Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Kolkata Police’s Durga Suraksha Squad on Monday launched a month-long awareness campaign across the city to educate citizens about crimes against women and cyber frauds. The initiative will cover 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city.A senior Kolkata Police officer said that Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) has selected 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city for a special campaign over the next 30 days.The campaign aims to strengthen publ…
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Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Sleuths of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), accompanied by personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), on Thursday conducted raids at the residence of a local Trinamool Congress leader and a madrasa in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in connection with an alleged terror-funding case.The search operations began in the historic Rameswarpur village under the Hasnabad block of the North 24 Parganas district and targeted the residence of local …
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case of the death of a 12-year-old minor girl, allegedly raped and murdered, at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district last week, have arrested one more person.The arrested person has been identified as Kabir Molla. This is the fourth arrest made in the matter since Sunday afternoon after the body of the victim, a minor girl, was recovered from a pond in the Suryapur area in Baruipur.Already, Pravas Mondal, t…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded that the by-election for the two Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal be conducted at the earliest and simultaneously. The Lok Sabha constituency where the bypoll is pending is at Basirhat in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress’s Haji Nurul Islam was elected from Basirhat by a margin of over 3.70 lakh votes.However…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Two female leaders of the Trinamool Congress, who are closely associated with the arrested party’s strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, have been apprehended in Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in relation to the violent assault on ED officials that occurred in 2024.This action comes after the police stepped up the investigation in the Sandeshkhali case following a change of government in the state.Among those arrested are Sandeshkhali-I Panch…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With law-and-order situation in West Bengal under question in the ongoing Assembly election, the rape and murder at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and the Sandeshkhali exploitation and repression in North 24 Parganas district have re-emerged as major campaign issues ahead of the second phase of polls to be held on Wednesday.Opposition parties in the state have been raising the episodes to underscore allegations of intimidation, violence, and crime aga…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) As soon as the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections was over, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the Trinamool Congress has crossed the 100 mark. On Saturday, Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the Trinamool Congress will cross the double century after the second and final phase of voting on April 29.Abhishek held an election rally in Basirhat, North 24 Parganas district, today, where he said he does not usually make predic…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned actress and former Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan in connection with the ration scam, officials of the central probe agency said on Monday.She has been asked to appear at the agency’s CGO Complex office in Salt Lake on Wednesday (April 22) — a day ahead of the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections — for questioning in the case. However, the actress and former Basirhat MP has not yet responded to the summon…
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, March 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress protested in Hasnabad of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas over “targetted” deletion of names from the final voters’ list, police said on Sunday.On Saturday night, Trinamool Congress’ local leaders and activists burnt tyres on the road and raised slogans against the Election Commission of India (ECI).The protesters also burnt an effigy of Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.The local Lebukhali Road was blocked due to the p…