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Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday said West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking relief from the charge of the sports department, amid mounting criticism over the mismanagement of the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake stadium last week. Sharing what he described as a copy of Biswas's letter on social media, Ghosh said the minister had requested the CM to relieve him of his responsibilities as sports minister in ...Read More >
Kolkata: The unprecedented chaos and administrative lapses surrounding football icon Lionel Messi's Kolkata visit have triggered a sweeping political and bureaucratic shake-up in Bengal. Bowing to mounting public anger, sports minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, owning what he called the "moral responsibility" for the fiasco at the Salt Lake Stadium. On the same day, the state government initiated some of its toughest-ever administrative action, issuing showcause notices to director-gene ...Read More >
Kolkata Messi Event 'Mess' Fallout: The fallout from the West Bengal Messi event continues to unfold. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that Sports Minister Arup Biswas has resigned, though sources say the resignation is yet to be accepted. Meanwhile, DGP Rajeev Kumar has issued show-cause notices to both the Sports Secretary and senior officials. In a major action, Bidhannagar DCP Aneesh Sarkar has been suspended as accountability measures intensify. Watch the video to know more. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to senior police officers, including the DGP, over alleged mismanagement during the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake stadium last week. The state government also suspended Bidhannagar Deputy Police Commissioner Aneesh Sarkar, a statement from Chief Secretary Manoj Pant's office said. The actions were taken following the recommendations of the probe panel constituted to investigate the alleged mismanagement ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Taking responsibility for the chaos that erupted at Lionel Messi's Kolkata event at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, West Bengal Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Arup Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking acceptance of his resignation, sources in the Trinamool Congress confirmed on Tuesday. Amid mounting criticism from across the country over the mismanagement at the high-profile event, the state government on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to Director General ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar and Bidhannagar Commissioner of Police Mukesh Kumar, suspended the Bidhannagar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and removed the CEO of Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) following widespread chaos during Lionel Messi's 'GOAT India Tour' event held on December 13. The state government has also constituted a Speci ...Read More >
The turn of events led to a loss of face for West Bengal before the entire world, the petitioner alleged Ripples of Saturday's Salt Lake stadium spectator rampage during Argentine football legend Lionel Messi showcasing event reached the corridors of the Calcutta High Court on Monday after Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Pal allowed the filing of three separate PILs related to the fiasco. The petitions sought the court's intervention to transfer the probe into the stadium violence to central agenci ...Read More >
Kolkata: The inquiry committee, investigating the vandalism at the Salt Lake Stadium during an event involving Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi, has recommended the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident, an official said Tuesday. The panel, headed by Justice (Retd) Asim Kumar Roy, submitted its preliminary report within three days Monday, he said. "The incident warrants a thorough and independent investigation. We have recommended the formation of an SIT to ...Read More >
Kolkata: Police have arrested two people in connection with the incident at the Salt Lake Stadium, officially known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, during Lionel Messi's event on Saturday. A senior officer of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate said on Monday that the two were arrested from the Nagerbazar area by officers of the South Bidhannagar police station. The arrested individuals have been identified as Gaurav Basu and Shubhrapratim Dey. According to police sources, these two were ...Read More >
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose called the recent chaos during Lionel Messi's event a management failure. He stated the incident hurt football lovers and undermined common man dignity. The Governor will submit a pro-people report to the Centre and give suggestions to the state government. He also directed a judicial inquiry and refund of ticket prices. Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday termed the recent chaos during Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake stadium here a ...Read More >
Chaos unfolded at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, after spectators resorted to vandalism on failing to catch a glimpse of Messi, alleging gross mismanagement by the organisers and obstruction of views by VIPs. Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, wrote to Governor C V Ananda Bose, seeking an independent judicial inquiry into "administrative incompetence" and "public humiliation of citizens" at the Salt Lake Stadium here during an event featuring footba ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The individuals arrested in connection with the vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during the Lionel Messi event on Monday claimed before a court that they were themselves victims of the incident. Their lawyers raised this contention during the hearing and sought bail for the accused on any conditions. However, the court rejected their bail applications. As of Monday afternoon, five persons have been arrested in connection with the violence and ...Read More >
KOLKATA: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari and two others moved the Calcutta High Court on Monday challenging the inquiry committee, set up by chief minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the vandalism by furious fans of Argentine football legend Lionel Messi during his GOAT India Tour at Salt Lake Stadium. The three parties alleged that the state government's inquiry committee, which is headed by retired judge Asim Kumar Ray and also has chief secretary Manoj Panth and home secr ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Almost everything that could have gone wrong at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday did, a TOI post-mortem conducted 24 hours after the massive Messi mess has revealed. Eyewitnesses who had a ringside view of the chaos were near-unanimous about where it all began. Someone from the crowd of hangers-on accompanying politicians and organisers, positioned close to Argentine football icon Lionel Messi, kept pestering him for an autograph on a T-shirt when the pen scratched his body. The incident i ...Read More >
When Lionel Messi landed in India as part of the much-publicised GOAT Tour, the moment was meant to be historic, a rare, emotional touchpoint between one of football's greatest icons and Indian fans. Instead, as events unfolded, attention quickly shifted away from Messi to the man credited with making the tour happen: Satadru Dutta. For many, Dutta emerged almost overnight as a central figure in the story. In reality, he has spent over a decade operating in India's sports marketing and events s ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Bidhanagar court sent the event organiser of the football icon Lionel Messi's Goat India Tour, Satdru Dutta to 14-day police custody. Kolkata police arrested the event manager after the chaotic scenes erupted at the Salt Lake stadium following Messi's visit to Kolkata. He was arrested by the police at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport as he was leaving with Messi and Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Rodri de Paul. Satadru Dutta, was produced before the Bidhan ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 14 (PTI) A day after chaos erupted during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium here, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday visited the venue for a first-hand inspection and called for a judicial inquiry. Bose also urged the government to frame standard operating procedures (SOPs) for managing such events in future. The governor, accompanied by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior police officials, visited the venue for a first-hand assessment ...Read More >
This is the first time that the exams were held under the newly introduced semester system, as confirmed by Chiranjib Bhattacharya, President of the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education The West Bengal Higher Secondary (HS) third-semester examination results are scheduled to be announced on October 31. This is the first time that the exams were held under the newly introduced semester system, as confirmed by Chiranjib Bhattacharya, President of the West Bengal Council of Higher Sec ...Read More >
Kolkata: Naser Khan, who, along with his friends, was convicted of the gang rape of a woman in a moving car in 2012 and was released from jail in 2020, more than a year before the end of his 10-year term because of "good behaviour", was accused of molestation, assault, wrongful restraint and criminal intimidation following a bar brawl in a Bypass nightclub on Sunday. Khan, however, claimed he was innocent. "I was not at the club, I was at home when the incident happened with my nephew. I am a ch ...Read More >
Kolkata: A woman alleged that she was assaulted and molested by a group of men inside a nightclub located within a five-star hotel in Kolkata. Police said that the alleged incident took place in the early hours of October 26 and that an investigation is underway. However, no arrests have been made so far, according to a report by PTI. The complainant, accompanied by her husband, brother and friends, was inside the nightclub when an argument broke out with another group, leading to a violent con ...Read More >
An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered 'poor', 201 to 300 'very poor', and above 300 is classified as 'severe'. Kolkata and Howrah's air quality deteriorated sharply on Kali Puja night as firecrackers were burst beyond the permissible hours of 8 pm to 10 pm, flouting guidelines issued by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) and police, environmentalists said on Tuesday. A WBPCB official said while the Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 186 PM 2.5 at Victoria Memorial in the city, it ...Read More >
Kolkata: Determined to keep Diwali and Kali Puja festivities safe and pollution-free, residents' welfare associations (RWAs) across Kolkata and New Town have urged citizens to strictly follow Supreme Court guidelines on bursting firecrackers. From awareness posters to patrolling inside complexes, they are pleading with residents to burn only green crackers -- and that too strictly between 8 pm and 10 pm -- while discouraging any use of banned or high-decibel varieties that could endanger lives a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Pockets in Kolkata and the fringes saw brazen violation of norms as crackers were burst on the eve of Kali Puja and Diwali. This occurred even as cops and WBPCB intensified their vigil, prompting a spike in arrests and seizures. Activists are worried this could turn into worse rule-flouting on Kali Puja night.Though the day started on a quiet note, as the evening progressed, residents in several parts of south Kolkata -- Gariahat, Golpark, Kasba, Behala, Sarsuna, Santoshpur, Bansdroni, ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have prohibited residents from accessing terraces and rooftops of high-rises in New Town, Rajarhat, Salt Lake, Lake Town, and areas near Kolkata airport after sundown from Sunday to Thursday. The measure has been taken so that the residents can't release sky lanterns and burst crackers during Diwali.Local police stations have sent letters to residents' welfare associations to ensure no one is allowed on the rooftops from 5 pm onwards between Oct 19 and Oct 23. "Reques ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 18 (ANI): In a landmark move set to redefine Bengal's football landscape, Shrachi Sports today announced the appointment of iconic German Footballer Lothar Matthaus - FIFA World Cup-winning captain and Bundesliga legend - as the official Ambassador of the Bengal Super League (BSL). This announcement marks a significant milestone in BSL's mission to elevate Bengal's football ecosystem and establish meaningful international collaborations that promote profes ...Read More >
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran on Monday took note of the vehement submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, and posted the matter on October 17 . The solicitor general submitted that the probe agency's plea be listed along with other pending petitions, including a contempt plea for broader understanding and consideration of the entire case. The bench posted the CBI's plea along with other pending cases on Friday. The senior ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Tuesday reacted sharply to BJP's attack on the Bengal govt over the deaths and widespread inundation following the overnight downpour."Yesterday, Kolkata faced the fury of a rare cloudburst. Nearly 300 mm of rain fell within hours, a scale that overwhelms any city, no matter its infrastructure. Scientists have said the same in Mumbai 2005, Chennai 2015, Delhi 2023, no city escapes when the skies open without pause," Bengal's finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya ...Read More >
Kolkata, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The police on Monday detained the convenor of the Unemployed Teachers' March to the School Service Commission (SSC) office in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, a day after the police said the organisers of the march were planning to launch a violent movement. Suman Biswas was detained at Adisaptagram station in Hooghly district by officers of the Chandannagar Police Commissionerate. According to sources, the personnel of Chinsurah police station searched the house of S ...Read More >
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars ...Read More >
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