Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive police action, including arrest, to two-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district of West Bengal, Mahua Moitra, in a case where she has been accused of making violence-inciting statements in public. Justice Sougata Bhattacharya granted the interim protection till October 5.However, the judge observed that the protection is con…
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Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) The police on Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly raping a divorced woman under the pretext of getting her a job. The incident took place in Santipur of Nadia district. The accused had also threatened to make viral her compromising photographs and videos if she told anyone about the incident. She was even threatened with death. The police arrested the two accused persons within 12 hours after receiving the complaint from the woman.It is learnt that the victim is a …
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Thursday here that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) will gradually hand over the responsibility of mid-day meal service in state-run schools throughout the state gradually. “ISKCON had already been given the responsibility of mid-day meal services in state-run schools within the Kolkata Municipal Corporation from August 1. Next, ISKCON will be given the responsibility for all state-run schools…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The hanging body of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker with his hands and feet tied was recovered in the Saheb Bagan area under Kalyani police station in Nadia district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Biswajit Sikdar.According to local sources, he was an active BJP worker in the area. There is uncertainty about the cause of death. The police have started an investigation into whether it was a case of suicide or murder.On Monday morning, residents found Bi…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday faced protests from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Nadia district’s Kaliganj area, with eggs, cow dung and stones thrown at her. On Wednesday, Mahua Moitra was holding a meeting at the Trinamool office on the side of National Highway 34 in Kaliganj. Several party leaders and activists were also present. While Mahua was holding the meeting, several BJP workers and supporters gathered in front of the Trinamool office a…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government has finally changed the public prosecutor (PP) in the minor Tamanna Khatun murder case following requests from the family, said officials on Friday. The earlier PP in the case, Subedi Sanyal, has been replaced by Bivas Chattopadhyay, a public prosecutor with a sustained track record of ensuring speedy conviction of the accused in such cases.An insider from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that Chattopadhyay has been given charge of prosecut…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) West Bengal Police stated on Thursday morning that three people have been held since Wednesday night in connection with the murder of a minor girl, Tamanna Khatun, at Kaliganj in Nadia district of West Bengal in June last year. With the arrest of these three people, the total number of arrests in the matter has increased to 16.Significantly, five arrests were made in the last 24 hours from Tuesday night to Thursday morning. First on Tuesday night, two absconding accused p…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) A day after the recovery of over 3 kilograms of gold jewellery worth over Rs 4.39 crore from her house, Nadia Zilla Parishad member and Trinamool Congress leader Tina Bhowmik Saha and her husband have gone missing, said the police on Wednesday.The police have started a search for Tina Bhowmik Saha who is a close friend of arrested Trinamool Congress leader and former Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Sabyasachi Dutta.The police said that Tina Bhowmik Saha and her hu…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) West Bengal Police on Wednesday said that two more persons were arrested late on Tuesday night in connection with the murder of a minor girl, Tamanna Khatun, in June last year.The minor girl from Kaliganj in Nadia district, who belonged to a family of CPI(M) supporters, was killed in a blast on June 23 last year.On that day, the result of the bypolls for Kaliganj Assembly Constituency in the district had been announced, which marked a landslide victory for the then Trinam…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Ujjal Biswas, the former West Bengal Correctional Services Minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress cabinet, was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of illegally hoarding state government relief materials. Biswas is the second former minister in the previous cabinet to be arrested under corruption charges after former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who was arrested last month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the…