Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, on Thursday, wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking his permission to file an official complaint against Kalyan Banerjee, the Chief Whip of her own party in the Lower House of Parliament and also a four-time MP.In her letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Gosh Dastidar, a medical practitioner in private life, has accused Banerjee of misconduct within the Lok Sabha, along with instances of sho…
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out extensive search operations in Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar area in connection with the murder case of Chandranath Rath, the PA of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said on Saturday.Chandranath Rath was killed earlier this month, and the investigation into the case is currently being handled by the CBI.According to officials, the raids were conducted jointly with a team from the Delhi Police Special Cell…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The four-wheeler used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the deceased personal assistant (PA) of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, earlier this month, was sourced from neighbouring Jharkhand, preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed.Sources said that, as per the confessions given by Mayank Raj Mishra, one of the three suspects arrested in the case, he was given the contract by a Jharkhand-based person to deliver …
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the investigation into the Chandranath Rath assassination case, officials said on Tuesday. A 7-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a DIG-rank officer from the CBI, will conduct the investigation.The CBI will take over the case from the West Bengal Police later in the day.Earlier, the Bengal Police had recommended a CBI inquiry into this case.On Monday, the Bengal Police arrested three sharpshooters fro…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The three sharpshooters who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh in the Chandranath Rath assassination case will be presented at a district court at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district on Monday.The three were arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police, which is probing the murder case.Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of the current West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead on May 6 by bike-borne assailants.All three of…
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…
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…