New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Proclaimed Offender (PO) Khalid-Uz-Zaman in West Bengal’s 2021 post-poll violence case from a remote place situated at Yetala village in the Nanded district of Maharashtra, an official said on Monday. The accused has been at large since the registration of the FIR in 2021, and he has never joined the investigation/trial.The CBI registered the instant case on September 1, 2021, in compliance of the order of the Calcutt…
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Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) There is uncertainty surrounding the hearing of the plea filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in the Calcutta High Court against the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) decision to collect his voice sample in his ‘DJ remark’ case. On Monday, Abhishek’s plea against CID’s move to collect his voice sample was not heard in the High Court. It is also unclear whether it will be heard on Tuesday.On the orders of the lower court, Abhishek will have to appear at…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A new Bill, christened “The West Bengal Public Safety & Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026”, aimed at preventing corruption, anti-social and rowdy activities in the state, was passed in the West Bengal Assembly by a majority on Monday afternoon.A total of 176 legislators, all from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camp, voted in favour of the Bill. A total of 41 legislators voted against the Bill, while the remaining 20 legislators abstained from votin…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to file an affidavit within four weeks in the case challenging the early morning raid and search operations at the residence of Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Kalighat Road in South Kolkata earlier this month.The single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the state police to preserve all CCTV footage …
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda will release on Tuesday a special commemorative volume of speeches of Asutosh Mookerjee published by the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The volume titled “The Collected Speeches of Bengal Tiger Asutosh Mookerjee published by the Delhi Legislative Assembly, will be released to mark the 162nd birth anniversary of Mookerjee (1864–1924), said a statement issued by the Delhi Assembly on Monday.The programme will b…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, for the second time rejected the plea of Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, for a fast-track hearing on his petition seeking the court’s permission to travel abroad for ophthalmic treatment.To recall, on June 23, Abhishek, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, moved a petition at the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Sauga…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The police have arrested a man on charges of cyber fraud, almost a year after he stole lakhs of rupees from the bank account of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, said a senior police officer on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Mokuleshar Reza. He was arrested from Rangapani area in Assam by the Cyber Crime division of Kolkata Police on Friday.The Trinamool Congress MP was a victim of cyber fraud. About Rs 56 lakh had disappeared from his bank accoun…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) At a time when the Trinamool Congress is plagued with internal conflicts, party supremo Mamata Banerjee has called for a gathering in Kolkata on July 21 to hold its annual Martyrs’ Day rally. On the call of North Kolkata Trinamool District President Kunal Ghosh, a pro-Mamata Trinamool meeting was held at Rammohan Library on Thursday. There, Mamata spoke to party workers present via Kunal’s phone for 12 minutes and called for a gathering on July 21.Mamata Banerjee said she…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A new Bill to prevent anti-social activities in the state will be presented on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on June 29. The gazette notification for the Bill, titled “The West Bengal Public Safety & Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026,” has already been issued, and it will be presented on the floor of the House on Monday for clearance.Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had announced plans to introduce such a Bill earlier this week during a discussion on…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Sumit Roy, the absconding executive assistant to Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee.At the same time, a single-judge bench also directed Roy to submit details of his financial transactions and bank accounts in the form of an affidavit by June 29.The bench further directed the state police to submit a detailed report on …