Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) The Special Investigating Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police, which is probing the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant (PA) to Suvednu Adhikari, has successfully located and retrieved the second motorcycle involved in the crime that occurred on the night of May 6 in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas.Initially, it was reported that while Rath was returning home on Wednesday night after attending a BJP programme, his vehicle was being followed by just one motorc…
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Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Another student allegedly died by suicide at the IIT Kharagpur campus in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, the second such incident within a span of ten days.The body of the 22-year-old engineering student was recovered from the Madan Mohan Malviya Hall on Tuesday morning. Prima facie, it appeared to be a case of suicide, said officials.According to the police, the deceased student’s name is Soham Haldar, a resident of the Shalbagan area of Barasat in the Nort…
Barasat (West Bengal), April 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday projected a sense of imminent political change in West Bengal, citing strong participation of women during recent campaign events as a key indicator of shifting public sentiment. Referring to a recent roadshow in Kolkata, HM Shah said a remarkable aspect was the visible presence of “Nari Shakti”. Women of all ages and sections of society thronged the streets in large numbers to catch a glimpse of Prime Minister Narend…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday assigned new responsibilities to 19 IPS officers who were removed from their posts by the Election Commission. They have now been appointed to new positions, a senior officer at the state secretariat, Nabanna, said. The state government issued a directive to this effect on Wednesday, keeping in mind the EC’s condition that none of the officers could be reinstated to any post related to the Assembly elections.Indira Mukherj…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl on Saturday praised the West Bengal government’s response to the recent Nipah virus case, stating that the state has worked effectively in coordination with the Centre to prevent its spread.Dr Bahl made the remarks during his visit to the ICMR-National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (ICMR-NIBMG) in Kolkata’s Kalyani area, where he attended an event to unveil the bust of Padma Vibhushan awardee D…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) West Bengal on Thursday reported its first case of a Nipah virus-related death, after a nurse, who was affected by it and was admitted at the critical care unit of a hospital at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, passed away.State Health Department sources said that the deceased had developed a “secondary infection” in her lungs. Another nurse, also affected by the virus, was under treatment at the same hospital.These nurses have been the only two cases of persons bein…
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a proclaimed offender who had been absconding since 2021 in connection with a post-poll violence case following the West Bengal Assembly elections that year.The arrested accused has been identified as Nazir Hossen. According to a statement issued by the CBI on Thursday afternoon, he was apprehended from the residence of his father-in-law in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The CBI began investigating p…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The twin menaces of corruption and violence are spreading like cancer in West Bengal politics in the current scenario, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose told mediapersons on Wednesday.The Governor on Wednesday afternoon attended the convocation programme of a private university in Barasat in the North 24 Parganas district. While interacting with media persons on the sidelines of the programme, the Governor made this observation regarding the prevailing trend of politics in West Be…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The officials of the Income Tax (IT) department have been conducting simultaneous raids and search operations at 20 locations in and around Kolkata since Monday morning.One of the places where such raid and search operations by the IT officials are being conducted includes the residence of an influential businessman from the state at the posh Raja Santosh Road at Alipore in south Kolkata.Simultaneous raid and search operations are also being conducted at the said businessma…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise nears completion in West Bengal, a Bangladeshi national has been found on the draft voter list, sources in election commission said. It has also been learnt that the woman in question had voted in Bangladesh also. The voter named Monju Rani Saha, has featured on the draft voter list in Bengal under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). She possesses both Indian voter ID card and Aadhaar card. Accordingly, her name was inclu…