Guwahati, May 15 (IANS) One of the key accused in the death case of Assam’s iconic musician Zubeen Garg, the festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta’s bail plea will come up for hearing before the Gauhati High Court on Friday.The matter will be heard in the court of Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita. Earlier, the hearing was scheduled for May 13, but it was deferred and rescheduled for Thursday.Mahanta had approached the Gauhati High Court after his bail application was rejected by the lower court.His …
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Shillong, May 14 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma, on Thursday flagged off a new fleet of police vehicles in Shillong, aimed at strengthening the operational preparedness, mobility, and emergency response capabilities of the state police force. The programme was held at the Police Officers’ Mess at Golflink in the presence of Director General of Police, Idashisha Nongrang, senior government officials, and police personnel.Officials informed that a total of 95 vehicles have bee…
Mumbai, May 8 (IANS) Actor Sudesh Berry took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about his character Officer Vidhan from the iconic police procedural television series “CID”. Sudesh shared a picture of himself on the photo-sharing application Instagram from the show. In the image, the actor is seen sporting a moustache and wearing sunglasses.For the caption, the actor, who played the character from 2003 to 2004, simply wrote: “CID Officer Vidhan.”CID first premiered in January 1998. I…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police, on Thursday morning, took over the probe of the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, the long-time personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, who was shot dead by a bike-borne man.Initial investigation revealed that while Rath was returning home on Wednesday night from a programme of the BJP, his vehicle was followed by a motorcycle with the killer as the driver.Just as Rath’s vehicle reached Doharia crossing …
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Actor Maninee De recently opened up about choosing to study animal communication alongside psychodrama, stating that she will return to television only for a good and solid project. In an exclusive conversation with IANS, Maninee said, “At this point in my life, I am exploring and learning a lot of new things. I have always been a very curious student. Right now, I am studying animal communication and also a modality of psychodrama.”She added, “Along with that, I do…
Ranchi, April 17 (IANS) The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Jharkhand has taken major action in the high-profile JTDCL-Energy scam in the state. It has filed a charge sheet against three accused in a case involving embezzlement of over Rs 116 crore from the government exchequer.The charge sheet has been filed against the alleged mastermind, Aradhya Sengupta alias Arnav Ganguly and two others – Sameer Kumar and Arun Kumar Pandey.CID investigations have so far revealed misappropriation of …
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought custody of 12 of the 49 accused arrested in the case of harassing judges assigned to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work in Mothabari, Malda district. The remaining 37 have been granted judicial custody. The lawyer of the arrested Mofakkerul Islam has filed a bail application. The state police had described him as the ‘mastermind’ of the incident.The hearing of the Mothabari case was held in the Kolkata …
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the plea from former Kolkata Police Commissioner and the current Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal, Supratim Sarkar, for relief from going as a central observer to poll-bound Tamil Nadu.The Commission has also directed Sarkar to report as the police observer for five Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, namely Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai, Nanguneri,…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former commissioner of Kolkata Police, Supratim Sarkar, to go on deputation as police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to polls like West Bengal later this month. However, Sarkar had pleaded to the Commission for relief from this deputation to Tamil Nadu on medical grounds, as confirmed by an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.Just a few days before the announ…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Intelligence agencies, bot central and state, including the members of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, probing the incident regarding the harassment of the judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal are trying to track the overseas links of the arrested mastermind in the case, Mofakkarul Islam, and his close aide and YouTuber Akramul Bagani, sources said on Saturday. Both Islam and Bagani were arrested at Bagdogra Airport by…