Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) The body of a policeman was recovered from the toilet of his house under mysterious circumstances in north Bengal’s Siliguri, police said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Krishnamohan Jha. He was working in Islampur court in North Dinajpur district.During the 2023 Panchayat elections, he was in the news for begging Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar for his life after facing a mob attack and violence in Gangarampur in South Dinajpur district.The sudden dea…
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Gangtok, July 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang following the NHPC Teesta Stage VI hydropower project tunnel tragedy in Namchi district and assured the state of all possible assistance from the Centre as rescue operations continued.The incident claimed at least seven lives, and the rescue operation is underway.According to the Sikkim government, the Prime Minister enquired about the situation at the under-construction tunnel in Sam…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has decided to set up ten new Border Outposts (BOPs) in West Bengal, including two in the northern sector of the state, in order to completely arrest illegal immigration from Bangladesh and prevent cross‑border smuggling through the international borders in the state. At the same time, the ministry has also taken an in‑principle decision to arrange smart virtual fencing and thermal imaging systems in a particular sector in North Bengal where ph…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Saturday, will visit the Border Security Force’s (BSF) 18th Battalion Border Outpost (BOP) in Siliguri, near the India-Bangladesh border, as part of his three-day visit to West Bengal.During the visit, scheduled to begin at 11 A.M., HM Shah will interact with BSF personnel, address a ‘Prahari Sammelan’, participate in a plantation drive, and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several BSF infrastructure and development projects….
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The police have solved the mystery of the headless body found in the Hanskhoya tea garden in Bagdogra of North Bengal, and the missing severed head and the sharp weapon used in the murder have also been recovered. The brutal murder of a husband has revealed a seven‑year‑long extramarital affair. The wife has been accused of murdering her husband of 10 years by calling him from another state after an argument.Bagdogra police have arrested five people, including the wif…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) seized large sums of Indian currency along the India-Nepal border in Siliguri, West Bengal, officials said on Wednesday. The money was seized on Tuesday in two interceptions and was being taken to Nepal without any proper documentation.Two persons — an Indian and a Nepali citizen — have been detained and handed over to the Customs department for further legal proceedings.Large sums of money being taken to Nepal have to be disclosed at the bo…
Bhubaneswar, June 28 (IANS) The Infocity Police, Bhubaneswar, on Sunday arrested a 51-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly duping several people of around Rs 3 crore by posing as the son of a former Lok Sabha MP and the CEO of a private company. The accused fraudster, identified as Sachidananda Bhoi, is a resident of Kendupali, under Bheden police limits in Odisha’s Bargarh district. He was presently residing at Phulnakhara, in Kataka district.Speaking to media persons, the Assistant Co…
Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps has restored a crucial connectivity link between Siliguri and Mirik in North Bengal by constructing a 34-metre foot bridge across the Balason River at Dudhia after the existing bridge was washed away by incessant rainfall, officials said on Tuesday. The temporary bridge was established following a requisition from the district administration to address the disruption caused by the collapse of the earlier structure, which had severed an…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Four people were killed and 10 were seriously injured after a passenger-laden bus of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) rammed into the rear of a trailer parked in the Maynaguri area of Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal. The accident took place on National Highway 27 on Sunday.According to the police, at least 57 passengers were injured in the accident. Hospital sources said the condition of 10 of them is critical. Four people died on their way to hosp…
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday inaugurated the new weekly train service between Chhapra Junction railway station and Anand Vihar Terminal. During the event, the Railway Minister also virtually flagged off two additional train services connecting Maul to Delhi and Zahirghat to Varanasi.The inauguration ceremony was attended by Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Maharajganj MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal, among other leader…