Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Tirthankar Ghosh, the defeated Trinamool Congress candidate from Panihati Assembly constituency in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in the recently concluded election, was arrested on Monday on charges of involvement in various anti-social activities, such as alleged lottery scam, extortion and threatening people with firearms.Tirthankar, the son of Nirmal Ghosh, the former Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Assembly during the previous Mamat…
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Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A husband attempted suicide after hacking his wife to death on the road in broad daylight. The incident took place in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, on Wednesday. According to the police, the deceased woman has been identified as Geeta Das, aged 33. Her husband hacked her with a sharp weapon on School Road in the Future Gate area of Sodepur. She soon collapsed on the road. The incident took place in front of locals. Before anyone could do anything, the young man also…
Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) At least five BJP workers were injured after crude bombs were hurled at them in the Panihati area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, said police on Thursday.This attack happened hours after the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, long-time personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari.The police said the incident took place after midnight on Dutta Road in Ward No. 2 of Panihati Municipality.It is learned that some BJP workers were talking to the common people when severa…
Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, granted an interim shield to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at Khardah Police Station in North 24 Parganas district.The single-judge bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee granted the interim shield to Adhikari for 12 weeks till July and ruled that till further orders, the police will not be able to tak…