Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A total of 10 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the police of Lalgola, Bhagwangola and Shamsherganj police stations in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, the police said on Saturday. All the accused are residents of Chapai Nawabganj and Rajshahi districts of Bangladesh.The arrested have been sent to the Lalgola holding centre in the same district.According to the police, the accused people had been working as migrant workers in various parts of India for a long time…
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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday afternoon handed over compensation cheques to the families of those killed in the horrific accident when a fast‑moving train hit a school van packed with children at Karnasubarna in Murshidabad district on the morning of July 17. A total of five persons, including four schoolchildren, were killed in the accident. The Chief Minister said the police have been instructed to ensure swift and strict punishment of those …
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Eastern Railway (ER) has launched a seven‑day special safety drive at all non‑interlocked level crossing (LC) gates across its network following Friday’s accident at Behrampore in Murshidabad district that claimed five lives, including three schoolchildren. The accident occurred at the LC gate between Karnasubarna and Khagraghat Road stations, which is non‑interlocked. Officials said that had the gate been interlocked, the assistant station master (ASM) or station…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The death toll in the tragic incident at Karnasubarna in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district earlier in the day, when a train collided with a van at a railway crossing, has risen to five, with four being school children and one an adult.Meanwhile, both the Railways department and the West Bengal government have announced compensation for the families of the deceased individuals. Some other schoolchildren and the driver of the van are currently under treatment at Baharampur…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The preliminary inquiry conducted by the police and the Railways department into the tragic incident at Karnasubarna in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, which resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including three schoolchildren, on Friday when a train collided with a van at a railway crossing, has indicated that the negligence of the gateman was the main cause of the accident.Sources aware of the development said the accused gateman, who was in an inebriated state…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) In a horrific accident at Karnasubarna in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, four people, including three schoolchildren, were killed on Friday when a train hit a school van as it crossed the railway line.Three more students and the driver of the school van have been admitted to the hospital in critical condition. The school van was completely mangled after being hit by the train.The local people and eyewitnesses told media persons that the accident occurred around 7 a….
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) In his first visit as the new West Bengal Chief Minister to the minority-dominated Murshidabad district, Suvendu Adhikari on Friday issued a strong caution against recurrence of “hooliganism” and “corruption” in government functioning. The Chief Minister first addressed a public rally at Rejinagar and later attended an administrative review meeting in Baharampur.At the Rejinagar rally, Adhikari reminded that the West Bengal Public Safety & Control of Anti-Soci…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) chief and Naoda MLA Humayun Kabir on Saturday appeared before the police in connection with a case over his recent controversial remarks. Kabir appeared at Rejinagar police station in Murshidabad district before 11:30 am today. Before entering the police station, Humayun said, “If I am arrested, 100 to 120 more people will court arrest voluntarily; the list is ready.”On June 26, Humayun Kabir delivered a provocative speech against the Bharat…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress councillor of Dhuliyan municipality in Murshidabad district has been arrested on charges of corruption worth lakhs of rupees in the PM Awas Yojana. The Trinamool Congress councillor is accused of taking Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 from people by promising to provide houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. However, it is alleged that no one received the money for the house under the housing scheme.The accused, Sarif Sheikh alias Haddi, was arrested on…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court had asked the West Bengal government to clarify its stand on the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the violence and riot-like situation at Beldanga in Murshidabad district in January this year.After the NIA initiated a probe into the matter earlier this year, the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government approached the Supreme Court to challenge the move.Now the question arose that with the change in regime in …