Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday announced that the health department will start “live monitoring” of district hospitals in the state to curb malaises plaguing the healthcare system.He said that through this live monitoring of functioning of hospitals, the government wants to cure three long-standing malaises, namely absence of doctors during official duty hours, rampant reference of patients to medical colleges and hospitals in Kolkata without ade…
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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…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Even after his arrest, former Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman allegedly tried to assert his influence and misbehaved with police personnel through the night, officials said on Tuesday.Barman, accused in the abduction and murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad last year and on the run, was arrested around midnight on Monday in New Town on the outskirts of Kolkata in what police described as a coincidental development.According to poli…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Prashant Barman, the long-absconding former Block Development Officer (BDO) of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, who was accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya at Salt Lake’s Dattabad in Kolkata last year, has finally been arrested. Burman’s arrest, which happened in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata around midnight on Monday, was coincidental and dramatic.According to information passed down by th…
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) The controversial statue outside Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area was removed on Saturday following directions issued by the state Sports Department.State Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik had earlier announced that the structure located near the VVIP gate of the stadium would be demolished.The demolition work began on Saturday morning and was completed shortly thereafter.The statue had been installed in 2017 during the renovation of the Yuva Bharati Stad…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) A young woman died under mysterious circumstances in a guest house in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata, the police said on Tuesday, adding that two persons have been arrested. Initially, it was known that she died after falling from a mango tree. However, the family of the deceased alleged that their daughter was raped and murdered. The police later recovered the body and sent it for an autopsy.It is learnt that the deceased woman went to the guest house in Salt Lake in an ap…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in connection with a financial fraud and extortion case. Sona Pappu was in the news for various reasons before the Assembly elections. He was allegedly involved in various illegal activities, but was still missing. However, Pappu appeared at the Enforcement Directorate office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake on Monday.After being questioned for nine hours from morning till night, the…
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A sensational incident unfolded in Bidhannagar in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata on Sunday after multiple Aadhaar cards were recovered from a local Trinamool Congress office. Tension prevailed in Ward No. 36 of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area since morning following the incident.A large police contingent from the local police station rushed to the spot after receiving information about the recovery. An investigation is underway to ascertain how such a large numbe…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government has decided to decentralise the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), which was marred by controversies over massive irregularities in the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff in state-run schools during the previous Trinamool Congress regime, in an attempt to ensure greater efficiency and transparency in the recruitment process.As the first step, the old system of operating WBSSC through fi…
Kolkata, May 11(IANS) The new government led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will be a “West Bengal government” in the true sense and not a “Bharatiya Janata Party government”, BJP’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya said here on Monday.Speaking to media persons while the Chief Minister stood beside him, Bhattacharya said the state government would function independently, with coordination with the party limited to ensuring the smooth implementation of comm…