Kolkata: Cops on Tuesday questioned Durga Puja theme artist Susanta Shibani Paul at Lalbazar in connection with the stampede at the Chorbagan Sarbojonin pandal that left 19 people dead on Oct 17. Lighting inside the pandal has come under scanner after the stampede Police interrogation focused primarily on the pandal’s structural planning, entry and exit…
Kolkata: A BJP worker from Nodakhali in South 24 Parganas, Debashis Pal, died on Monday night, five days after he was allegedly assaulted and stabbed during a clash among members of a Durga Puja committee during immersion.Pal’s wife, Soheli, lodged a complaint against five persons, including BJP Budge Budge 5 No. mandal president Shubhankar Adhikari,…
Undertrial prisoner Basudeb Naskar Kolkata: An undertrial prisoner, Basudeb Naskar (44), died under allegedly unusual circumstances at Baruipur Subdivisional Hospital on Tuesday, 14 days after another undertrial, Azharul Laskar, was found dead in the bathroom of the same hospital on Oct 13.His wife, Sonali, alleged her husband was murdered and demanded an investigation.The two deaths…
Frames, hoardings, and advertisement banners erected for Durga Puja on Central Avenue A half-dismantled pandal in a park in Salt Lake Frames, hoardings, and advertisement banners erected for Durga Puja on Central Avenue A half-dismantled pandal in a park in Salt Lake Frames, hoardings, and advertisement banners erected for Durga Puja on Central Avenue Kolkata:…
Kolkata: Embracing the label of an “urban naxal”, actor Naseeruddin Shah on Tuesday said govt was the real “tukde-tukde gang” and challenged its crackdown on academic spaces like JNU, SRFTI and Jamia Millia Islamia.In a video message, Shah said, “I want to ask this govt a question: What else will you do? To break the…
The city recorded office transactions totalling 1.5 million sq ft during January-September 2026, marking the second-highest nine-month leasing volume since 2017 Kolkata: The city’s office market is showing signs of a sustained recovery, with leasing activity rising 27% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2026, driven by steady demand from IT services firms, domestic businesses,…
Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the RG Kar victim and the BJP MLA from Panihati, reacting to the “encounter” of the Gaighata rape-murder accused, on Tuesday openly expressed her support for it, saying she would have welcomed similar action against those accused of raping and murdering her daughter.Debnath said she believed that such “encounters” would…
A trapped miner is brought out by rescuers Pandabeshwar: All 12 miners trapped underground at a coal mine in West Burdwan’s Pandabeshwar were rescued early on Tuesday after a night-long operation. “All of them are safe. There has been no casualty,” Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) chairperson and managing director Satish Jha said.In a statement, ECL…
Kolkata: A Santoshpur resident (59) and his son were allegedly ambushed, abused and assaulted by a couple from the neighbourhood and their associates over a parking dispute.The man lodged a complaint at the Survey Park PS, saying the incident took place on Snafter the victim objected to alleged harassment over two vehicles belonging to his…
Kolkata: Residents of erosion-hit areas in Malda and Murshidabad could begin to see the impact of anti-erosion measures within a year, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said after a high-level meeting at the Union Jal Shakti ministry in New Delhi on Tuesday.The meeting of the Ganga Flood Control Commission, chaired by Union Jal Shakti minister C…
