In an exclusive coversation with The Statesman, it has been learnt that the state government has initiated a five-tier rescue and relief operation into the Taratala mishap.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had inaugurated the new building of the police station in Bongaon on May 9, 2023.
The court has also directed him to be in police custody till June 29. Moreover, several new charges have been added to his case.
The redevelopment of the city’s iconic ghat was started in 2025 after a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Kolkata port and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.
According to police sources, the complaint was filed on Wednesday by two residents of Sarisha under the leadership of BJP leader Abhijit Das alias Bobby.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has initiated several beneficiary schemes for students, encouraging them to pursue education, higher studies, vocational training programmes, and skill development initiatives, with a particular focus on women's empowerment.
The meeting, which was attended by the CPs, SPs and other senior-ranking officials among others, including the DMs, also made it imperative that only trained personnel at the district level control rooms should be given the onus of monitoring the situations.
In a major crackdown against illegal infiltration, police from Hanskhali police station, under Ranaghat police district in Nadia apprehended four Bangladeshi nationals and one Indian tout early this morning from Panditpur Bazar under Ramnagar-II gram panchayat.
The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata has tipped enhanced rainfall and thunderstorm activities for the city and its adjoining areas from 15 May.
Buddhist monks across West Bengal have welcomed the Indian government’s recent decision to pursue ceasefire and have called for a permanent end to hostilities with neighbouring Pakistan.
