Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday put an interim stay on the ongoing hawker eviction drive near Howrah Station in Kolkata.A petition was filed before the Calcutta High Court challenging the exercise undertaken by the state government and seeking a stay on the eviction drive.The matter came up for hearing before the single-judge bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya on Friday and, after a detailed hearing, Justice Bhattacharya put an interim stay on…
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Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) The railway administration conducted a major anti-encroachment drive outside Howrah Station in West Bengal, using bulldozers to clear illegal shops and structures.A notice had been issued earlier to clear the area. As the illegal encroachment remained, Railway Police used bulldozers to evict illegal shops from outside the Howrah station. The action was carried out late Saturday night.Those who used to do small businesses on the streets and footpaths outside the station wit…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The four-wheeler used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the deceased personal assistant (PA) of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, earlier this month, was sourced from neighbouring Jharkhand, preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed.Sources said that, as per the confessions given by Mayank Raj Mishra, one of the three suspects arrested in the case, he was given the contract by a Jharkhand-based person to deliver …
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Four Class nine girl students who mysteriously disappeared from a school were rescued within 12 hours by the officers of Kolkata’s Amherst Street police station, said a senior officer of Kolkata Police on Saturday. The sensational incident took place at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the century-old Arya Kanya School at Bidhan Sarani in north Kolkata.The incident began on April 8. The four students had gone to school just like any other day. But after the school ended, they did …
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Three members of a notorious gang from Punjab have been arrested from the Howrah station area, said the police on Monday, in connection with the murder of a kabaddi player in Punjab on December 15.According to Howrah City Police sources, the three were apprehended by a team from the Golabari police station on Saturday night.The arrested individuals have been identified as Karan Pathak, Tarandeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh.Police sources said that the three, who are involved…