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 …
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Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) Three young men were killed after a car they were travelling in lost control and fell into a pond, said the police on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night in Islampur area of North Dinajpur district. Meanwhile, four others were injured in the accident and have been admitted to hospital.The names of the deceased are Surajit Das, Boni Das and Mukunda Das. All of them are around 18 to 20 years old.One of the four injured men has been identified as Atanu Shil. He …
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) A large quantity of firearms was recovered from Murshidabad district ahead of the state Assembly elections, police said on Thursday. The district police’s Special Operations Group arrested three people red-handed with the weapons.The arrested individuals have been identified as Rafiqul Mandal, Kausar Ali and Sakirul Sheikh. Police recovered 300 rounds of ammunition, two improvised pistols, magazines and counterfeit Indian currency worth Rs 10,000 from the suspects.The po…