Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Police have arrested Trinamool councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). According to Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) sources, there are allegations of extortion against the arrested councillor. On Tuesday afternoon, police personnel from Narkeldanga police station went to arrest Singh. At that time, a section of local residents protested in front of his house, alleging that he was also involved in threatening and beating up o…
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New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) On this day in 2014, Tapan Sikdar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart who scripted history by winning the Dumdum Lok Sabha constituency twice, the first party leader to do so in West Bengal, passed away in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. The name is relevant now, with renewed efforts to relocate a mosque, reportedly 136 years old, from within the operational area of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Sikdar had long advocated its rem…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) As Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is slated to hit the streets on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since her party’s landslide defeat in the recently concluded Assembly elections, uncertainties are brewing over the participation of her own party legislators.The event involves a sit-in-demonstration. As per the schedule, Banerjee will sit in protest for two hours from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Y-channel in central Kolkat…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) After suffering a landslide defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the previous ruling party in the state, the Trinamool Congress, is now facing a serious crisis over the alleged mismatch of legislators’ signatures in a resolution nominating names for crucial posts in the West Bengal Assembly reserved for the principal Opposition party.Earlier this month, the Trinamool Congress submitted a resolution adopted at a meeting of the party legislators…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Industry Chamber PHDCCI on Monday said that the India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) strengthens India’s trade connectivity with the GCC and East Africa through strategic logistics infrastructure.The agreement will strengthen economic integration of both countries by improving market access, trade benefitting exporters, professionals and investors, according to a statement.“Reduced trade barriers will open new opportunities for MSMEs and s…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) The police have received important clues in the investigation into the mysterious deaths of a young couple in a flat in Golf Green area in south Kolkata on Sunday and detained one more person in connection with the incident, said the police on Monday.On Sunday, two persons including a woman were arrested after the bodies of the couple were recovered in the afternoon. After interrogating them, the police came to know about another person, who was then detained late in the n…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Commercial LPG prices have been increased once again, adding to the cost burden faced by restaurants, hotels, caterers and small businesses across the country that rely heavily on cooking gas.According to the latest revision effective from Monday, the price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder in Delhi has been raised by Rs 42, taking the retail selling price to Rs 3,113.50 per cylinder. In Kolkata, the increase is steeper at Rs 53.50, pushing the price to Rs 3,255.50.The …
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The bodies of a young man and a woman were recovered from a flat in the Golf Green area of south Kolkata on Sunday, police said. Two young men, who were allegedly found in an intoxicated condition inside the flat when the bodies were recovered in the afternoon, have been arrested.Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the circumstances leading to the deaths.It is learnt that the deceased man has been identified as Mohammad Dilshad, a resident of the Tiljala are…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Police conducted a search operation at Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra’s house in the Kamarhati area of North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Deputy Commissioner (South) Dyutiman Bhattacharya led the search operation.When the police reached Madan Mitra’s house on Sunday afternoon, it was locked and the MLA was not present. However, the police broke open the lock and entered the premises. After conducting a search for around an hour, the…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Six people have been arrested in connection with the attack and harassment of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in Sonarpur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, the police said on Sunday.Banerjee was heckled and attacked when he went to the family of a deceased Trinamool worker in Sonarpur on Saturday. He faced public outrage on the way, with some people throwing eggs and brick fragments at him while ‘thief’ slogans were also raised by a section of protesters…