In a shooting Wednesday at a religious K-8 school in Northern California, two students were injured and the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. The condition of the children who were taken to a nearby hospital is unknown. One of them was taken to hospital by helicopter. Authorities did not release their … Read more
The state home department on Wednesday removed R Rajasekaran as state police intelligence chief and ADG CID after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a “complete overhaul” of the CID – the state police’s criminal investigation department. Rajasekharan has been made ADG (IGP Training), a very low-key post in the police administration. However, the … Read more
The state government has decided to appoint legal advisers in each sub-division to assist the police in cases of sexual abuse such as rape and molestation. The decision to appoint legal advisers in every sub-division of the state stems from the “mishandling” by the police of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at … Read more
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday invited international filmmakers to collaborate with West Bengal at the inaugural function of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2024, while also acknowledging and appreciating talented local filmmakers from the state. I welcome everyone to this film festival. We wanted to dedicate this year to our international friends … Read more
December 5, 2024 05:24 IST First published: 5 December 2024 04:50 IST Share it In West Bengal, potatoes are in the grip of a storm – a production shortage has prompted the state. Stop its export to neighboring Jharkhand and OdishaDue to which the prices in those states go up. Bengal, which produces around 90-100 … Read more
‘Dad, when I grow up I’m going to buy a car that no one in the whole street owns. I will make a separate room for both of you on the ground floor’ – cried a 39-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife while sitting in their one-room makeshift house in Vasant Vihar, recalling their son’s … Read more
As Delhi elections approach, the AAP government on Wednesday allocated over Rs 2,500 crore for capital projects in the city, which was earmarked in the budget announcement in March. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which is facing a fund crisis, has been given an additional Rs 1,900 crore in the revised budget estimates for the … Read more
After the arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, allegations of continuous torture and humiliation of minorities in Bangladesh, hotels in Malda district on the India-Bangladesh border have decided not to allow Bangladeshi citizens to stay from Wednesday. Indian flag in neighboring country Members of the Malda Hotel Association called a meeting to discuss their … Read more
Amid a spat between the IIT-Khargpur (KGP) administration and its teachers’ union (IITTA), the institute has extended the deadline to December 13 for the IITTA to provide documents supporting its allegations against the institute’s administration. IITTA wrote to the Union Education Ministry in September, accusing the institute of “nepotism”, “arbitrary” recruitment and other irregularities. It … Read more
Dec 5, 2024 04:55 IST First published: 5 December 2024 at 04:55 IST Share it A presidential pardon in America — and in democracies — is an opportunity to seize the moral high ground. Joe Biden’s “Full and unconditional” forgiveness to his sonThe hunter, does not represent only a retreat and abandonment. It also smacks … Read more