Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted conditional protection to former state minister Manas Bhunia in a recruitment corruption case. He had approached the high court fearing arrest in the case. His plea was heard by the single bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya, which granted him protection from any coercive action. However, Bhunia will have to comply with several conditions.He will not be able to leave the Sabang police station area in West Midnapore district for…
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Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister Manas Bhunia on Thursday appeared at Sabang police station in West Midnapore district after receiving a summons for questioning in connection with an alleged cash-for-job scam. According to the police, he was questioned for about three hours at the police station.Manas Bhunia, however, did not make any comments after leaving the police station. He has been accused of taking several lakh rupees on the pretext of procuring jobs in the Irrigation D…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government on Monday took an in-principle decision to implement the state’s crucial flood control-cum-drainage project, popularly known as the “Ghatal Master Plan”, jointly with the Union government, with the expenditure to be shared equally between the Centre and the state.The project had long remained stalled because of the reluctance of the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Ma…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Another student allegedly died by suicide at the IIT Kharagpur campus in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, the second such incident within a span of ten days.The body of the 22-year-old engineering student was recovered from the Madan Mohan Malviya Hall on Tuesday morning. Prima facie, it appeared to be a case of suicide, said officials.According to the police, the deceased student’s name is Soham Haldar, a resident of the Shalbagan area of Barasat in the Nort…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) On the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the Assembly polls, a Bharatiya Janata Party procession was attacked in Dantan, West Midnapore district. It is alleged that a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate was attacked in the incident. There were multiple injuries. As the condition of one person is critical, he has been admitted to a hospital in Balasore, Odisha. A large police force arrived at the scene and dealt with the situation.It has been learnt…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) After a prolonged phase of internal party strife, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has regained prominence with the party fielding him from his preferred Kharagpur Sadar constituency in West Midnapore district for the upcoming Assembly elections.Speaking to reporters during his morning walk on Wednesday, he issued a bold challenge, declaring a target of achieving 1,00,000 votes. In the same breath, he also took aim at the Trinamool Congress.After hitting the campaign trail,…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) A Booth Level Officer (BLO) and an elderly person died in West Bengal on Thursday. Family members of the deceased alleged that they died due to workload and panic arising out of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and the voters’ list in the state.According to the police, the name of the BLO who died in West Midnapore district is Subimal Karak. He was 58-years-old and lived in Hatimari area of Shalboni police station.He was working as a teacher at Sa…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS): Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday approached the Calcutta High Court raising serious concerns regarding his personal security and alleging lack of adequate vigilance and protection by the state police authorities.His counsel mentioned the matter before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, drawing the court’s attention to the alleged failure of the state police to ensure pr…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA mapping and handed over to their families on Saturday. With this, the official death toll in the tragedy has risen to 45, while nine persons are still reported missing.Police sources said the identification was confirmed after matching DNA samples of the remains with those provided by the victims’ family members. Among the 18 deceased, 16 were fr…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday directly suspended seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on charges of dereliction of duty, without waiting for the state government to comply with the Commission’s directive.The direction to suspend these seven AEROs had been issued by the Commission to the West Bengal Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, late on Sunday evening. Howe…