Kolkata

Mamata to meet guv at 7 pm to stake claim to form govt

6:09 pm May 3, 2021

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will meet West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at 7 pm on Monday and stake claim to form the government, after her party’s stupendous win in the assembly elections, Raj Bhavan sources said. The ruling TMC has won 212 of the 292 seats where polling was held in eight phases in […]

COVID-positive TMC candidate dies at Kolkata hospital

1:56 pm April 25, 2021

Kolkata: TMC candidate from Khardah assembly constituency Kajal Sinha, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital here on Sunday morning, an official of the state health department said. Sinha (59) was found to have contracted the viral disease two days ago, following which he was admitted to Beliaghata ID hospital, the official […]

CBI interrogates Lala for the second time

11:02 pm April 3, 2021

Kolkata: The CBI on Saturday interrogated the alleged coal scam kingpin Anup Majhi alias Lala for the second time and asked him to appear before it again on Monday, sources in the investigating agency said. The probe body interrogated Lala for more than 10 hours, the sources said. The CBI also interrogated former superintendent of […]

Fire at shoe manufacturing unit in Kolkata

5:17 pm April 3, 2021

Kolkata: A fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing unit at Topsia in the eastern part of the city early on Saturday, an official said. Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, first spotted around 5 am, and the blaze was brought under control in about three hours, he said. There […]

Kolkata cop injured in firing from his service revolver

5:13 pm April 3, 2021

Kolkata: A sub-inspector of Kolkata Police on duty at the city’s SSKM Hospital was gravely injured after being hit by a bullet fired from his service revolver on Saturday, an officer said. An investigation is underway and CCTV footage is being scrutinised to find out whether the bullet was misfired or he tried to kill […]