By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published: June 16, 2020 10:20:01 am Earlier this year, the Governor had called a meeting with the VCs at Raj Bhavan, but no one turned up for it. (File) Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday directed the state government to convene a virtual conference […]
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The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has sought a report from the Kolkata Police on a short poll campaign film made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) showing theatrical enactment of an alleged rape. The information technology cell of the detective department has started a probe, said […]
The body of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Debendra Nath Roy was found hanging in front of a tea shop in Uttar Dinajpur district on Monday morning, triggering allegations of murder by his family members and the BJP leadership. Mr. Roy, MLA from Hemtabad won the 2016 Assembly polls on […]
Shops at Princep street beside the Profulla Sarkar street in Kolkata (file photo) KOLKATA: Nearly 25,000 shops in the Central Business District will follow the even-odd day rule from Monday after its members agreed to a three-day-a-week format. Traders’ bodies felt that keeping groups of shops open on alternate days […]
নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন: টলিউড অভিনেত্রীর ধর্ষণ কাণ্ডে এক জনকে গ্রেফতার করলো যাদবপুর থানার পুলিস। জানা গিয়েছে, ফোন কলের লোকেশন মারফত ওই অভিযুক্তকে গ্রেফতার করা হয়। গত ৯ জুলাই প্রকাশ্যে আসে টলিউড অভিনেত্রীর ধর্ষণের ঘটনাটি। বছর ছাব্বিশের ওই অভিনেত্রী অভিযোগ করেন, তাঁর প্রেমিকই তাঁকে ধর্ষণ করে। নির্যাতিতার বয়ান অনুযায়ী, গত ৫ জুলাই […]
By: PTI | Kolkata | Published: July 12, 2020 7:09:56 pm In the rest of West Bengal, including Kolkata, light to moderate rainfall has been forecast for the next three days. (Express photo by Partha Paul/Representational) With rivers in spate due to incessant rainfall, several low-lying areas in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri […]
कोलकाता। भारतीय जनता पार्टी के विधायक देवेंद्र नाथ रॉय का शव फंदे से लटकते हुए हालत में बरामद होने के मामले में राज्यपाल जगदीप धनखड़ ने राज्य सरकार की कानून व्यवस्था पर सवाल खड़ा किया है। उन्होंने इस घटना की निष्पक्ष जांच की मांग की है। राज्यपाल ने सोमवार को […]
Written by Atri Mitra | Kolkata | Published: June 17, 2020 12:34:23 pm Volunteers took pictures of damaged houses and shared them on Facebook and WhatsApp, requesting people to loosen their purse strings. The response was overwhelming. (File) With many experts advocating that direct cash transfer can better help people […]
For the last four months, police constable Mahinur Khatun, 37, has been going beyond her call of duty to serve her community in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district. She grew up in the neighbourhood of Khagragarh in Burdwan and hers is a rare success story here. Most of her neighbours […]
Shops and business establishments, other than those dealing with essential services, remained closed in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday after the government reimposed on Friday lockdown-like restrictions across the State. The government on Thursday had announced that restrictions will be reimposed from 10 p.m. on Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday […]