Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Calcutta High Court on Monday granted conditional anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in a financial fraud case. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh granted the anticipatory bail application of Mondal, who is the Birbhum district president of the rebel but majority faction of Trinamool Congress led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee.Earlier, Mondal had sought anticipatory bail in the lower court fearing arrest in the case….
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Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recovered a large cache of explosives, including 20 bags of ammonium nitrate and multiple detonators, during a raid in the Nalhati area of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, and arrested one suspect in connection with the case, officials said.The recovery of this large quantity of explosives has created a stir in the entire area.Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the alleged stockpiling of explosives, an NIA tea…
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal Police have been conducting raids and search operations since Thursday morning at the offices of different panchayats and municipalities in the state to bust fake birth and death certificate rackets that mushroomed in the state before the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise began ahead of the recently concluded Assembly polls.Among the places where such raids and search operations are being conducted are Suri, Rampurhat and Dubrajpur in Birbhum distr…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Plugging loopholes in tax collection is key to achieving the target set by the Suvendu Adhikari government to improve West Bengal’s own tax revenue generation without burdening the people with higher slabs. An insider from the state finance department said that while many sections are claiming that the budget proposals for the financial year 2026-27 which was presented by the state finance minister, Swapan Dasgupta, lacked specific directions as regarding to improving the…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday arrested from Kolkata a proclaimed offender in the 2022 Bogtui carnage in which at least 10 people, mostly women and children, were burnt alive in a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Proclaimed Offender Rohan Sk alias Kismot Sk from Mirja Galib Road, Kolkata, in connection with the case, the official said in a statement.The accused has been at large since the registration …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The Sainthia Municipality in Birbhum district on West Bengal was dissolved on Monday after 14 Trinamool Congress councillors, including the chairman, resigned from their posts.The chairman, vice-chairman and 12 councillors of the Sainthia Municipality submitted their resignation letters to the Suri Subdivision Administrator, alleging that “the common people have rejected the Trinamool”.This is the first time that the board of a municipality among the six municipalities…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A major reshuffle took place in the West Bengal police administration on Monday, with the Suvendu Adhikari government issuing a transfer notification for 179 IPS officers.Among them are about 12 Superintendents of Police, including those of Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district. The Lok Sabha constituency of Diamond Harbour is represented by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.After coming to power in the state, the Suvendu Adhikari government carried out i…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The West Bengal government has increased security for the five Trinamool Congress MLAs from Birbhum district who have supported Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, a senior official said on Sunday.Those whose security has been increased are — Birbhum Zilla Parishad President and Hansan MLA Fayezul Haque (Kajal Sheikh); Nalhati MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh; Murarai MLA Mosharraf Hossain; former minister and Bolpur MLA Chandranath Sinha; and N…
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Birbhum district police in West Bengal on Saturday said a large amount of unaccounted cash and gold was recovered during a search operation from the residence of an absconding Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader accused of illegal sand mining.An officer from Birbhum district said that unaccounted cash of Rs 49.75 lakh has been recovered from the residence of the absconding Trinamool Congress leader, Laban Sheikh. “The police team has also recovered 503 grams of gold ornament…
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A sensational incident unfolded in Bidhannagar in the Salt Lake area of Kolkata on Sunday after multiple Aadhaar cards were recovered from a local Trinamool Congress office. Tension prevailed in Ward No. 36 of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area since morning following the incident.A large police contingent from the local police station rushed to the spot after receiving information about the recovery. An investigation is underway to ascertain how such a large numbe…