Hundreds of junior doctors, who held a sit-in for nearly 24 hours near Lal Bazar demanding the resignation of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal over the alleged rape and murder incident at RG Kar, ended the demonstration after the city police chief met a 22-member delegation of the agitators on Tuesday. Junior doctors stage a protest on a road …
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the relief granted to Sayan Lahri, a student leader who organised the protest following the rape-murder of a trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College. Meanwhile, the BJP workers on Monday clashed with the police as they 'gheraod' the District Magistrate's Office in Coochbehar over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder. …
A Bengal artist who transformed a once-nondescript forest village into an art hub has now connected with several other surrounding settlements — once the hotbed of the Maoist movement — to make art a way of life and empower marginalised communities. It was in 2000 that Mrinal Mandal graduated from the Government Arts College in Kolkata, following which, as a …
The Kolkata Police on Thursday rescued a businessman after he was allegedly kidnapped in a police van in Kolkata on Wednesday, his family said. Qutubuddin Gazi, 37, who is in the sand and raw material supplying business, was picked up by unknown people from his office at Chakraborty Para in Kolkata around 1pm, his friend and business partner, Rehman Ahmed …
“Khela Hobe” and “Lakkhi Bhandar” tableaus are going to be the main attractions this year on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day in West Bengal. After the victory, the third time in a row, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared August 16 as “Khela Hobe Divas”. Apart from “Khela Hobe”, “Lakkhi Bhandar” has also taken place in the tableau car …
