Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Six residents of Arambagh in West Bengal’s Hooghly district have filed a suicide petition with President Droupadi Murmu after their names were removed from the state’s electoral rolls post Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said on Monday. They filed the petition at the Arambagh Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s office on Monday afternoon.They visited the Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s office with all the documents attached to submit the petition.Among the petit…
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Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Tension-prone pockets across different districts of West Bengal have been kept under a blanket security cover since Thursday morning, anticipating tension and violence over Ram Navami processions later in the day.Special security measures have been adopted across the entire Kolkata-adjacent Hooghly district, Chandannagar in Hooghly district, and Islampur in North Dinajpur district, keeping in mind instances of massive violence and riot-like situations during processions …
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) A manual scavenger died on Thursday while cleaning a manhole in Ward No. 12 of Serampore Municipality in West Bengal’s Hooghly district. Two other workers also fell sick while working inside the same manhole.After receiving information that three workers had fallen sick while working in the manhole, firefighters and local residents rushed to the spot, rescued them and took them to Serampore Walsh Hospital.One of them was declared dead by doctors at the hospital. The decea…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) After a purported video went viral where a civic volunteer engaged with West Bengal Police could be seen beating up a truck driver after he allegedly refused to pay extortion money, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, slammed the state government.LoP Adhikari on Monday shared the purported video on his social media handle to highlight the incident.The IANS however could not independently verify the contents of the video and therefore, cannot vouch…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) have successfully apprehended a wanted criminal who had been consistently committing thefts on trains while posing as a policeman, according to sources on Monday.According to the GRP, the miscreant used to steal in the name of searching passengers’ bags and other belongings in a police uniform and then escape. However, the accused got into trouble after stealing a doctor’s bag, along with his MBBS certificate and other important document…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) The Odisha Commissionerate Police has arrested a man from West Bengal in connection with an investment fraud case in which a Bhubaneswar resident was allegedly duped of more than Rs 50 lakh through online trading, a senior official said on Sunday. The accused was identified as Arabinda Paul (46) of Mongra in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Police claimed that Paul, an MBA graduate, is the primary beneficiary of the fraud amount. Police sources claimed the accused also …
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) In a case concerning teacher transfers, the Calcutta High Court had declared the District Primary School Council (DPSC) in Hooghly district illegal.The division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty has now issued an interim stay on this single-bench order, court sources said on Thursday.The court said that the Primary School Council can continue its work for the time being. However, the division bench has directed the council to submit relevant documents regarding the mat…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A video purportedly showing a Trinamool Congress block president disrupting a hearing on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list as part of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in West Bengal has gone viral on social media.The incident is said to have occurred in Pandua in the Hooghly district of the state.Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday shared the video on his social media handles on X and Face…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday highlighted the alleged forceful attendance of school students and self-help group (SHG) workers at a public rally addressed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Singur in Hooghly district.The rally was held on Wednesday afternoon, and two BJP leaders have alleged that pressure was put on the mandatory attendance of the school students and SHG workers.The BJP’s Information Technology Cell Chief and the party’s ce…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has insinuated a conspiracy behind the Wednesday plane crash on Wednesday that resulted in the tragic demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and demanded a Supreme Court-supervised investigationBanerjee had started with a post on X expressing shock at the death of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President and other passengers aboard the aircraft, but adding: “The incident needs proper investigation”. Later, o…