Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Six days after the mysterious death of a minor girl in north Bengal’s Siliguri, the prime accused, a private tutor, has been arrested from Chennai along with another individual, the police said on Monday.Earlier, one person was detained in connection with the death of the girl. The girl’s death had triggered protests in the city and set off a political exchange between the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Trinamool Congress.Deputy Commissioner of Poli…
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government had replied to the clarifications sought by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding protocol violations during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the state on Saturday.The MHA had sought the report from the office of the Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, on Sunday morning, fixing 5 P.M. of the same day as the deadline for replying to the query.Although an insider from the state secretariat confirmed that a detailed reply on the c…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The name of World Cup-winning Indian women’s cricket team member, Richa Ghosh, has been placed as ‘under ad-judication’ in the final electoral rolls of West Bengal.The matter came to light after the final voters’ list of the state was published following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.On Saturday, the Election Commission of India identified voters in three ‘categories’. Those who have been excluded have been declared as ‘deleted’. Eligible voters have been …
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Crucial documents related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were gutted as fire broke out at the SDO office in West Bengal’s Siliguri district.According to the police, a fire suddenly broke out at the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) office on Hill Cart Road in Mallaguri early on Thursday.As a result of the fire, two rooms of the SDO office have been completely gutted.Several computers and government documents kept in the two rooms have also been destroyed. However, due to th…