Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday stated that it had arrested Tanmoy Mirdha, an absconder accused in a multi-crore chit fund scam in West Bengal.The central agency stated on Friday that the arrest on Thursday was made on the basis of a case registered by the CBI on June 23, 2020, following the direction of the Supreme Court for the investigation of chit fund-related cases in West Bengal and Odisha.“The accused, Director of M/s Express Cultivation Limite…
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Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) Following searches in several areas surrounding Kolkata, the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has arrested a total of five drug traffickers, including a woman and seized illicit drugs with a market value of over Rs 1 crore. The Bengal STF is conducting further investigation into the matter.According to police sources, a team of STF on Wednesday conducted a raid at Canal West Road under Ultadanga Police Station area in north Kolkata and arrested one woman name…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Three persons have died in three separate districts of North 24 Parganas, Nadia and Birbhum over fear of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing process. Police sources said on Monday that while two died by suicide, one died of a heart attack. Their families alleged that fear over the SIR process was the cause of their deaths.At Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district, a father died of a heart attack after his son and daughter received SIR hearing notices for ‘logica…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday countered the Trinamool Congress’ claims that several voters from the Matua community in West Bengal will lose their voting rights following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state, underlining that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not only determined to protect the voting rights of the Matuas and other religious refugees in West Bengal but also ensure their long-term development.”I request the people from the …
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Even as Kolkata and other south Bengal districts recorded an almost four degrees Celsius rise in minimum temperature on Sunday, the cold spell made a surprise comeback on Monday as temperatures dropped again.In Kolkata, the minimum temperature had risen significantly on Sunday, reaching 15 degrees Celsius. On Monday morning, however, the minimum temperature in the city dipped to 12.4 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees below normal.Meanwhile, Kolkata’s maximum temperature on Su…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Cold conditions in West Bengal will continue in the next few days, the Meteorological office said on Wednesday.The cold spell will continue for the next few days, with the minimum temperature likely to drop further.Tuesday was the coldest day in the last 13 years when the city’s temperature dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius.The same weather continued on Wednesday, when the minimum temperature in Kolkata was 10.3 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees below normal.The Regional Meteorolo…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Two more people have been arrested in connection with the trafficking case in West Bengal’s Nadia, the police said on Wednesday.The duo was arrested from a cafe in Kalyani of Nadia district on Tuesday.The arrested individuals were identified as Sathi Biswas, alias Tina, and Tanmoy Das.According to sources at Kolkata Police headquarters, Sathi and Tanmoy were arrested while they were inside a cafe in Kalyani.Earlier, police had arrested six people in connection with this cas…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi passports simultaneously.Based on inputs and suspicions that these 14 voters might be originally Bangladeshi residents, the CEO’s office had sought information about them from the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Kolkata.The FRRO, Kolkata, recently wr…
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to set up 160 special decentralised hearing centres in certain districts of West Bengal for marginalised communities residing in remote pockets. The 12 districts where such 160 centres would be set up include Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, Nadia, West Burdwan, Howrah, and North 24 Parganas, insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal….
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The impact of a western disturbance has led to a rise in temperatures across Kolkata and several south Bengal districts, offering brief relief after days of bone-chilling cold when the mercury had dipped to around 11 degrees Celsius.On Saturday morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was recorded at 14.2 degrees Celsius, close to normal for this time of the year. On Friday, the city had logged a minimum of 13.1 degrees Celsius, while December 31 marked the coldest day o…