Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district, on Sunday, sent a fresh notice of interrogation to the former West Bengal Sports Minister, Aroop Biswas, for questioning over an FIR filed against him for vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Biswas has been asked to appear at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station by Monday. This is the second notice sent by the police to B…
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Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Kailash Mishra, a former Trinamool Congress candidate for the Bally Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Howrah, has been arrested by the West Bengal Police in Madhubani in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. Mishra, a close associate of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, had contested the elections from the Bally seat. According to the officials, several criminal cases were registered against him at various police stations in West Bengal during the 2021 Assembly elections. Ac…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Defending champions Argentina could receive a timely boost ahead of the World Cup, with captain Lionel Messi edging closer to a return from injury and potentially featuring in one of the team’s two warm-up matches in the United States.Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni said on Friday that Messi’s recovery from left hamstring soreness is proceeding well, and the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner could get some game time against either Honduras on Saturday in College Station, Te…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was on Friday remanded to 14 days’ police custody by a lower court in Kolkata after being arrested by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.Swarup Biswas was arrested following a complaint lodged by a female make-up artist associated with an organisation of make-u…
Buenos Aires, June 5 (IANS) Former Argentina winger Maxi Rodriguez believes Lionel Messi remains driven by the same hunger and determination that helped him become one of football’s greatest players, saying the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner is still motivated by the dream of winning another FIFA World Cup.Messi, who captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar in 2022, is again leading the defending champions at the FIFA World Cup 2026, which will commence on June 11.“Messi is fuelled b…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was taken into custody by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.According to information available from sources within the state police, the arrest was made in connection with allegations of extortion involving technicians associated with the Bengali film indust…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) As the world gears up for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, one question continues to dominate football discussions: Can Argentina successfully defend their title and end a drought that has lasted more than six decades?In the tournament’s 96-year history, 22 teams have been crowned world champions, but only two nations, Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962), have managed to retain the trophy. Since Brazil’s triumph in 1962, …
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, who was called in for questioning by the police earlier this week over an FIR filed against him for vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, on Thursday sought 14 days to appear for questioning. The Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district had sent a notice to Biswas on June 2 in connection with the FIR, and in that notice t…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The cops of the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station under Bidhannagar City Police in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday sent a notice for interrogation to Aroop Biswas, the former West Bengal Sports Minister, in connection with an FIR registered against him last week over vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year. In the notice, Biswas was asked to appear at the Bidhannagar (South)…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Aroop Biswas, the former West Bengal Sports Minister, on Monday approached a court in North 24 Parganas district with an anticipatory bail plea.His petition at the Barasat District Court follows an FIR registered against him last week at Bidhannagar South Police Station in North 24 Parganas district in connection with the vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Although the petition has been admitt…