Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: A study published in Bengal Medical Journal has raised concerns about ‘widespread and potentially dangerous’ use of antibiotics among professional footballers in eastern India. The research, led by clinical researchers from Bengal, says that a significant number of athletes are using high-risk antibiotics – often without prescriptions – … Read more
NEW DELHI: Fourteen-year-old Pratip Dey, who survived a fatal car crash on Kolkata’s EM Bypass on February 19, has alleged that his mother, Sudeshna, and aunt, Romi, were murdered after backing out of a planned family suicide. His father, Pranay Dey, and uncle, Prasun Dey—who also survived the crash—went through with their plan and ended … Read more
KOLKATA: A chilling tragedy unfolded in Kolkata when a high-speed car crash on EM Bypass led police to a horrific discovery—a home in Tangra where three women were found dead under mysterious circumstances. What initially seemed like a freak accident has now become a complex murder-suicide puzzle, with financial distress, cryptic last actions and an … Read more
KOLKATA: A 32-year-old Bangladeshi con-woman who used to cross the border on a medical visa and allegedly marry young men, later lodging cases of domestic violence against them to blackmail them, was arrested by Bidhannagar Police on Thursday.Police said Sahana Sadique came to India at least six times in the last four years and married … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Monday reserved its decision on whether to admit two separate appeals filed by the West Bengal government and the CBI, challenging a trial court‘s verdict that sentenced Sanjay Roy, the RG Kar hospital rape-murder convict, to life imprisonment without parole. The division bench, led by Justice Debangsu Basak, … Read more
KOLKATA: The father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, has claimed that the police have framed his son. “They have arrested my son as a suspect, but he is not the one whose photograph the … Read more