This is one kiss which the recipient could have never expected. A policeman who stopped and hauled up a drunk woman for rash driving ended up being hugged and smooched, police said on Thursday. The woman, in her late 30s, was driving her car while returning from a party in an allegedly heavily inebriated condition. She apparently lost control at […]
» Read moreDays after hosting BJP president Amit Shah for lunch, a couple — Raju and Geeta Mahali — joined West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday. Trinamool’s Darjeeling district president and State Tourism Minister Gautam Deb said they joined the party of their own “will,” but BJP State president Dilip Ghosh alleged that the couple was forced to do so. […]
» Read moreTMC MP Kanwardeep Singh, who allegedly commissioned the Narada sting operation, has been booked by Kolkata Police. His son, Karan Deep Singh and other directors of Singh’s company, Alchemist, have also been booked under various sections related to cheating, criminal conspiracy, breach of trust by a public servant etc, a senior police official told The Hindu. The FIR was lodged […]
» Read moreAn Alipore magistrate on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Union minister Babul Supriyo after a police chargehseet mentioned that he was “absconding”. The case next comes up for hearing on May 8. The minister can now surrender in court and seek bail. He can also challenge the order either in session’s court or high court. Babul, who referred to […]
» Read moreSecurity agencies and border guarding forces on Wednesday made first seizure of a “large consignment” of fake notes of Rs. 2000 denomination along the India-Bangladesh border. As many as 100 notes of Rs. 2000 denomination were seized at Churiantpur in Kaliachak block, Malda district. The notes were thrown over the border fence from Bangladesh for an Indian courier to carry […]
» Read moreJyotirmayee Dash, associate professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata has been nominated for the prestigious Swarnajayanti fellowship award instituted by the Department of Science and Technology for the year 2015-16. She is the only woman scientist among the 11 nominated for the fellowship this year. Dr. Dash has received the […]
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