New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The bomb factories in West Bengal are back in the spotlight following the recovery of 79 crude bombs at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district. The probe has been taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the central agency would go into the larger picture as this does not appear to be an isolated incident.Officials say that the timing of the recovery is interesting as the agencies discovered the bombs just three days before the final phase of voting for…
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Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) A man has been arrested on charges of strangling his lone specially-abled son to death and burying him in West Bengal’s Burdwan, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in Memari of East Burdwan district.The aaccused, identified as Sonalal Mandi, was arrested on Friday night.Mandi lives in Mandalgram under Memari police station area. The tragic incident has created a panic in the area.According to the police, his son Surya Mandi was blind since birth and could not…
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) In a surprising turn of events, a police raid conducted in the Chakmahesi police station area of Samastipur on Tuesday evening led to the recovery of a huge amount of cash instead of illicit liquor. Acting on information about an illegal liquor business, a police team led by Chakmahesi SHO Manish Kumar raided a hut near the Saidpur Market Committee.During the search, police noticed a carton kept in a corner of the house. On opening it, they found a bag filled with tea leaves…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Successive month-end visits to West Bengal, first by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s newly-elected national president Nitin Nabin and then by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah this month, will focus exclusively on internal organisational meetings on the party’s strategy for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled later this year.”None of them, especially the Union Home Minister, will hold a single public rally during their Bengal visits this month. Both of t…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The ongoing cold spell in West Bengal intensified on Saturday as temperatures dropped further in Kolkata and several districts, and the chill is expected to continue for the next few days.According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, the temperature dropped as cold northerly winds are freely entering the state, resulting in biting cold. There is also a significant presence of fog at several places.The minimum temperature in the city rose slightly to…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Abbas Raja, a hired robber from Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested by detectives of the Anti-Dacoity Section of the Kolkata Police’s Detective Department in connection with the Rs 3 crore gold robbery in the Sinthee area of north Kolkata, police said on Monday.According to police, Abbas had fled to Dubai after the robbery and worked at a gold shop there for nearly one and a half months, posing as a law-abiding worker. However, after his tourist visa expired, he planned to r…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Winter has tightened its grip on West Bengal, leaving the entire region shivering in bone-chilling cold as minimum temperatures continue to plummet. On Tuesday, the city of Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season, with the minimum temperature plummeting to 12.6 degrees Celsius, 1.2 degrees below normal. A day earlier, the minimum temperature was 13.5 degrees C.Moreover, the city’s maximum temperature was 18.2 degrees Celsius, 7.2 degrees below normal. According to M…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season on Christmas as the minimum temperature dropped below 14 degrees Celsius. On Christmas morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was 13.7 degrees Celsius.The Maidan and Alipore areas were shrouded in fog from dawn.As the day progressed, city dwellers, sporting sweaters and jackets, set off for the Alipore Zoological Garden, Eco Park, Science City, Victoria Memorial, Indian Museum and other amusement parks across the city.The…