A day after post-mortem examinations confirmed the murder of two women and a teenage girl found dead in their Kolkata home, the police said on Friday that they are now focused on identifying the culprits and motive behind the crime. Investigators are also exploring the possible involvement of the two women’s husbands, who are siblings, … Read more
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma visits the site of the incident in Tangra Police Station area where three females including one minor were found dead in their home, in Kolkata on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Commissioner of Kolkata Police Manoj Kumar Verma on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) said the Kolkata Police secured a … Read more
The 170-year-old Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata (GCAC), has found itself at the centre of controversy over the whitewashing of century-old Rajasthani murals on the college building. The Rajasthani motifs — painted in a repetitive, matrix formation on the arches of three floors — are believed to have been commissioned in the late … Read more
Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu | Photo Credit: X/@RadharamnDas International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata on Saturday (November 30, 2024) said that a Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu had been arrested in Bangladesh. ISCKON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das in a post on X said tha the priest was “arrested by the Chattogram police”. The … Read more
“A youth was injured and a few shanties near Anwar Shah Road in the southern part of the city were gutted in a fire that broke out on Monday (October 28, 2024),” police said. “The fire broke out in a shanty when a battery exploded while being charged,” they said, adding that a gas cylinder … Read more
The tram helped people pandal-hop and the tramway ran special services during Durga Puja. This year, for the first time, the tram was completely kept off the roads during the festival because they were seen as an impediment to traffic movement. | Photo Credit: PTI Uncertainly has again blocked the path of the Kolkata tram … Read more
Doctors during their hunger strike amid rain over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTI Junior doctors continued their ‘fast-unto-death’ for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday (October 9, 2024), demanding justice for the R.G. Kar rape murder victim and workplace safety. Doctors Snigdha Hazra, Tanaya Panja … Read more
Gauri Seth, a resident doctor, on the sidelines of a protest. | Photo Credit: REUTERSRY The rape and murder of a 31-year-old female trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) has, for the past 40 days, incited protests from doctors and several other sections of society, all of whom have been staunch … Read more
Junior Doctors during a protest rally to Swastha Bhavan in Saltlake Kolkata demanding justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar medical college and hospital. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two persons who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the protesting … Read more
भारत के मुख्य न्यायाधीश (CJI) डॉ. न्यायमूर्ति डी.वाई. चंद्रचूड़ ने आरजी कर मेडिकल कॉलेज से जुड़े मामले पर कहा कि इमरजेंसी वार्ड में सीआईएसएफ (CISF) बिना पर्याप्त सुरक्षा जांच के किसी को न जानें दे. साथ ही उन्होंने आदेश दिया कि सोशल मीडिया के तमाम प्लेटफार्म्स से पीड़िता या उसके शव के फोटोग्राफ तत्काल प्रभाव … Read more