Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose on Thursday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his arrest earlier this month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the multi-crore municipalities recruitment scam in the state.The matter is scheduled to come up for hearing on Friday before the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Shampa Dutta Paul.A three-time Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bidhannag…
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Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Multiple Aadhaar cards were recovered from a Trinamool Congress party office in Kolkata’s Tangra area on Thursday, triggering questions among local residents.According to reports, the office on East Kuliya Road had remained locked since the declaration of the Assembly election results on May 4. A section of locals broke open the lock and entered the premises, where the Aadhaar cards were found inside a cupboard.The recovery of Aadhaar cards drew a crowd outside the Trina…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata witnessed a change in arrangements for Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) prayers on Thursday, with namaz held at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the customary Red Road venue, for the first time in years.After several years, the prayers were not conducted on Red Road, where they had traditionally been held twice a year — during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — under previous regimes, including the Left Front (1977-2011) and the Trinamool Congress (2011-2026).During the Trinamool…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Amid high possibilities of the names of other members of the newly formed West Bengal Cabinet along with their portfolio distribution being announced this week, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari met the Governor R.N. Ravi at the Lok Bhavan (previously Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata on Wednesday and held a 1.4 hours-long one-to-one meeting. Although there was no indication either from the office of the Governor or from the Chief Minister’s office on the subjects that were discussed d…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The main event of International Yoga Day 2026 celebrations will be held in Kolkata on June 21, said Union Minister for Ayush and Health & Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav on Wednesday. The marquee event, being organised in Kolkata this year, assumes significance as it comes on the back of the BJP sweeping to power in Bengal, after uprooting Trinamool Congress’ long reign of 15 years. The event is expected to see a host of Union Ministers descending on the ‘city of…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Prashant Barman, the absconding former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya was granted bail by a district court on Tuesday as the investigating officers failed to furnish the necessary documents related to the abduction-cum-murder case to the court. Barman’s arrest, which happened in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata around midnight on Monday, was coinc…
Patna, May 26 (IANS) Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday announced that the Ministry of Railways has approved the construction of a third railway line between Kiul and Jhajha in Bihar at an estimated cost of Rs 961.71 crore. Sharing the information through a post on X, Samrat Choudhary said the project would significantly strengthen Bihar’s railway infrastructure, improve transportation, and accelerate industrial and economic growth in the state.He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra M…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A mishap took place inside the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in West Bengal’s Kolkata when an elevator cable snapped during maintenance work due to which three labourers sustained serious injuries on Tuesday, officials said. According to airport authority officials, the incident took place around 1 p.m. at elevator number 34, located in the airport’s bus lounge. It was told that this elevator had been out of service for several days to undergo repairs. T…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Union MoS Science & Technology, Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated an indigenously built Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition system at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) campus in Kolkata, an official statement said on Tuesday. The system was developed for fabrication of India’s first amorphous silicon solar cell, the statement from the Ministry of Science & Technology said, adding that the minister also inaugurated th…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kolkata on Tuesday remanded 15 more accused persons arrested by the central agency officers in connection with the West Bengal judicial officers’ hostage case earlier this year to 14 days of judicial custody. In the night-long operations started from Monday night which continued till Tuesday morning, the NIA sleuths arrested these 15 individuals accused in connection with the April 1 incident in which seven judicial of…