Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) After controversies over the raid and search operations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)’s office and residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain last week, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, on Monday, have now been deployed for security cover from the central probe agency’s office at the Central Government Office (CAG) complex at Salt Lake in Kolkata. As of now, personnel of a private security agency were re…
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Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Kolkata Police has started the process of making the neighbours of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) director Pratik Jain, witnesses in the investigation against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the latter’s raid and search operations at Jain’s residence at Loudon Street in central Kolkata on January 8.Sources said on Monday that already, some of the neighbours have been summoned by the investigating team of the city police for questioning on their experie…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Following the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raids at the I-PAC office and the home of its director Pratik Jain in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a blistering attack against the BJP-led Union government on Thursday, saying her party’s upcoming Assembly election strategy, candidate list, internal data and financial papers have been “looted” by the central investigation agency in the name of conducting a raid.According to her, the raids and search operatio…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday expressed her anger over the raids by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at the office of vote-strategy agency India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) at Salt Lake on the northern outskirts of Kolkata since Thursday morning, as well as the residence of I-PAC’s co-founder, Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in central Kolkata.She also described the ED operations as the brainchild of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who sh…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) For a long time, students studying in Bengali-medium schools in West Bengal have been grappling with a fear of the English language. Due to a lack of confidence in speaking, writing and understanding English, many students tend to fall behind academically. To address this long-standing concern, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has taken a special initiative.A special workshop has been organised at the beginning of the new year with the objectiv…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Cold conditions continued unabated in West Bengal, with Darjeeling recording a minimum temperature of 4 degrees Celsius.At 11 degrees Celsius, Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season.With clear skies, the temperature is likely to remain similar for the next few days, with the possibility of the minimum temperature dropping further.The weather office has forecast rain and snowfall in Darjeeling between January 1 and 2.”The northerly winds are gripping districts acros…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) In connection with alleged financial irregularities and disorder during football icon Lionel Messi’s felicitation ceremony at Yuva Bharati Krirangan on December 13, the Bidhannagar Sub-Divisional Court on Sunday rejected the bail plea of Satadru Dutta, the main organiser of the event.Dutta, who was arrested by Bidhannagar Police after pandemonium broke out at Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during the event, was presented before the court after the completion of his 14…
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) Rajganj Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Barman has now approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order, which cancelled his anticipatory bail in the murder case of a gold trader in Salt Lake’s Duttabad area. On Monday, the Calcutta High Court rejected his anticipatory bail application, which was granted to him by a lower court, and ordered him to surrender within 72 hours. The BDO challenged this order in the Supreme Court yesterday, sour…
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…