By-kaushik.pradhanKOLKATA: Bengal’s list of ineligible voters swelled by about 12 lakh after judicial officers racing the poll clock to complete the contentious post-SIR adjudication process cleared just over half of the 60 lakh pending cases till Tuesday evening, an Election Commission official said on Wednesday.With around 40% of 32 lakh people in “logical discrepancy” and … Read more
KOLKATA: Two prime suspects in the murder of Bangladeshi youth activist Sharif Osman Hadi, who played a key role in the July 2024 uprising in the neighbouring country that dislodged the Sheikh Hasina govt, were arrested by the Bengal Special Task Force in Bongaon early on Sunday.The suspects — Faisal Karim Masud (37) and Alamgir … Read more
Police in Kolkata have arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momos following a massive fire in the Anandapur area of South 24 Parganas, on the outskirts of Kolkata. KOLKATA: Kolkata Police on Friday arrested manager Raja Chakraborty and deputy manager Manoranjan Sheet of Wow! Momo following a massive fire in … Read more
Humayun Kabir, a Jadavpur University graduate with a troubled past, was arrested for murdering his parents in Memari and attacking teachers at a Bongaon orphanage. MEMARI/BONGAON: Humayun Kabir, who passed civil engineering from Jadavpur University in 2012, was extensively browsing jihadi literature on both his laptop and phone and wanted to flee to Bangladesh. Kabir, … Read more
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressed her refusal to accept the Supreme Court verdict upholding the dismissal of over 25,000 school jobs, alleging political motives behind the decision NEW DELHI: “I will not allow eligible candidates to lose school jobs,” said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting with the teachers who lost … Read more
Kolkata: Pratip Dey, the 14-year-old who, in a matter-of-fact manner, recounted on Thursday how his father and uncle killed his mother, aunt, and cousin and attempted to take his life, is displaying symptoms of complicated grief and is in a state of deep shock and denial, functionaries of the state child rights commission and a … Read more
Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has been sentenced to life in jail. During the pronouncement of the sentence at a local court in Kolkata this afternoon, Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, said he has “not committed” the … Read more
Sitting near the door to her home in Sambhunath Pandit Lane, some 6 km from the Sealdah court, Malati Roy had been waiting for the verdict in the R G Kar Hospital rape-murder case in which her son Sanjoy Roy was the accused. Told that he had been found guilty by the court, Malati said, … Read more