Kolkata: The rebel faction of Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday made Mamata Banerjee loyalists Anubrata Mondal, Jyotipriya Mullick and Debasish Kumar office-bearers of the state committee, sealing their defections. Mondal was appointed president of the Birbhum unit.With its ranks swelling, the dissident camp also drew the battle lines, announcing its first public…
14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by her stepfather and grandfather for a year (Image used for representational purpose only) KOLKATA: A 14-year-old class-8 student from a school in Habra was allegedly subjected to repeated sexual abuse for nearly a year by her 38-year-old stepfather and 56-year-old grandfather at her home. The girl’s teachers learnt…
Kolkata: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly targeted in an attempted abduction, after a youth tried to take her away, while her mother was momentarily distracted at Bhyabla railway station on the Sealdah–Hasnabad section on Tuesday afternoon. The man, Biswanath Ghosh, was arrested after locals caught the accused, thrashed him, and handed him over to the…
Debraj Chakraborty investigation Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Police formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the extortion case against Debraj Chakraborty, arrested former Trinamool BMC councillor, even as investigators launched an inquiry into charges of financial irregularities, undisclosed assets, money laundering and suspicious investments levelled against him.Chakraborty was arrested after the Calcutta High Court…
Varanasi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday took custody of Gyanendra Pratap Singh alias Mannu, the prime accused in the May 6 murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, from Mau jail after completing the legal formalities.Ballia district govt counsel (Criminal) Sanjeev Singh said the accused was…
Rainy weather in Kolkata on Saturday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and a spell of showers that was heavier in the northern and eastern parts of the city than the south, that received a steady drizzle for more than an hour from 11 am. Even though a…
Coimbatore: A guest worker’s body was recovered in a decomposed state, from under a bridge near Eluvayakkal, near Alandurai in Coimbatore district on Monday.The deceased has been identified as S Majiful Mondal, 37, from North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.Police said a local resident alerted them after noticing a highly decomposed body under the…
Bonny being paraded by cops Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy alias Boni wearing underwear was paraded by police in public in Kanchrapara ——- Amar Kar Kolkata: Former Trinamool strongman Abhijit Roy, alias Bonny, of the Bijpur assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas, who was earlier arrested in connection with extortion and Arms Act cases, was…
Kolkata: Baduria Municipality chairman Dipankar Bhattacharya was arrested on Tuesday after police recovered about Rs 80 lakh in cash and around 4,000 tarpaulin sheets allegedly meant for disaster relief from a godown at his residence in Punra, in North 24-Parganas. He has been sent to police custody for six days.Police said the raid began Monday…
In less than a year, the Hakimpur Border in North 24 Parganas has once again become the center of national attention. Just last August, ahead of the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), thousands of undocumented immigrants had gathered at this very checkpost. Today, hundreds are lining up once more — this time to…
