Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Kolkata Police have been on heightened alert since Tuesday morning due to three concurrent July 21 Martyrs’ Day rallies occurring in close proximity to each other. These events are being organised to honour the memory of 13 Youth Congress workers who lost their lives in police firing during a protest rally on this day in 1993, when the Left Front regime was in power, with the late Jyoti Basu serving as Chief Minister.Till last year, there used to be one Martyrs’ Day r…
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Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Four workers of a rehabilitation centre have been arrested on charges of allegedly beating a mentally challenged teenager to death while taking him to the rehab, police said on Monday.The incident took place in the Bansdroni police station area of south Kolkata on Sunday.It was learnt that four workers were taking a 17-year-old teenager to a rehab centre by pushing him in a car. The teenager died on the way. The family alleged that he was beaten while being taken to a reh…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Kolkata Police’s Durga Suraksha Squad on Monday launched a month-long awareness campaign across the city to educate citizens about crimes against women and cyber frauds. The initiative will cover 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city.A senior Kolkata Police officer said that Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) has selected 120 locations across 60 police stations in the city for a special campaign over the next 30 days.The campaign aims to strengthen publ…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The Kolkata Police has barred its personnel from using earphones or headphones while on duty, warning that violations will attract strict disciplinary action.A senior officer of Kolkata Police said on Sunday that instructions in this regard have already been sent to each police station in its jurisdiction and senior officers have been briefed about the matter.Kolkata Police have also informed that those who ignore the instructions will face strict punishment.The move foll…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The office of the West Bengal Governor, R.N. Ravi, had issued a note of caution for people in general against fraudulent calls purporting to be from the Governor or officers of the Lok Bhavan.According to a statement issued from the Governor’s office on Friday night, it had recently come to the notice of the Lok Bhavan (previously Raj Bhavan) that an unknown individual was impersonating the Governor or officers of Lok Bhavan through telephone calls made from mobile numb…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday submitted a second supplementary chargesheet in the illegal land grabbing case in West Bengal giving details on the accused land mafia in the case, Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who gained financially in the alleged scam. Two other principal accused persons in the case are former Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Santanu Sinha Biswas and real estate promoter, Joy Kamdar whose involvement details in the matter was given i…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress factions are racing to own “July 21 Martyrs’ Day” for a symbolic claim on political legitimacy and a live test of organisational strength, while Congress party’s invitation to Mamata Banerjee to join its event — on condition that she admits that leaving the party was a “mistake” — is a tactical bid to reclaim the day’s history while exposing the former Chief Minister’s weakened position. The date commemorates the 1993 Youth Congress march, led by Ma…
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) A man has been booked in Kolkata for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman and blackmailing her with private photographs and videos, police said on Thursday.The FIR was registered following a complaint lodged by the survivor. Although the complaint was initially filed at Metiabruz Police Station, the case was later transferred to Bansdroni Police Station as the alleged incidents of sexual assault occurred within its jurisdiction. Police have launched an investigation.Accord…
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Entire Kolkata has been wrapped under blanket security coverage since early Thursday morning on the occasion of the Ratha Yatra festival, with major processions scheduled to be organised in different pockets of the city, the biggest and the most colourful of which is the one by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).Since Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will himself inaugurate the ISKCON procession by pulling the rope of the Rath and also walk for so…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea from the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress to hold the Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 at the traditional venue in front of the CESC House near Esplanade in Central Kolkata.A petition filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction seeking permission to organise the rally at the traditional venue came up for hearing at the single-judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya this mor…