Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) A shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, triggered by disruptions in global oil and gas supply amid tensions in West Asia, has begun to affect roadside eateries and small restaurants across Kolkata, forcing many to raise food prices while others fear closure.Along with a rise in the price of domestic cooking gas, restrictions have reportedly been placed on the supply of commercial LPG, with priority being given to essential institutions such as schools and hospitals. As a…
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP of trying to distribute leaflets of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s March 14 brigade rally in Kolkata at her sit-in demonstration site in Esplanade. She also claimed that this work was being done through an agency.After that, Chief Minister Banerjee ordered that the people doing so be caught red-handed.She asked state minister Shashi Panja to file an FIR immediately. She also ordered everyone to keep an eye on the surround…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) On International Women’s Day, women Trinamool Congress leaders and workers staged a protest against the hike in cooking gas prices by sporting black sarees.A procession was taken out on Sunday from Subodh Mallick Square wearing black sarees and black clothes to party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s sit-in demonstration site at Esplanade.State Ministers Shashi Panja and Chandrima Bhattacharya led the protest march. Protests were also held on the sit-in stage w…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced that party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will sit on a dharna in Kolkata on March 6 to protest against the alleged deletion of names from the final voters’ list in West Bengal following the SIR process.Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said, “The BJP cannot win the Assembly polls. That is why it is using the Election Commission to influence the election results by de…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) A SIM box racket was busted with the arrest of one person in connection with over Rs 3 crore cyber fraud case in Kolkata, the police said on Tuesday. The arrest was made for duping a Kolkata couple of over Rs 3 crore by threatening them with digital arrest.The accused, identified as Mohammad Amjad (38), was arrested on Monday after the police conducted a raid in Amherst Street in central Kolkata.Police sources said the name of the accused was learnt after interrogating Abi…