Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The police have recovered a huge amount of banned drug cocaine from Karaya area in Kolkata and arrested three drug traffickers, said an official on Tuesday. According to the police, a large amount of foreign drugs are being smuggled for rave parties in different parts of the city. Cocaine is in high demand among them.The police said that they received information through sources that a den of foreign drug traffickers has been set up on Ahiripukur Road in Karaya area.Polic…
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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Saturday cautioned civilians not to trust any content on social media without verifying its source and warned people against spreading deepfake and AI-generated videos.Moreover, the Delhi Police mentioned the formation of the Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF) as part of the Centre’s commitment to deal with paper leak cases.Addressing a press conference, DCP Central, Rohit Rajbir Singh, spoke about the large-scale use of social media, particular…
Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Kolkata Police informed on Wednesday morning that two Thai nationals were arrested in Kolkata on Tuesday with banned narcotics. The two women had come to the city disguised as tourists but in reality they had smuggled the drugs into West Bengal.The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested the two women from Bangkok from Bhowanipore area of south Kolkata in possession of banned drug named ecstasy.When it is in tablet form, it is called Ecstasy and when it is in …
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The police on Saturday detained one person in connection with the explosion in a house in the Rajarhat area in the northern outskirts of Kolkata. The police said the prime suspect, Md Shamim alias Salim, a resident of the Kamarhati area of North 24 Parganas district, was on the run. According to the police, an explosion took place in a house in the Dakshin Narayanpur area of Rajarhat last night. One person was injured in the explosion. It is learnt that two people rented …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) CPI-M leader Layek Ali was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Sunday night in connection with the unrest in Baruipur. Ali had contested this year’s Assembly election as the Left Front candidate from the Baruipur Paschim constituency.Police did not specify the charges under which he was arrested. However, according to sources, investigators found his alleged links to incidents of road blockades, vandalism and attacks on police personnel durin…
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…
Kochi, July 3 (IANS) The Kerala government said on Friday that the formation of a Special Task Force, led by the State Police Chief Ravada A. Chandrasekhar, to intensify the fight against drug trafficking as part of the next phase of ‘Operation Toofan’, the state’s flagship anti-narcotics campaign. Inaugurating ‘Toofan Jagaran’ at Perumbavoor, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the new task force would coordinate anti-drug operations across Kerala and lead efforts to dismantle inter-sta…
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has launched a scathing attack on the newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, accusing it of unleashing “political intimidation at its worst” following a series of abrupt detentions and police summons.In a strong worded social media post aimed at the BJP government on at Thursday evening on X, Banerjee wrote: “Over the past couple of weeks, STF/CID @WBPolice has without prop…
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) Drug-Free Tamil Nadu, women’s safety and the effective implementation of government welfare schemes dominated Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s review meeting with IAS and IPS officers on Monday, as the TVK government held its first major administrative conference since assuming office.The Chief Minister also reviewed the law and order situation across the state and outlined governance priorities during the high-level meeting at Namakkal Kavignar Maligai in the Secreta…
Bhubaneswar, June 26 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday announced a transformative new platform titled ‘Go East’, inviting investors from eastern and northeastern states to invest in Odisha. Majhi, who was speaking at the CII Eastern Regional Council Meeting 2026 here, presented a new roadmap for the state’s industrial development and regional growth.The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), in an official statement, said that to accelerate industrialisation across Odisha and the easter…