Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced a policy of direct purchase of land by the state government from land owners for setting up new industries in the state. “We have formulated a policy for direct land purchase. The state government had already started the policy of direct land purchase in the international border areas in the state and then gave them to the Border Security Force (BSF) for erection of barbed fencing there. The same policy wil…
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Bhubaneswar, July 10 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police on Friday arrested a 40-year-old man from West Bengal on the charges of duping a job aspirant by falsely posing as a promoted IAS officer in the Odisha Government.The accused identified as Rabinarayan Das, a native of Kendrapada district, is presently staying at Uttarpara police station area in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Das was apprehended in connection with a case registered at Lingaraj Police Station on the basis of the complaint lo…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor Shakir Ali, husband of former Trinamool MP Aparupa Poddar, was sent to two days’ National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody in connection with a 2023 Ram Navami violence case.On Tuesday, Trinamool Congress councillor of Rishra Municipality in Hooghly district, Shakir Ali, husband of Aparupa Poddar, was arrested by the NIA in connection with the 2023 Ram Navami violence case. On Wednesday, he was produced before an NIA Special Court, where the…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Former two-time Trinamool Congress MP Aparupa Poddar, who is accused of obstructing policemen while National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials arrested her husband and Trinamool councillor Shakir Ali, skipped appearing before the police at Serampore police station on Wednesday.The police on Tuesday evening registered a suo motu case against the two-time former Trinamool Congress MP for allegedly obstructing policemen when NIA officials were taking her husband away from …
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The police on Tuesday evening registered a suo motu case against two-time former Trinamool Congress MP Aparupa Poddar for obstructing policemen when National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials were taking her husband away from their home. Earlier in the day, Trinamool Congress councillor of Rishra Municipality in Hooghly district, Shakir Ali, husband of Aparupa Poddar, was arrested by the NIA in the 2023 Ram Navami violence case.On Tuesday evening, the police registered…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Shakir Ali, a Trinamool Congress councillor and husband of former party MP Aparupa Poddar, in connection with a violence case linked to a Ram Navami procession in 2023, officials said.According to the central investigation agency, a case was registered regarding a disturbance during the Ram Navami procession in Rishra of Hooghly district in 2023. The case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.Acting on this, th…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit West Bengal on July 6, the birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, and attend a special programme at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata’s New Town area, a senior state Bharatiya Janata Party leader said here on Tuesday.According to the leader, a meeting was held at the BJP’s Salt Lake office in Kolkata on Monday evening to finalise preparations for the July 6 events.Chief Ministe…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals, has been accused of cohabitation on the promise of marriage. A young medical student from Karnataka filed a complaint against him at the Mogra police station in Hooghly district, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.Porel is a resident of Chandannagar in the same district.Sources said Abhishek (23) has denied the allegations, claiming they are false.According to police, th…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Two women were killed and 30 others injured when a passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch in the Arambagh area of West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Tuesday, officials said.Many of the injured, some of whose condition was termed critical, are still undergoing treatment at a local hospital.Locals expressed anger at the administration over the delayed arrival of an ambulance at the accident spot. When the situation became tense, the police arrived at the scene and br…
Gandhinagar, June 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released the 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme from Tarkeshwar city of Hooghly district in West Bengal, transferring more than Rs 18,880 crore directly into the bank accounts of 9.44 crore farmers across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). In Gujarat, 51.28 lakh farmers received more than Rs 1,025 crore under this instalment, credited directly into their bank accounts with…