Kolkata
- India
Demanding recognition of Sarna religion, tribals threaten stir in 5 states from Nov 30
Kolkata: Thousands of tribals from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and different parts of West Bengal congregated in Kolkata on Friday, demanding recognition of the Sarna religion by the Centre. The tribals, who…
- India
Kolkata app fraud: ED seizes Bitcoin worth Rs 12.83 crore
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing mobile gaming app E-Nuggets in a fraud case on Wednesday seized Bitcoin worth Rs 12.73 crore owned by Amir Khan, the prime accused arrested in the…
- Kolkata
West Bengal: CBI raids 3 places in Kolkata over financial scams
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at three places in Kolkata on Tuesday in connection with its ongoing probe in a financial embezzlement scam. Three teams of the…
- India
Mamata asks mayor to rename Kolkata road, park after Pranab Mukherjee
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday directed Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim to rename a road and a park in the city after former president Pranab Mukherjee. Speaking at the inauguration of…
- Kolkata
CPI(M) to hold ‘Insaaf’ rally in Kolkata to seek justice for Anis Khan
Kolkata: Youth and student wings of CPI(M) will hold ‘Insaaf’ rally at Esplanade in the heart of Kolkata on Tuesday to seek justice for Anis Khan, a student leader who died mysteriously…
- Kolkata
Queer activists hit the streets protesting Kunal Ghosh’s homosexual jibe
Kolkata: The LGBTQ (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer) rights activists on Friday staged a peaceful demonstration in Kolkata’s Kalighat area, barely 200m away from the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, protesting against Trinamool…
- India
PIL filed in Calcutta HC after police clean chit to ‘talent scouts’ outside schools
Kolkata: A few days ago, women clad in trendy burqas, with fashionable sunglasses shielding their eyes, started appearing outside some reputed girls’ schools in Kolkata just when the students were leaving for…
- India
Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim visits BJP councillor injured during protest march
Kolkata: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Wednesday visited BJP councillor Meena Devi Purohit at a hospital where she was admitted after suffering head injuries during the saffron party’s march to West Bengal…
- India
What if WB followed UP’s bulldozer model: TMC’s Mohua Moitra on violence in BJP rally
Kolkata: A day after public properties were damaged in Kolkata and Howrah during the BJP’s mega protest march, TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday asked whether the West Bengal government should follow…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Case filed against BJP corporator for ‘promoting violence’ against police
Hyderabad: A case was booked by the L. B Nagar police against BJP corporator K Narsimha Reddy for allegedly asking his party workers to target the police for their alleged anti-BJP party…
- Kolkata
Video: Man with saffron shirt sets Kolkata police van on fire
Parts of Kolkata witnessed violence and hostility after a police vehicle’s windowpanes were smashed and the vehicle was torched. A video of a man lighting the fire with a lighter has been…
- Kolkata
Kolkata: Pitched battles between BJP workers, police; PCR van torched
Howrah: Roads around the 19th century iconic Howrah Station resembled a battleground on Tuesday with brickbats aimed at police personnel flying thick and fast, and drenched protesters hit by water cannons limping…
- India
BJP’s march to Bengal secretariat: Suvendu Adhikari arrested
Kolkata: BJP’s ‘march to the West Bengal secretariat’ against various issues of corruption on Tuesday afternoon received a setback much before its beginning as one of the three arms of the party…
- Kolkata
17 crore cash, 16 hours: Know about ED raid on Kolkata businessman
Kolkata: It took over 16 hours and eight counting machines for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials to count the heap of cash that was recovered from the residence of a businessman in…
- India
ED raids several places in Kolkata, estimated Rs 7 cr recovered
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams conducted raids on Saturday at three separate places in Kolkata and recovered a huge amount of cash from the possession of a city-based businessman. Although the counting…