Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) An FIR was registered on Monday against Trinamool Congress leaders Kunal Ghosh, Dola Sen and Baiswanor Chattopadhyay at Hare Street Police Station for disrupting traffic for hours. On Sunday, the Trinamool leaders inspected a road in front of Victoria House in the Esplanade area of central Kolkata to set up a stage for the party’s annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme.According to the police, the gathering on the road during peak hours disrupted traffic and inconvenienc…
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Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to file an affidavit within four weeks in the case challenging the early morning raid and search operations at the residence of Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Kalighat Road in South Kolkata earlier this month.The single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the state police to preserve all CCTV footage …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Monday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, seeking his urgent intervention in the reported denial of passport renewal to veteran journalist and editor R. Rajagopal, even as Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan flagged concerns over citizens’ rights.In a statement on X, Satheesan said he had requested Adhikari to personally intervene after reports that Rajagopal’s passport renewal had been held up …
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) A businessman from North 24 Parganas in West Bengal was allegedly kidnapped and robbed in a moving car by unidentified men posing as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers in central Kolkata, police said on Sunday.The incident took place recently near Red Road in central Kolkata on Friday. The police have launched an investigation into the matter after receiving a complaint from the businessman.According to the complaint, the businessman hailing from Baduria in …
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) The original but minority faction within Trinamool Congress, which is continuing with its political allegiance towards for the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, the party’s general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, has filed four separate complaints at four police stations in and around Kolkata in the last 24 hours against the rebel but majority faction led by expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee.Of the four police stations where th…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A tug-of-war has begun over the Trinamool Congress’ July 21 Martyrs’ Day programme in Kolkata. After the Mamata Banerjee faction sought permission from Kolkata Police to hold the event in the Esplanade area of central Kolkata on July 21, the rebel faction of the Trinamool Congress, led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ritabrata Banerjee, has also approached the police seeking permission to organise the same programme.On Saturday evening, the rebel Trinamo…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress on Saturday sent a letter to the Kolkata Police, seeking permission to hold its annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally at Esplanade in central Kolkata. The party has sought permission to observe Martyr’s Day on July 21 in front of Victoria House in Esplanade, just like it has been doing for the last two decades.After the change of government in the state, there has been a split in the Trinamool Congress. The majority of Trinamool MLAs in the state Assembly h…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The police have arrested a man on charges of cyber fraud, almost a year after he stole lakhs of rupees from the bank account of Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, said a senior police officer on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Mokuleshar Reza. He was arrested from Rangapani area in Assam by the Cyber Crime division of Kolkata Police on Friday.The Trinamool Congress MP was a victim of cyber fraud. About Rs 56 lakh had disappeared from his bank accoun…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction warehouse at Taratala on the southern outskirts of Kolkata has risen to 16, the Kolkata Police confirmed on Saturday, even as rescue operations entered the third day.Till Friday night the death count following the mishap was 15 and the figure increased to 16 as one more person, who was under treatment, succumbed to his injuries.Right now, 14 other people are still under treatment at the state-run S.S.K.M Medical Coll…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Eastern Railway (ER) has lent support to the massive rescue operations underway at the site of the godown collapse in Kolkata, in which 15 people have been killed so far, while 18 are receiving treatment at the state-run SSKM Hospital. The Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Kolkata Police and other agencies are involved in the rescue operation.ER has now pitched in with men and equipment. Using cold cutters and other equip…