Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) The police have arrested four persons, including a Trinamool Congress leader, in connection with the murder of a BJP worker during post-poll violence in the New Town area of Kolkata.Police said on Wednesday that the accused were arrested from areas near the India-Bangladesh border in Bangaon and Gopalnagar in North 24 Parganas district. Officers from the Technocity police station carried out the arrests.Initial investigations suggest that the accused were allegedly attempti…
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Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) The Kolkata Police recovered a large amount of cash from the boot of a vehicle at New Town in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.As per the instructions of the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, security arrangements have been tightened amid the Assembly elections, and “naka” checking arrangements at important junctions in and around the city, which are under the jurisdiction of the city police.A senior city police official said that in the morning, a vehic…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The officials of the Income Tax (IT) department have been conducting simultaneous raids and search operations at 20 locations in and around Kolkata since Monday morning.One of the places where such raid and search operations by the IT officials are being conducted includes the residence of an influential businessman from the state at the posh Raja Santosh Road at Alipore in south Kolkata.Simultaneous raid and search operations are also being conducted at the said businessma…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), accompanied by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel, was conducting simultaneous raids and search operations at five locations in and around Kolkata on Thursday in connection with a probe into a multi-crore bank loan forgery.The places where the simultaneous raid and search operations were being conducted include the posh locality of Alipore in South Kolkata and New Town in the northern outskirts of Kolkata.Sources aware o…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) On the occasion of the 163rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given a call to the people to move ahead on the path of “unity, peace and harmony”.“Swami Vivekananda is the inspiration for our patriotism and all social service. His ideals of love for the country, the message of serving the poor and the afflicted, and the message of unity, peace, and harmony have always inspired me. The path of harmony amon…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate “Durga Angan”, a Goddess Durga temple at New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata later in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) described the initiative as yet another example of what it called the hallmark of her appeasement politics.BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, issued a statement on social media on Monday, cla…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) Bidhannagar City Police on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Raiganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman, who is accused in the murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya in the Dattabad area of Salt Lake.The arrest warrant was issued following a development in which a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on December 22, rejected Barman’s anticipatory bail plea and directed him to surrender before the Bidhannagar Court within 72 hours.As the 72-hour…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out in the Garden Reach area of southern Kolkata on Thursday evening, triggering panic among residents on Christmas Day.The fire broke out in a garbage depot area of Garden Reach, where a densely populated slum with a large number of shacks and shanties caught fire. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.According to fire department sources, information about the fire was received around 4.30 p.m., foll…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman, accused in the murder of gold trader Swapan Kamilya in Salt Lake’s Dattabad area. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed Barman to surrender before the Bidhannagar Court within 72 hours.The High Court also criticised the Barasat Court for granting anticipatory bail last month, observing that the lower court had ignored crucial evidence and failed t…