Kolkata: Ahead of the Assembly elections, Kolkata Police have taken key steps to strengthen the city’s security apparatus. According to a directive issued by Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Kumar Nand on Wednesday, Additional Commissioner of Police (I) Devendra Prakash Singh has been given overall charge of the election cell of Kolkata Police. According to a…
Bengal Congress senior netas meet Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday KOLKATA: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to “go it alone” in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest speculation…
Kolkata: A Turkish Airlines wide-body plane made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after the pilot declared a fire in the aircraft’s right engine, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. The flight was on way to Istanbul from Kathmandu, it said in a statement. The Airbus A330-300 having flight number THY 727 took off from Kathmandu’s…
NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight’s made an emergency landing in Kolkata after its right engine caught fire minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The plane had 236 people on board, including 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airlines with flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the loss of lives in the devastating fire at two godowns in Kolkata’s Anandapur area and announced ex-gratia assistance for the victims from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.In a statement, the PMO said, “The recent fire mishap in Anandapur, West Bengal is very tragic and…
Adhikari, Sen (File photos) KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Ahikari on Monday questioned Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s “contribution” to the state, igniting a row as the governing TMC and CPM slammed Adhikari.His remarks came days after Sen, who received an SIR hearing notice recently, said that the verification process was being “conducted…
Congress activists burn an effigy of ED during a protest against the agency’s raid on TMC-linked I-PAC in Kolkata on Saturday KOLKATA: A Rs 20 crore hawala transaction allegedly changed hands six times to erase its trail before reaching political consultancy, Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s Goa office from Kolkata, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged…
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi with West Bengal (now resigned) sports minister Aroop Biswas, during an event as part of his ‘G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025’, at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Satadru Dutta, the main organiser of Lionel Messi’s event held on December 13 and now under arrest, has told…
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NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday defended the West Bengal government’s actions after chaos erupted during football legend Lionel Messi’s appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.Banerjee said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee apologised within an hour of the incident, while other state governments had not owned responsibility for incidents…