Ranchi, July 19 (IANS) Jharkhand police destroyed illegal opium cultivation spread across 4,619.34 acres during the financial year of 2025-26, registering 77 cases and arresting 48 people in connection with the illicit trade, according to a report released by the state CID headquarters.The largest crackdown was carried out in Chatra district, where opium crops cultivated over 2,742.22 acres were destroyed.This was followed by Latehar (832.14 acres), Hazaribagh (393 acres), Palamu (314.62 acres) …
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Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday extended the interim protection from coercive police actions, including arrest for Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, in the ongoing Criminal Investigation Department (CID) enquiry in the case of mismatch in the signatures of some Trinamool Congress legislators on a document pertaining to appointments of some crucial slots in the West Bengal Assembly that are r…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday gave his voice samples after being present at Bidhannagar Court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district in connection with a case of hate speech registered against him after ignoring two consecutive notices from the same district court earlier. The Diamond Harbour MP and the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had no other option this time but…
Dhaka, July 14 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations have strongly condemned the arrest of Haridas Chandra Tarani Das, who proposed the construction of an 81-foot-tall statue of Lord Ram within the premises of the Sri Sri Radha Govinda and Kali Temple in Palashbari upazila of Bangladesh’s Gaibandha district, describing the action as “unfortunate” and “unacceptable”.Das was taken into custody from the Palashbari temple area on July 12 in connection with a money laundering ca…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police probing the death of a 12-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district, is also probing a possible angle that could establish links between some of the accused arrested in the case and a girls’ trafficking racket operating in the area.Although refusing to divulge detailed information for the sake of the investigation, an officer from the Baruipur Police District…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave an ultimatum to Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, asking him to appear at Bidhannagar Court and give his voice samples to sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), failing which the single-judge Bench would withdraw protection from coercive police action against the leader.The court asked Abhishek Banerjee to appear at Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal by 2 p.m. on Jul…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Encounter – a word that originally meant a meeting or clash has, in India, become a euphemism for police shootings of suspects in a shift that was reignited after a recent West Bengal event which has reopened debates about rule of law, accountability, and political rhetoric.The West Bengal government has now assigned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the “encounter” killing of one of the four people accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 12…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Thursday recorded the statement of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Gosaba Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, Bikarna Naskar, in connection with the case registered against Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, who has been accused of making hate speeches ahead of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday entrusted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe and submit a report on the encounter killing of Pravas Mondal, one of the four persons accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.At the same time, an insider from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that a judicial probe as per norms has already been initiated into the matter, which will continue.Mandal was ki…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday again avoided appearing at the Bidhannagar Court in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal to give his voice samples in connection with a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into an alleged hate speech case linked to the recent Assembly elections. Banerjee, as directed by the same court, was supposed to appear at the court by 12 noon on Wednesday to give his voice samples in the presence of th…