Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced the launch of two women-centric initiatives by Kolkata Police aimed at strengthening the safety and security of women across the city, particularly during late-night hours. Taking to her X handle, Banerjee said the initiatives are designed to enhance women’s confidence further and ensure prompt assistance when needed.”Proud to share that, for further increasing the safety and confidence of women in our city…
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Haringhata (West Bengal), Feb 27 (IANS) The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday. The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in the Nadia district of West Bengal. It brought together State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams from seven states in the eastern and northeastern region, including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sik…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought report from Kolkata Police on the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari by a section of the booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.A division bench of the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, directed the state police to submit a report in the matter by March 5, acting on a peti…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The official Instagram account of West Bengal’s popular public grievance service ‘Sorasori Mukhyomantri’ has been hacked, said sources in Bidhannagar Police on Thursday.Following this, an alert has been issued within the state administration. After the incident came to light, a written complaint was filed with the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station. An investigation has been started.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a service called ‘Sorasori Mukhyomantri’ …
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) Three youths possessing $450,000 (over Rs 4 crore) were arrested from Kolkata’s Park Street area, police said on Wednesday. The youths were arrested from the Park Street police station area on Tuesday night, police said, adding that an investigation has been launched. The arrested youths were to be produced before a court.According to police sources, the names of the arrested youths are Sayan Das, Mohammad Asad, and Feroz Khan. All three are said to be residents of Mumbai….
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Another allegation of sexual harassment of a teenager in Kolkata surfaced on Monday, with a man being arrested for showing an obscene video to his friend’s minor daughter after taking advantage of an empty house, police said.The police have registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and started an investigation. The accused is being questioned.According to police sources, the victim is 16 years old and lives with her parents in a re…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress has alleged that its party workers were attacked by Indian Secular Front (ISF) activists in Polerhat area in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday.The Trinamool Congress claimed that the incident occurred when they were holding the meeting in the area on Friday night.Two Trinamool Congress leaders were reportedly injured in the attack and were rushed to Jirengacha Rural Hospital.Doctors said that the condition of the injured…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim on Thursday questioned the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is currently probing the case, and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation.Speaking to reporters after the hearing at the Sealdah court, the victim’s father said he believed assigning the investigation to the CBI had been a mistake. “It was a mistake to give the CBI the responsibility o…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) A man has been arrested from Haryana on charges of online fraud, Kolkata Police said on Thursday.According to police sources, fraud was committed using an APK file called ‘M Paribahan’. The accused was traced based on the server and multiple IP addresses of this file.According to police sources, the name of the arrested person is Deepak Kumar. He is originally a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana.A complaint was filed with the Cyber Crime Police Station of Kolkata Police…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) A joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police and the Bihar STF has unearthed an illegal improvised firearms manufacturing unit operating in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, leading to the arrest of five persons, police said on Wednesday.According to the police, the illegal arms factory was operating on the first floor of a house owned by Md. Nasir Ansari, located under the jurisdiction of Madhusudanpur police station in Bhagalpur district. The illegal ma…