Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): A US court has asked Infowars founder and "conspiracy theorist" Alex Jones to pay families of Sandy Hook shooting victims and a first responder nearly USD 1 billion, media reports said.

Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers will be demolished. The city’s mayor informed about this decision on Tuesday. The mayor’s announcement came several hours after a senior Texas official said the law enforcement response to the shooting at  Robb Elementary School was “an abject failure.” Uvalde […]

Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday reached a much-awaited deal on a bipartisan gun safety bill after recent mass shooting incidents in Uvalde, Buffalo and Texas, that struck a nerve in the country.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Indian healthcare sector is growing at a brisk pace due to its strengthening coverage, services and increasing expenditure by public as well as private players. Healthcare comprises hospitals, medical devices, clinical trials, outsourcing, telemedicine, medical tourism and medical equipment.

A mass shooting in Texas on Tuesday that killed 19 children increased pressure on US lawmakers to act on gun violence. But it also raised the gloomy prospect of little or no change. It was the ninth mass shooting this year, according to the Everytown gun control group. It occurred 10 days after another 18-year-old […]

This week, victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School reached the historic Remington settlement with the gun-maker. Here’s all you need to know about the lawsuit and the current state of gun control in the US. What is the Remington settlement? The school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut took the […]

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 26 (ANI): Tram had been an important mode of transportation in the 19th century in Calcutta (now Kolkata). As people of Kolkata started opting for fast-moving modes of transport, the tram had begun to lose its relevance with fewer passengers boarding it.

Kolkata Nov 18 PTI The acrimony between the TMC and the BJP intensified on Thursday as a delegation of saffron party MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari visited the BSF office near here to apologise for the derogatory remarks made against the force by a ruling party MLA and the passage of Assembly resolution opposing the enhancement of the paramilitary forces jurisdictionThe Trinamool Congress hit back alleging that the BJP was trying to turn the BSF into its frontal organisationThe TMC tweeted The respect that we have for BSF personnel across the country is not something we need to define with lotuses and politically motivated speeches Leader of Opposition this is Border Security Force You could at least make an attempt to not confuse them as BJP Security Force Adhikari and several BJP MLAs on Thursday evening visited the BSFs South Bengal headquarters in Newtown area and held a meeting with senior officialsWe visited the BSF office to apologise to its personnel for the derogatory language used against them in the Assembly as well as for the resolution that was passed by TMC MLAs against the extension of the forces jurisdiction in the state As legislators of that same Assembly we thought it is necessary that we apologise on their behalf Adhikari said after the meetingThe ruling partys Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha recently accused BSF personnel of touching women inappropriately in border areas under the garb of friskingHe alleged that TMC leaders have no respect for the countrys security forcesWe have the highest regard for our security personnel and are grateful to them for the sacrifices they make to protect us to secure our borders the leader of opposition in the Assembly statedThe Centre has recently amended the BSF Act to authorise the force to undertake search seizure and arrest within a larger 50 km stretch instead of 15 km from the international border in Punjab West Bengal and AssamIn response the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Centres decision to extend BSFs jurisdiction dubbing the step as an attack on the countrys federal structureReacting to Adhikaris visit senior TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said the BJP was trying to use BSF as a pawn for its political gainsBJP leaders are trying to use BSF as a pawn to serve their political interests The BJP is trying to turn the BSF office into its frontal organisation as it did with other central agencies We condemn such attempts to politicise security forces We have huge respect for the BSF he saidThe BSF on Wednesday sought to allay the misgiving about the extension of its jurisdiction insisting the border guarding force does not have policing powers or authority to register an FIR and investigate a case and it will in no way get into any conflict with the state policeAdditional Director General ADG of the force Eastern command Y B Khurania also trashed as baseless the claim of a ruling TMC MLA in West Bengal that male troopers molest women while frisking them underlining that only women personnel body-search females PTI PNT RMS NN NN

Kolkata Nov 18 PTI The acrimony between the TMC and the BJP intensified on Thursday as a delegation of saffron party MLAs led by Suvendu Adhikari visited the BSF office near here to apologise for the derogatory remarks made against the force by a ruling party MLA and the passage of Assembly resolution opposing the enhancement of the paramilitary forces jurisdiction The TMC hit back alleging that the BJP was trying to turn the BSF into its frontal organisation The ruling partys Dinhata MLA Udayan Guha recently accused the BSF of touching women inappropriately in border areas under the garb of frisking Adhikari and several BJP MLAs on Thursday evening visited the BSFs South Bengal headquarters in Newtown area and held a meeting with senior officials We visited the BSF office to apologise to its personnel for the derogatory language used against them in the Assembly as well as for the resolution that was passed by TMC MLAs against the extension of the forces jurisdiction in the state As legislators of that same Assembly we thought it is necessary that we apologise on their behalf Adhikari said after the meeting He alleged that TMC leaders have no respect for the countrys security forces We have the highest regard for our security personnel and are grateful to them for the sacrifices they make to protect us to secure our borders the leader of opposition in the Assembly stated The Centre has recently amended the BSF Act to authorise the force to undertake search seizure and arrest within a larger 50 km stretch instead of 15 km from the international border in Punjab West Bengal and Assam In response the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Centres decision to extend BSFs jurisdiction dubbing the step as an attack on the countrys federal structure Reacting to Adhikaris visit TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said the BJP was trying to use BSF as a pawn for its political gains BJP leaders are trying to use BSF as a pawn to serve their political interests The BJP is trying to turn the BSF office into its frontal organisation as it did with other central agencies We condemn such attempts to politicise security forces We have huge respect for the BSF he said The BSF on Wednesday sought to allay the misgiving about the extension of its jurisdiction insisting the border guarding force does not have policing powers or authority to register an FIR and investigate a case and it will in no way get into any conflict with the state police Additional Director General ADG of the force Eastern command Y B Khurania also trashed as baseless the claim of a ruling TMC MLA in West Bengal that male troopers molest women while frisking them underlining that only women personnel body-search females PTI PNT RMS RMS

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 28 (ANI): Kolkata High Court has fined BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, West Bengal government and West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBHIDCO) for irregular allotment of land to the former India captain for setting up a school near Kolkata.