A tusker has spread panic in Topshi village in Jamuria police station of Asansol subdivision. Forest department officials are monitoring the movements of the elephant which strayed into the area apparently from the Mejia forest of Bankura district on Friday evening.

The quintessential queen of celluloid, Sharmila Tagore, on Saturday said that her actor son, Saif Ali Khan, did not have the talent to play cricket. She was speaking on the occasion of the release of a new book on Tiger Pataudi titled Pataudi: Nawab of Cricket at the Kolkata Literary Meet at Milan Mela.

A day after Zone 4 executive engineer was showcaused by the top brass of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the executive engineers staged a demonstration in front of municipal commissioner Khalil Ahmed’s office on Friday.

Shashi Tharoor took to writing only to distract himself in his childhood as there was no television or computer to keep him occupied. Speaking in a candid mood not as the Union minister of state for HRD but as a non-fiction writer, Tharoor revealed all the bitter and sweet memories right from his tenure at United Nations (UN) to his tryst as an Indian politician during the Kolkata Literary Meet at Milan Mela on Friday.

Apparently worried that a 48-hour general strike in West Bengal would adversely affect the image of the party, the CPI(M) satraps have prevailed upon the organisers of the strike — central Left trade unions — to keep some sectors out of the purview of the strike on the second day. The decision was announced on the concluding day of the two-day CPI(M) state committee meeting in Kolkata on Friday.

Despite repeated warnings from the school boards and state government, corporal punishments continue in West Bengal. Yet another incident was reported in Panskura where a Class 7 student was hit with duster by his teacher for chatting in the class. The incident took place at Panskura Barlibag High School where 13-year-old Rajesh Sashmal was hit by history teacher Tarun Pore on Friday.

A sub-inspector (SI) of the Kolkata police was arrested from his Howrah home late on Thursday night for allegedly raping a housewife with false promise of marriage. The accused cop, Rajib Chakraborty, aged around 38 years, was caught from his residence in Bally by the Patuli police.

Going on a collision course against the Mamata Banerjee government, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung on Wednesday warned that their movement for a separate Gorkhaland may no longer remain democratic and peaceful.

Six tribals from Lalbag have allegedly lost their sight in their right eyes after they were operated without their consent in a private hospital in Berhampore. According to the police, the tribals — five women and a man — from Ichagunj Mogultuli Diyar area are BPL and RSBP (Rashtriya Swastha Bima Praklapa) cards holders.

In another setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta high court on Wednesday expressed its displeasure over the police’s failure to slap attempt to murder charge against former Trinamul Congress MLA from Bhangar Arabul Islam for the attack on senior CPI(M) leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah.