar this year, subject to safeguards to prevent…
Kolkata: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of RSS, is now trying to make a foray into Presidency University, the campus where Syama Prasad Mookerjee (to whom RSS traces its ideological lineage) and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (its nationalistic Vande Mataram poet) spent their college days.The university’s ABVP unit has organised a seminar on…
