SWEETY KUMARI

Former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, accused in a cheating and extortion case, speaks from an undisclosed location for the first time since charges were framed against her.

The recent spate of such crimes have prompted many people to block their ATM cards as a pre-emptive measure.

In a letter dated July 28, Prodip Chatterjee, relative of one of the prisoners, has demanded action from authorities.

Sources said 10 tonnes of silver will be used to craft the chariot, while the height of the pandal will be around 60 ft.

According to an official involved in the rescue efforts, the rain had weakened the pillars and that the building, like others surrounding it, was poorly maintained. The local civic body now plans to demolish the building.

Police have registered a case against the unknown owner of the building under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

With four lives lost in accidents a span of four days, focus is back on how safe are the roads in the city, especially when the government’s ‘Safe Drive Safe Life’ campaign is in place.

Sources said that the college authorities declared a fresh hostel allotment for 200 students, but the proposal was rejected by the protesting students.

Adding to this, Rajiv Sinha also mentions that the serial has crossed all limits of decency and has taken Indian Film industry to a new low.

Police estimate this to be just the tip of the iceberg, saying student leaders, including those affiliated to political parties, have been charging Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh promising admissions.

Some of the popular brands that will set up outlets include Nalin Chandra Das, Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick, Ganguram, Banchharam’s, KC Das, Hindustan Sweets and Gupta brothers.

Police said that some members of a local club rushed to the spot after being informed, and rescued the man. He was taken to Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) and discharged later.

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While the hospital has denied the allegations, the patient's husband said, "I told the nurses that they were giving wrong blood. When I told doctors they said it was normal and there was nothing to worry. The hospital kept reminding me of bill payment instead of the treatment."

TMC called the government a “loot sarkar, jhoot sarkar” and said its four years in power have been “full of tears”.

Dr N B Debnath, who was posted at the North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri, where all the patients were later referred, says, “There was lack of any specific treatment as it was still a mystery. Doctors provided supporting therapy and waited for the patient’s immune system to fight the virus.”

As the BJP accused the Trinamool Congress of carrying out a campaign of political murders, the state government called in the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe both deaths, and removed the district superintendent of police.

BJP state leaders, including Mukul Roy, are rushing to the site of the incident.

Police found a note at the spot with a message in Bengali that read “at the age of 18, you are doing BJP’s politics... today, you are dead”.