Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The district administration in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal started demolishing the allegedly illegally-constructed party office of Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, at Amtala from Saturday afternoon.At the time the report was filed, the demolition of the five-story party office, reportedly constructed illegally without proper building sanction plan, using bulldozers, was in full swing.The demolition team is be…
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Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in J&K’s Anantnag district on Wednesday held a joint meeting with Police and CAPF officers ahead of the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2026. A police statement said, “In view of the forthcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY-2026), SSP Anantnag, Amod Ashok Nagpure-IPS, chaired a joint coordination meeting with Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) officers to review security preparedness and strengthen inter-agency coordinatio…
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) Trinamool Rajya Sabha member Sagarika Ghose expressed scathing criticism of the early morning police raid at the residence of party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee to track his absconding aide.In a social media statement, shared by the Trinamool Congress on its social media handle, Ghose described the arrival of the police and central paramilitary forces personnel at Abhishek Banerjee’s residence at 3 a.m. as a reflection of the “political vendetta, intimidation and…
Imphal, June 8 (IANS) A 58-year-old man belonging to the Naga community was shot dead inside a forest in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Monday, hours after he had gone there to collect firewood, officials said.A police official identified the victim as Chunjanglung Panmei, a resident of the area who also served as a village guard.He was killed inside a forest in the mountainous Kangpokpi district.According to officials, Panmei had gone into the forest to collect firewood for domestic use when t…
Kohima, May 4 (IANS) The counting of votes for the Koridang Assembly constituency bypoll in Nagaland, for which the election was held on April 9, commenced at 8 a.m. on Monday under multi-layer security arrangements, officials said. Election officials said that, as per the Election Commission guidelines, postal ballots were being counted first, followed by votes stored in the EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), and there will be three rounds of counting at the Mokokchung District Deputy Commissio…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) As many as 30 people have been arrested by West Bengal Police in connection with tension and violence over a Ram Navami procession at Jangipur in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district, an official said on Saturday.Although the situation was quickly brought under control following prompt joint action by the state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the area had, for some time, virtually turned into a battlefield.Several people were injured in the clashes,…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) The deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal later this year might be double, compared to what it was during the past four elections in the state, including Assembly elections in 2016 and 2021 and the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 and 2024.The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, attended a meeting chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar at the Election Commi…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) The Jangipur Sub-Divisional court in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Tuesday, sentenced 13 individuals convicted for the murder of Hargobindo Das and his son Chandan Das in April during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. The Sub-Divisional Court Judge Amitabha Mukhopadhyay had convicted 13 individuals on Monday.The quantum of punishment was pronounced on Tuesday, with the entire court premises wrapped in a thick security blanket.The deceased father and son …