No immediate relief for ex-Bengal minister Arup Biswas as Calcutta HC declines urgent hearing on arrest protection plea

Former West Bengal sports minister Arup Biswas failed to secure immediate relief from the Calcutta High Court after the court declined an urgent hearing on his plea seeking protection from arrest or any coercive police action in connection with an FIR linked to the controversial Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour event held in Kolkata last…

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Why did TMC seniors fail to rein in Swarup Biswas? | Kolkata News

Swarup Biswas (File Photo) KOLKATA: Swarup Biswas’s arrest has exposed a long-standing culture of bullying in the Bengali film industry. As state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya pointed out—a sentiment widely shared across Tollywood—complaints had quietly piled up for years, but the previous government’s tenure left victims too terrified to speak out. Within the TMC, only…

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