Jasimuddin

Around 40 residents were trapped in a dilapidated Kolkata building after the staircase was allegedly razed by the new owner. Emergency services used ladders to rescue many, including women and children, from the building slated for real-estate development. The mayor assured tenant protection, while residents expressed concerns about displacement.

First-year medical student Jasimuddin, arrested on Tuesday night for involvement in the lynching of a disabled person in the hostel of NRS Medical College and Hospital on November 16, was produced in Sealdah court on Wednesday and remanded in police custody till December 24.

Hours after NRS first year student from Malda, Jasimuddin, was sent to police custody in connection with the hostel lynching case, he has reportedly claimed that he was made a scapegoat.

The arrest of the first year medical student in the NRS hostel lynching case did not come easy. Investigators have been facing hurdles since the probe was ordered. Minutes after Jasimuddin’s arrest, senior Lalbazar officers reportedly got phone calls from a politician from the ruling party, asking for the evidence based on which the arrest had been made.

Police might get the confessional statement of the prime accused in the Korban Shah lynching case — first-year medical student Jasimuddin.

Central Kolkata’s Colootala Lane-Harinbari Lane Crossing near Rabindra Sarani erupted in violence on Friday as supporters of two KMC councillors clashed with one another, attacking each other with skewers, sticks, rods and allegedly sharp weapons, and not sparing even one of the

Central Kolkata’s Colootala Lane-Harinbari Lane Crossing near Rabindra Sarani erupted in violence on Friday as supporters of two KMC councillors clashed with one another, attacking each other with skewers, sticks, rods and allegedly sharp weapons, and not sparing even one of the

Police might get the confessional statement of the prime accused in the Korban Shah lynching case — first-year medical student Jasimuddin.

Three years ago, two men from India and Bangladesh connected via social media over their love for cricket on the backdrop of political disagreements between the two neighbouring countries.

Six juveniles escaped from a remand home in Bihar's Bhagalpur district of which four of them returned back today, officials said.

The arrest of four senior students at NRS Medical College Hostel might just be the tip of the iceberg. Sources in Lalbazar indicate that at least seven more junior doctors are under scanner for their alleged role in the Korban Shah lynching case. Cops say the conduct of five of them is “highly suspicious”.

The probe into the NRS lynching case took a curious turn on Saturday. Two canteen staffers — Kartick Mondal alias Ganesh (40) and Rabi Andia (35) — were arrested by a joint team of detective department and Entally police for allegedly being involved in the incident.

More than seven weeks after the lynching of a man at an NRS Hospital hostel, detectives on Monday arrested four senior medical students for allegedly tying him up and beating him to death. One of them is a final year student and the rest are in the third year.

KMC on Thursday carried out an intensive disinfection drive in a north Kolkata neighbourhood off Bidhan Sarani for three hours to allay fears of local residents. Panic had gripped the locality after word went around that an 85-year-old local, whose body had been brought to the neighbourhood after she died at a hospital off Amherst Street, had tested positive for Covid-19.

The almost 90-year-old Bengali verse will see its big screen adaptation in young filmmaker Hrishikesh Mondal’s upcoming film ‘Nakshi Kanthar Khonje’.

Heroin worth Rs 3.5 crore was seized from a drug peddler in the city while he was transporting them hidden inside flour packets in the boot of a car on Sunday evening.

Police have taken two canteen staffers of NRS Hostel — Kartick Mondal alias Ganesh (40) and Rabi Andia (35) — in police custody again for another five days.

Academy Theatre and Riddhi — A Step for Music celebrated Bengali New Year through a cultural extravaganza, Bhalobasi Banglake recently at Sisir Mancha