Author: Joymala Bagchi

Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit will kick off a mega march from Nabanna (the State Secretariat) at 1 pm on Tuesday. The rally is being held to protest against the alleged corrupt practices of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state. Section 144 has been imposed in the secretariat area and […]

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Kolkata office after midnight (12.30 am) last night. Upon reaching the ED office as per the time mentioned in the summoning, she found the main entrance locked. As per sources, the ED is likely to send another […]

Following reports of forced conversion of children, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) wrote to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and Director General of Police for the submission of the Action Taken Report along with a copy of the First Information Report (FIR). The NCPCR also called for a statement from children […]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered around ₹15 crore in cash in raids at properties linked to a businessman and his aides in Kolkata in a case of financial fraud committed through a mobile app. The counting of cash was still in progress at the time of filing this report. ED sleuths launched a search operation […]

DRI and Gujarat ATS in a joint operation, named ‘Gear Box’, recovered 39.5kgs of suspected powdered narcotic substance from Kolkata Port.

What role will Congress play as Mamata Banerjee reiterated that 2024 'Khela' will start from Bengal. 

Could Ankita, the Jharkhand youngster who was burned alive by a man, have been saved had the hospital where she was treated had the proper infrastructure? The question comes into mind as the two-member fact-finding team from the National Commission for Women (NCW) found that Dumka’s Phulo Jhano Medical College and Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of […]

The family members of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will not be there as Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the statute of the iconic freedom fighter at the India Gate on Thursday evening. “There would be no official representation from our family,” Netaji’s kin in Kolkata confirmed the speculations to The New Indian. Explaining the reasons, […]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out raids at seven places in West Bengal, including three in Asansol and two in Kolkata, in connection with the coal smuggling scam.

India’s first intranasal anti-Covid vaccine, manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biocon, has been approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI). The vaccine can be used for primary immunization in emergency situations in people above 18 years of age, as per the Ministry of Health. “This step will further strengthen our collective fight against the pandemic. India […]