Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Renowned doctor and Padma Shri awardee Mani Chhetri has passed away, his family members said on Monday. He was suffering from old age-related ailments.The Padma Shri awardee doctor breathed his last at 10:15 PM on Sunday at his home in Ballygunge Place. He was 105 years old. According to the family, he had suffered a head injury fifteen days ago. After this, the eminent cardiologist’s physical condition deteriorated rapidly.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took to social me…
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Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Two persons, including a father and his son, have been arrested in connection with the recent shootout in Kolkata’s Tiljala area, police said on Wednesday.The accused — Mohammad Salman and his father Mohammad Anwar — were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday while allegedly attempting to flee the city. Police seized a firearm, a magazine and two live cartridges from their possession.According to police, the duo had gone underground following the incident. Acting on…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A man was critically wounded in a shootout in West Bengal’s Beniapukur area of Kolkata on Tuesday, police said.According to the police, a personal dispute between two person intensified into a shootout. About five to six rounds of bullets were fired at one person in Tiljala area of Beniapukur.The injured youth was rushed to the trauma care of SSKM Hospital in a serious condition.According to police sources, a person named Mohammad Salman had an argument with Mohammad Niaz …
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Monday arrested 10 people in connection with a violent clash between two groups in the Golpark area of south Kolkata on Sunday night, officials said. The arrested have been identified as Bobby Hela (28), Arjun Mallick (29), Sk. Bacchu (38), Mukesh Paswan (32), Rabin Das (29), Sujan Haldar (19), Raj Haldar (24), Gopal Sarkar (29), Ajay Haldar (29) and Sandip Naskar (18).All of them are scheduled to be produced before a Kolkata court later in the day.Accordi…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Kolkata Police have filed a charge sheet in the murder case of Ashok Paswan, a youth from a locality falling under Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim’s ward, officials said on Saturday.The young man was brutally murdered on the street in Chetla in south Kolkata last October. He was allegedly killed by thrusting a crowbar into his throat. The police have mentioned the motive behind Ashok’s murder in the charge sheet.Ashok was murdered near the number 17 bus stand in Chetla, South…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) has launched an ambitious outreach drive under its ‘Banglar Samarthane Sanjog’ initiative, targeting approximately 200 prominent personalities across West Bengal with ‘Unnayoner Panchali’, a detailed report card highlighting the state government’s achievements over the past 15 years. Senior TMC leaders have begun personally distributing specially curated kits containing the ‘Unnayoner Panchali’ booklet, a personal letter from Chief Minister Mamata B…