KOLKATA: With the 15-year-old govt now ousted, there was a rush among Bangladeshis on Tuesday – several of them cooped up in Marquis Street for weeks – to return home and be a part of the unfolding history in the country’s 53 years of existence. For the lucky 314-odd Bangladeshis, who were the first to…
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose and CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, in an interview on Sunday, expressed his respect for chief minister Mamata Banerjee as an individual and maintained professional relations with her, but clarified that the “politician Mamata Banerjee” is “not my cup of tea.” Bose, who has…
Good train rear-ended Kanchanjunga Express KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The bereaved family of goods train loco pilot Anil Kumar has been vindicated as a chief commissioner of railway safety (CCRS) report has cleared him of the blame for the June 17 Kanchanjunga Express accident, which claimed 10 lives and left 43 injured.“My husband was blamed for the accident…
KOLKATA: Authorities launched a rescue operation after a massive fire was reported at a mall at Acropolis mall in east Kolkata, TV reports suggested.The civic authorities pressed at least 10 fire tenders into service to control the blaze.As per the reports, the blaze was reported from the food court situated on the fifth floor of…
KOLKATA: An angry mob entered a polling station at booth numbers 40 and 41 in Kultali, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal, and threw an EVM machine into a pond on Saturday morning during the Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI reported.The incident occurred after some polling agents were denied permission to be present inside…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal CID detained one person for his alleged involvement in the murder of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar on Thrusday evening. Police suspect that the MP could have been “lured’ into a New Town flat by a woman and then murdered by contract killers.The detained person is a resident of an…
KOLKATA: The young woman, who alleged molestation by governor C V Ananda Bose earlier this month, told the magistrate that at least three Raj Bhavan personnel had pressured her and actively dissuaded her from lodging a complaint. Kolkata Police registered an FIR against the three Raj Bhavan employees -an officer on special duty (OSD), a…
KOLKATA: A Raj Bhavan employee complained of molestation against state governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday evening, introducing an element of the unprecedented in Bengal politics and pitting the Trinamool government and the governor’s office in direct conflict in the middle of a seven-phase election season.The woman, according to Raj Bhavan insiders, works in…
MALDA: The Mercedes Benz (WMD– 4085) with a red beacon parked in Malda’s Kotwali Bhawan garage for the last 18 years serves as a reminder that the legacy of Barkat da or ABA Ghani Khan Chowdhury remains to this day in Malda.The legend goes that Ghani Khan, five-time MLA, eight-time MP and a state and…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed first case in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, concerning allegations of land grabbing and sexual assault against five influential individuals, as stated by officials on Thursday. The case revolves around a land dispute in which women from victim’s family were allegedly subjected to sexual assault by influential…
