Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly will be shifting to a new destination in future, with New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata chosen as the site for the new assembly complex. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari informed the House about the plan on Saturday.He said a new assembly building would have to be built, similar to the Lok Sabha. With delimitation and 33 per cent reservation for women, the number of legislators would increase, making it difficult to provide seating spac…
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Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) In a horrific crime in West Bengal, a father and son were hacked to death at New Town area on the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Tuesday. The mother meanwhile was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after the brutal attack. Initial investigation suggested that the double murder was committed with a sharp weapon due to a land dispute with the family.Officers of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate have detained a few people in the incident and started an investi…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Seven persons, including a woman, were arrested and around Rs 2.20 crore in unaccounted cash was seized following a marathon overnight raid conducted by multiple units of the Bidhannagar City Police at a private guesthouse in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, officials said on Tuesday.The joint operation, which began on Monday night and continued till Tuesday morning, was carried out by officers from the detective department of Bidhannagar City Police, Techno…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A man has been arrested by the police following allegations of defrauding people on the pretext of providing flats and land in New Town and Salt Lake, police said on Thursday. He has been accused of cheating people of around Rs 70 lakh.He was arrested from Amherst Street in north Kolkata on Wednesday night by personnel of Bidhannagar North Police Station. Police have launched an investigation into the matter.The arrested man has been identified as Robin Dutta. He is accuse…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) The investigation into the murder of Duttabad-based gold merchant Swapan Kamilya has gathered fresh momentum, with a forensic team visiting a house in New Town near Kolkata that police suspect may have been the crime scene.The Bidhannagar police have already formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder case. On Thursday, the Bidhannagar police, the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal police, the cybercrime and forensic teams went to the house in New To…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) On the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced that a chapter on the life of Mukherjee will henceforth be included in the school syllabus. The Chief Minister made this announcement while addressing a function organised at the Mitra Institution on Monday afternoon to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder.”The school syllabus should de…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The Adani Group would set up a 2,000-bed hospital in the New Town area near Kolkata, with 1,000 beds to be reserved for free treatment of poor patients, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said.The Adani Group has given a written commitment to build a 2,000-bed modern hospital in New Town. Of these, 1,000 beds will be for the poor and another 1,000 will be used for commercial operation, the chief minister announcement on Saturday while outlining the initiatives…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal Police to take necessary legal action against Prashant Barman, the absconding former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district, within the next 10 days.Barman is an accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya last year.Although the single-judge vacation bench of Justice Apurba Sinha Roy passed this order on Wednesday evening, the copy of the order was…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday lashed out at a section of the state police after Prashant Barman, the former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district, who is an accused in the abduction-murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya, was granted bail by a district court.Barman had been absconding since last year and secured bail on Tuesday night as the investigating officers failed to furnish the necessary documents related to the abduction-cum-murder case to…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Prashant Barman, the absconding former BDO of Raiganj Block in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, accused in the case of the abduction and murder of gold merchant Swapan Kamilya was granted bail by a district court on Tuesday as the investigating officers failed to furnish the necessary documents related to the abduction-cum-murder case to the court. Barman’s arrest, which happened in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata around midnight on Monday, was coinc…