Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) The unnatural death of 35-year-old Khepa Hazra, a resident of Akandra village in Kanksa area of West Burdwan district, sparked a sensation in the area on Monday. The family alleged that the man consumed poison after being frustrated over his failure to get his name included in the final voter list, despite having appeared for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing.His family further alleged that he took his own life due to severe depression, stemming from the fear …
Latest West Burdwan district News & Updates
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Trinamool Congress will provide legal assistance to those voters whose names will be deleted during the ongoing judicial adjudication, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday. “The voters whose names will be deleted in the judicial adjudication process will be provided with legal assistance from Trinamool Congress. We will arrange advocates for them,” the Chief Minister said while addressing an election campaign at Pandaveswar in West Burdwan dist…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A bomb scare sparked chaos at the Asansol Court in West Burdwan district of West Bengal during peak working hours on Tuesday afternoon after the District Judge received a threatening email. Personnel from the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate swiftly evacuated the premises and launched an intensive search for explosives, while sources suggested the threat might be a hoax, though no official confirmation has yet been received.The email claimed that an RDX-IED had been…
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) After the rape of a second-year medical student, Durgapur’s IQ City Medical College Hospital is in the news again. A second-year student’s hanging body was recovered from the bathroom of the hostel of this private medical college hospital, said the police on Sunday.According to police sources, the student decided to end his life after failing the exam.The incident took place on Saturday night. On receiving the information, Durgapur police reached the spot and recovered the…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued its raids across West Bengal’s West Burdwan district on Tuesday in connection with a coal and sand smuggling case, with dramatic scenes unfolding at the residence of businessman Rajesh Bansal in Jamuria. According to ED sources, officials of the State Bank of India (SBI) arrived at Bansal’s house carrying sacks and were later seen exiting with three of them.Sources said that so far Rs 65 lakh has been recovered from the premise…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers conducted raids on Tuesday at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of its investigation into sand and coal smuggling cases.The raids are currently underway in the West Burdwan district.A team of ED sleuths arrived in the district early in the morning and conducted a raid in Nabagram. Sources said that the ED is investigating allegations of illegal extraction and smuggling of coal from Eastern Coalfields Limited.The search is be…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The newly elected national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Nabin, is scheduled to visit West Bengal on Tuesday for the first time since taking office. During his two-day visit, he will concentrate his efforts on the West Burdwan district.As per the schedule of the two-day visit, Nabin will land at Andal Airport near the industrial township of Asansol in West Burdwan district at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.In the evening, he will attend a programme called …
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) A clash erupted between two neighbourhood clubs over a local cricket match in the Barakar area under Kulti police station in West Burdwan district’s Asansol, with shots allegedly fired during the violence, the police said on Monday.Police said shots were allegedly fired in front of the Barakar police outpost during the clash, though there were no reports of casualties.Locals claimed the shots were fired in the air. Police said two spent bullet casings were recovered from…
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday highlighted a video showing some miscreants brutally beating up a woman and her family members with bamboo sticks at Basanti block under Canning sub-division in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.BJP’s Information Technology Cell Chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, posted the video on his social media handle, where the miscreants were seen brutally beating up the woman and her family …