US President-Elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya, who raised questions about Covid policies, to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a stern warning to the contractors and the officials for dereliction of duty, while doing work for laying of pipelines to distribute water to every household.
The international climate community was apprised of the forthcoming Kolkata Climate Action Plan on the sidelines of the recently-concluded UN climate conference, COP-29, at Baku, Azerbaijan.
In view of the persistent rise in the price of potatoes in the retail markets of Kolkata and adjacent areas, state minister Beccharam Manna held a meeting with the potato wholesale market dealers of Hooghly.
An event-management company staff was arrested by the police last midnight after a woman complained of rape and physical assault at a hotel in Benachity Market area here.
Sources from the state police said that while the direction of the single-judge Bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj to the SIT was to complete the process of document handover by 10 am on Saturday.
Sources said that the three new names included in the FIR are of three business entities namely Maa Tara Traders, Ehsan Cafe and Kham Louha.
Alipurduar’s beloved author, Parimal De, disheartened by the state government’s handling of the tragic incident involving a young trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, has decided to return the Banga Ratna Award.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is investigating Sandip Ghosh for his role in the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at R G Kar hospital.
In a crucial development, a special court on Friday allowed the CBI to conduct a polygraph test on Sanjay Roy, the main accused.
