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1 week ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia
Kolkata: Located a minute's distance from each other, two eateries were a picture in contrast on Sunday. While patrons continued to enjoy their drinks at Roots rooftop, Hashtag was voluntarily kept shut. A list of 83 rooftop joints was sent by Kolkata Police to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for scrutiny on Friday, and both establishments appeared on it. However, there was confusion across Kolkata's rooftop restaurants on whether to remain open or shut on Sunday evening.
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1 week ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Dwaipayan Ghosh |Srishti Lakhotia
TrendingKolkata: Five of the 14 people, the victims who couldn't be identified immediately after the fire, have been identified, and their bodies have been handed over to their kin for last rites. The five deceased, identified as Dusyant Kumar Nayak (46) from Khurdah, Rajesh Kumar (50) from Gaya, and Dusmanta Kumar Swain (46) from Jagatsinghpur in Odisha, were identified on Wednesday. The remaining two, Vishal Kumar (25) and Sahil Kumar (22) from Bihar, were identified on Thursday.
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1 week ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia |Subhojyoti Kanjilal |Rohit Khanna
A devastating fire at Kolkata's Rituraj Hotel claimed 14 lives, including a 3-year-old boy, his 10-year-old sister, and their grandfather. The Tamil Nadu-based family was on vacation and preparing to leave Kolkata when tragedy struck. Parents T Prabhu and M Madhumita had briefly left the hotel to buy food, returning to find the third floor engulfed in flames. A family's vacation turned into a nightmare in Kolkata when a fire broke out at the Rituraj Hotel.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia |Rohit Khanna
NewsStopovers, brief stays turned fatal, rue kin & friends of guests who choked to deathKolkata: Manoj Patra (43) from Jagatsinghpur in Odisha was supposed to catch a bus to Bihar on Wednesday morning, said his family friend Mahendra Pandey outside the NRS morgue on Wednesday afternoon while waiting for Patra's body.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia
NewsCity Newskolkata NewsDoubts over identification of body: HC acquits 7 convicts after 10 years in jailTrendingKolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday acquitted seven murder convicts who spent 10 years in jail after it found that the victim's body was not properly identified. The body of a murdered victim was found in a place under Rajarhat police station on Nov 2, 2011. It was unclaimed, and the case was closed on March 14, 2012.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia
NewsCity Newskolkata NewsCops negligence no reason for disbelief in woman for sex crime: HCTrendingKolkata: Investigation authority's negligence cannot be a reason for disbelieving a woman who alleges to be victim of sexual harassment, Calcutta high court recently held in a 28-year-old attempt-to-rape case while upholding the conviction of the accused.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia
The Calcutta High Court's circuit bench instructed a Port Blair woman to compensate her husband Rs 1 lakh for defamation. She published notices accusing him of attempting to remarry despite his divorce plea being rejected. The court found her actions damaged his reputation, as she failed to substantiate her claims about his remarriage plans, leading to the penalty.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia
Kolkata: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Bengal on Sunday appealed to all doctors to uphold their Hippocratic Oath and treat patients with compassion and respect, regardless of their background or religion. The IMA's appeal came in the backdrop of a complaint by a seven-month pregnant Muslim woman against her gynaecologist for refusing her treatment based on religion, following the Pahalgam incident. The IMA Bengal also denounced the Pahalgam terror attack and demanded action.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Subrata Chattoraj |Srishti Lakhotia
TrendingKolkata: No rallies are allowed on the Pahalgam attack for one week, the Calcutta High Court reiterated while denying permission to Kalighat Bahumukhi Seva Samiti to conduct a protest rally from Rashbehari crossing to Triangular Park on Friday evening. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said that if they were conducting a meeting in the hall, he would not interfere but would not allow any rally on the "Kashmir matter" on the streets.
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2 weeks ago | 
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Srishti Lakhotia |Subrata Chattoraj
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday urged all political forums to refrain from holding any programme over the next week, "keeping the country's current situation in mind". The HC observations came after the Centre on Thursday told it that due to Army training on a ‘war-footing basis' at Brigade Parade Ground, they could not allow All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to stage an anti-Waqf demonstration there on Saturday (April 26).
