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ED raids several places in Kolkata, estimated Rs 7 crore recovered

ED teams conducted raids at three separate places in Kolkata and recovered a huge amount of cash from the possession of a city-based businessman

Mindtree planning to set up development centre in Kolkata, says CEO

Mindtree, a Larsen & Toubro Group company, is planning to set up a development centre in Kolkata, which could create employment opportunities for 15,000-20,000 people in the next four-five years, a company official said here on Wednesday. The IT services firm has already onboarded 1,700 people in its existing facility in the West Bengal capital so far, he said. "We have taken up 19 acres of space. Hopefully, things will start. The construction will be done by L&T... the management is committed. We will set up a huge centre," Mindtree Ltd Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Debashis Chatterjee said at ICT East organised by CII. The development centre can create employment opportunities for 15,000-20,000 people, he said. The IT company had in March announced the opening of its first development centre in Kolkata. Another IT company of the L&T group, Larsen and Toubro Infotech (LTI) had in June also announced opening up of a new centre in the eastern ...

CBI carries out search ops at primary education board's office in Kolkata

The CBI on Friday conducted search operations at the office of West Bengal Board of Primary Education as a part of their ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities in teacher recruitment in state government-sponsored and aided schools, an agency official said. Sleuths of the agency, along with a data expert, raided the board's office here during the day and seized several documents, the official maintained. Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court upheld an order of its single bench that directed the CBI to investigate the alleged irregularities in appointment of primary teachers in government-sponsored and -aided schools. The seized documents may be of relevance in the probe, the official added. WBBPE's former president Manik Bhattacharya, who is also an MLA of the ruling Trinamool Congress, is also under the scanner of the central agency.

I-T dept detects Rs 250 cr 'black' income after Kolkata business group raid

The Income-tax department has detected "unaccounted" income of more than Rs 250 crore after it recently raided a Kolkata-based group engaged in manufacturing of power transmission and distribution equipments apart from few other businesses, the CBDT said Thursday. The searches were launched on August 24 and 28 on the premises of the group, which is also involved in manufacturing of steel pipes and polymer products, in West Bengal and Jharkhand. "Evidence of use of unaccounted cash for acquisition of immovable property and unaccounted cash loan, etc. has also been found and a preliminary analysis of seized evidence reveals that several shell (bogus) companies have been utilised by the group to provide accommodation (hawala) entries to its flagship concerns," the Board said in a statement. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) frames policy for the tax department. The shell entities have been found to have routed back the unaccounted money in the guise of share capital or unsecure

NCRB reports say Kolkata safest city; experts allege suppression of facts

Kolkata has topped the list of cities with the least number of cognisable offences per lakh of its population, making the metropolis the safest city of India in 2021, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The city scored 103.4 per 1-lakh people in terms of the number of cognisable offences, marching ahead of Pune, which stood second (256.8) and Hyderabad (259.9), the data showed. Kanpur (336.5), Bengaluru (427.2) and Mumbai (428.4) were among the other cities in the list. Kolkata had scored 129.5 in the 2020 report of NCRB. Its IPC crime rate declined to 92.6 in 2021 compared with 109.9 the previous year, as per the report. Experts, however, expressed apprehension over Kolkata's dwindling crime numbers in the report. "This data seems to be quite absurd. There is clearly suppression of facts on the part of the state government," claimed Ruby Sain, former head of the department of sociology and coordinator of the Centre for the Study of Religion and ..

Zomato launches 'intercity legends', now order from anywhere in India

Order popular, authentic dishes from anywhere and have them delivered to your doorstep

Delhi-bound Air India flight from Sydney makes emergency landing in Kolkata

A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Sydney made an emergency landing in Kolkata on Wednesday after a 50-year-old passenger complained of breathlessness, airport officials said. The flight with 159 passengers aboard was at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for two hours from 4.50 PM till 6.50 PM before leaving for the national capital. The flyer was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata, they added.

More officers to join ED team in Kolkata by August end to ease pressure

In an effort to handle increasing pressure of investigation related to financial embezzlements in West Bengal, as many as 80 additional officers will join the Enforcement Directorate's Kolkata team

Ex-BJP MP Subramanian Swamy meets Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata

Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday paid a visit to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat here and they held a meeting for almost half an hour, a source in the administration said. The source described the visit of Swamy, a staunch critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a courtesy call. Swamy later tweeted: Today I was in Kolkata and met the charismatic Mamata Banerjee. She is a courageous person. I admired her fight against the CPM in which she decimated the Communists. He also shared a photograph of him with Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo. Following their meeting, speculation is rife about his political move. Swamy had called on Banerjee in November last year also in New Delhi.

India at 75: How did India adopt the Tricolour as its national flag?

Tricolour has evolved over several decades. The Indian flag is said to have been designed for the first time by Sister Nivedita; however, its present form was designed by Pingali Venkayya

Fuel prices today: Check the prices of petrol, diesel in your city

Crude oil showed a declining trend, and prices are still stable in India. Petrol in Delhi is available at Rs 96.72, while Mumbai is selling at Rs 106.31 per litre. Check out fuel rates in your city

Paramilitary jawan opens fire on colleagues at Kolkata museum, one dead

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was shot dead while another was injured when their colleague opened fire inside the Indian Museum CISF barrack in Kolkata on Saturday evening

CISF jawan shoots and injures two colleagues at Indian Museum in Kolkata

The jawan used his service weapon to shoot at an assistant sub-inspector and a head constable.

Partha, Arpita to remain in ED custody till Aug 5

Former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to three more days in the custody of the ED by a special court in Kolkata in the SSC scam case.

IndiGo flight from Assam cancelled after plane's wheels stuck in outfield

An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata was cancelled apparently after the aircraft skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield

ED recovers huge cash from Arpita Mukherjee's flat, grills another TMC MLA

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids in three locations in and around Kolkata and again recovered large stacks of cash from a flat linked to Arpita Mukherjee.

Scindia launches mass outreach drive in Kolkata's Dum Dum LS constituency

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday launched a mass outreach drive in Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency near Kolkata, and had lunch at the residence of a Matua' community member

Scindia, Pradhan to be in Kolkata for BJP's Pravas' campaign across nation

Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Dharmendra Pradhan will be in Kolkata on Saturday to participate in organisational meetings as part of BJP's 'Pravas' campaign across the country

Kolkata BJP women cell demands Mahua Moitra's arrest for Kali comments

The Mahila Morcha members of the saffron party said police did not take any cognisance of the complaint they filed on July 6.

Smriti Irani becomes nostalgic while inaugurating Metro station in Kolkata

Union minister Smriti Irani became nostalgic on Monday while recollecting the memories of her maternal grandfather, as she inaugurated the Sealdah Metron station of the East-West Metro corridor.