Month: January 2021

Six improvised 9 mm pistols, 12 magazines and some ammunition were seized from the duo. A dozen illegal firearms were seized since Friday by the police in Kolkata and Malda district of West Bengal where politics has been marked by violence in the run-up to the assembly polls due in April-May The detective department of […]

KOLKATA: The CBI, which is probing the Ponzi muddle, on Friday reached magician P C Sorcar Junior’s Mukundapur home to “seek some documents” over payments made to him by a Tower Group company. The central agency had questioned him in 2016 on his presence at several functions organised by the company. The renowned magician, who […]

Justice Ashis Kumar Chakraborty, a sitting Judge of Calcutta High Court, passed away today due to cardiac arrest. The 55 years old Judge was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court at Calcutta on 22nd October 2014. He was appointed as Permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on 06th October 2016. Born […]

KOLKATA: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was shifted to a private room from the critical care unit on Friday at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, a day after the former Indian captain underwent an angioplasty. Sources said Ganguly is recuperating well after the procedure but he will continue to be under hospital care for few more days. “Sourav […]

KOLKATA: Police verification report (PVR), which makes or breaks a passport application, takes anything between 11 days to 169 days in Bengal. While Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate takes only 11 days to complete a PVR, South Dinajpur police district takes nearly half a year to complete the process. The PVR generation process has been simplified over […]

KOLKATA: After a wait of more than two decades since the green fuel started being used in the country, the city will finally have CNG from next week. Bengal Gas company, a JV between GAIL and state-owned Greater Calcutta Gas will market CNG through its maiden station for now. CNG will be supplied by Essar […]

The court noted that the terms of the councillors of municipal bodies have expired. (Representational) Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed that all steps should be taken to hold municipal elections in West Bengal as early as feasible since the terms of the councillors have long expired. The court said that as far the […]