Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Contraceptives, a bed and dressing table were discovered inside a ward office of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation office last night after it was opened. The ward office, which used to be run by Trinamool Congress, was found locked since the state Assembly elections results were declared on May 4.After it was opened, the ward office turned out to be a luxurious place with multiple air conditioners and sofas in several rooms.MLA of the area and state Health Minister Dr. Sh…
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Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has given a notice to the popular south Kolkata club Suruchi Sangha to vacate the land it has forcibly occupied by July 18. LIC said if the land is not vacated by July 18, strict legal action will be taken against them. A notice regarding this was posted on the wall of the Suruchi Sangha club on Saturday. LIC made it clear through its lawyer that the area must be vacated within a specified time frame.Former state minister Aroop Biswas …
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) West Bengal police on Tuesday conducted a search at Suruchi Sangha club in south Kolkata, which has been at the centre of controversy following the arrest of Swarup Biswas, brother of former state minister Aroop Biswas, in a molestation case.The investigators took the arrested Swarup to the club on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, central forces had cordoned off the Suruchi Sangha premises and adjoining areas in New Alipore.Former minister Aroop Biswas is currently absconding, …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas’s plea for a fast-track hearing on his petition seeking protection from coercive police action in the case of vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Biswas is supposed to appear at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station, under the Bidhannagar City Police in North 24 Pargana…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district, on Sunday, sent a fresh notice of interrogation to the former West Bengal Sports Minister, Aroop Biswas, for questioning over an FIR filed against him for vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.Biswas has been asked to appear at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station by Monday. This is the second notice sent by the police to B…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Kailash Mishra, a former Trinamool Congress candidate for the Bally Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s Howrah, has been arrested by the West Bengal Police in Madhubani in Bihar, officials said on Sunday. Mishra, a close associate of Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee, had contested the elections from the Bally seat. According to the officials, several criminal cases were registered against him at various police stations in West Bengal during the 2021 Assembly elections. Ac…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Former state minister Aroop Biswas and his brother Swarup Biswas, who was arrested yesterday over extortion and molestation charges, have been accused of forcibly occupying 21 kathas of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) land to hold their community Durga Puja for Suruchi Sangha. Officials of the insurance company approached Alipore police station on Saturday to reclaim their land and lodged a complaint in this regard. The incident has raised questions about the future of Su…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was on Friday remanded to 14 days’ police custody by a lower court in Kolkata after being arrested by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.Swarup Biswas was arrested following a complaint lodged by a female make-up artist associated with an organisation of make-u…
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) Swarup Biswas, brother of former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas and an accused in the vandalism case at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year, was taken into custody by Kolkata Police on Thursday night.According to information available from sources within the state police, the arrest was made in connection with allegations of extortion involving technicians associated with the Bengali film indust…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) A complaint has been filed against Bengali actors Parambrata Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee with Kolkata Police, accusing them of inciting post-poll violence in 2021 through a social media post. Lawyer Joydeep Sen filed a complaint against the two actors at Gariahat police station on Thursday.Following the development, there was no response from the two actors in this regard.Five years ago, the controversy began around two comments made by Parambrata and Swastika on soc…