Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has recovered 10 firearms and 150 bullets from different parts of the state and arrested five persons in connection with the seizures, police said on Wednesday.An investigation is underway to ascertain how the accused procured the firearms. Police said such operations to recover illegal weapons would continue.In Asansol of West Burdwan district, two persons were arrested in possession of several firearms and bullets. A cou…
Latest Asansol News & Updates
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Police action against Trinamool Congress leaders facing corruption charges continued across West Bengal, with multiple arrests reported in separate incidents, officials said on Monday.In the first incident, former Dinhata Municipality chairman Gouri Shankar Maheshwari was arrested in the building plan approval fraud case last night. Just a day before, the police had arrested Dinhata Municipality employee Moumita Bhattacharya. Moumita was remanded to three days of police cu…
Hyderabad, May 14 (IANS) Telangana police have arrested three members of the notorious Subodh Singh gang in the daylight robbery in a jewellery shop in Karimnagar town, Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam announced the breakthrough at a press conference on Thursday.He revealed that 13 accused have been identified in the case, and the search was on for the remaining accused.The robbers struck the PMJ jewellery shop on May 3 and opened fire. Four employees sustained bullet injuries. The robb…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) A day after the BJP’s decisive win in West Bengal, state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday warned party workers against indulging in post-violence to avoid expulsion. He said the BJP won’t repeat the acts of the Trinamool Congress government.With 206 seats, the BJP registered a comfortable victory in the state Assembly polls, while the Trinamool Congress managed just 81. The Congress won two seats, the CPI-M one, while the AISF and the Aam Janata Unnayan Party secured…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a senior Congress leader, on Sunday condemned the murder of party worker Debdeep Chatterjee in West Bengal’s Asansol and accused the Trinamool Congress of spreading a “reign of terror” throughout the state. Chatterjee was allegedly beaten to death in Asansol on April 24 (Friday) amid reports of violence following the first phase of the voting for Assembly elections. The Congress party has accused the “TMC-…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The polling percentage in the first six hours of the first phase of West Bengal Assembly polls on Thursday till 1 P.M. was significantly high at 62.18 per cent.As per records available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, the polling percentages in the first six hours till 1 P.M. in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal in 2024 were much lower.The respective poll percentages till 1 P.M. in the seven phases of polls in 20…
Siliguri, April 11 (IANS) Rajya Sabha MP, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, on Saturday said that there is a strong wave for change in West Bengal, adding that the results of the upcoming Assembly elections will clearly reflect this sentiment. He further stated that people across the country, especially in West Bengal, have immense faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to reporters, Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, “People of our country, but particularly those in Bengal, have a lot of faith in PM…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Four Class nine girl students who mysteriously disappeared from a school were rescued within 12 hours by the officers of Kolkata’s Amherst Street police station, said a senior officer of Kolkata Police on Saturday. The sensational incident took place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the century-old Arya Kanya School at Bidhan Sarani in north Kolkata.The incident began on April 8. The four students had gone to school just like any other day. But after the school ended, they did …
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address three consecutive rallies in West Bengal on Saturday, intensifying the BJP’s campaign ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled for April 23 and April 29. According to the programme, the Prime Minister will begin his day with a Vijay Sankalp Sabha in Katwa around noon. He will then proceed to Jangipur, where he is slated to address another rally at approximately 1:45 P.M.Later in the day, PM Modi will travel to Balurghat in …
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month.The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social media post in the morning announcing this development, where he also said that the people of West Bengal, who are saddled by the misrule of the Trinamool Congress-led state government, are now l…