Chinsurah rape & murder: Mamata hails court verdict
The POCSO court at Chinsurah, Hooghly ordered capital punishment today for an accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl at Gurap in Hooghly, following a 55-day trial.
The POCSO court at Chinsurah, Hooghly ordered capital punishment today for an accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl at Gurap in Hooghly, following a 55-day trial.
Thousands of people took a holy dip in river Hooghly on the occasion of Makar Sankranti today.
More than 2,000 temporary workers of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality, who had been demanding their wages for the last three months, have stopped rendering essential civic services from yesterday, causing misery to the residents of the joint civic area.
A school in Arambag has decided on organic farming to provide insecticides and pesticides-free organic vegetables in mid-day meals.
More than 2,000 temporary workers of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality are in great distress after being unpaid for three months.
While criticising the role of the police on this count, the bench also alerted the administration to be careful so that such incidents are not repeated.
"No restriction is being imposed on voice calls and SMS and on newspapers hence communication and dissemination of knowledge and information is not stopped in any way," the state government's order added.
District president Arindam Guin addressing a press meet today said in every possible way the central government is depriving the state central assistance through funds
Extensive loss of land area adjacent to the Hooghly river bank is taking place but the concerned department, while well aware of the alarming situation
Once upon a time in the village of Narayanpur there lived a bunch of people who assembled children's toys at the rate of 144 toys for Rs 20. Calculation yields that assembling one toy fetches them a little more than 13 paise and a little less than 14 paise. But alas, as much as I would have wished I was talking about some distant past when calculations were still in paise, I am not.
