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Kolkata, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Saradha chit fund company owner Sudipta Sen is set to be released from judicial custody on Thursday after getting bail in all corruption cases. He has been in judicial custody for 12 years and 11 months. He is currently lodged in the Presidency Correctional Home in West Bengal's Kolkata. The division bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj of the Calcutta High Court announced the judgment on Wednesday and granted him bail in two cases pending with the state polic ...Read More >
New Delhi: The West Bengal Assembly elections are just round the corner, and the political parties and their heavyweight candidates in fray are giving the final push to attract voters. The election will take place in two phase on April 23 and April 29 to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on May 4. Key candidates in the Bengal elections Mamata Banerjee She is undoubtedly the biggest name in this list. Since May ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Police on Thursday registered an FIR against several people, including two TMC councillors, for allegedly assembling unlawfully and defying police instructions near the state election office here, a senior officer said. "An FIR has been lodged against multiple people for unlawful assembly and disobedience of police directions," a senior officer said. The complaint names six prominent individuals, including Ward 36 councillor Sachin Singh and Ward 32 councillor Shanti Ranja ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is reportedly dissatisfied with Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand, who is alleged to have failed to effectively handle demonstrations held in front of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office in the city. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the opposition BJP have been holding repeated demonstrations since Monday outside the newly shifted office of the West Bengal CEO at the Shipping Corporation of India building on Strand Ro ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Debasish Kumar, Trinamool Congress MLA and candidate for the upcoming assembly poll from south Kolkata's high-profile Rashbehari assembly seat, in connection with alleged land deals in the city, an official from the federal agency said, requesting anonymity. Kumar, a member of the Mayor-in-Council at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), won the Rashbehari seat for the first time in 2021. In the coming two-phase Bengal polls, he ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) The Chief Electoral Officer's office in West Bengal on Wednesday flagged alleged "anti-social activity" outside its premises and warned that any attempt to disrupt the poll process would invite strict action. In a post on X, the CEO's office alleged that a councillor from Kolkata's Beleghata, accompanied by miscreants, had gathered outside the office late on Tuesday night and raised slogans. "Councillor Beleghata, with some hooligans, gheraoed the CEO's office and shouted ...Read More >
Kolkata: Skirmishes broke out between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers outside West Bengal's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office here late on Tuesday night, triggered by TMC allegations that BJP was mass-submitting Form 6 forms to register out-of-state voters ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. The confrontation followed heated altercations earlier in the day between supporters of both parties at the same location. With West Bengal's two-phase assembly el ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (UNI) Kolkata has emerged as the biggest contributor to voter deletions in West Bengal, accounting for nine of the 10 Assembly constituencies where the maximum number of names have been dropped from the draft electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), according to data released by the Election Commission. North Kolkata witnessed the highest concentration of deletions. Jorasanko Assembly constituency topped the list, with 72,899 voters deleted, accounting for ...Read More >
Kolkata: Determined to keep Diwali and Kali Puja festivities safe and pollution-free, residents' welfare associations (RWAs) across Kolkata and New Town have urged citizens to strictly follow Supreme Court guidelines on bursting firecrackers. From awareness posters to patrolling inside complexes, they are pleading with residents to burn only green crackers -- and that too strictly between 8 pm and 10 pm -- while discouraging any use of banned or high-decibel varieties that could endanger lives a ...Read More >
Kolkata: Metro Railway does not expect a very high passenger count on the 4.4 km extension of the Orange Line from Ruby to Metropolitan right now. Officials said once the 366 m viaduct is launched to bridge the gap at Chingrighata, the line will be able to cover another 4 km to the IT hub at Sector V and meet the East-West Metro. "That's when it will benefit thousands who commute to Sector V," an official said."Metro Railway is eager to ring the city with the Orange and Green Lines," Metro GM P ...Read More >
Kolkata: The special CBI court on Friday took exception to the probe into the murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar and questioned the agency for the lapses it noticed."I have read the charge sheet. The evidence on which you filed the charge sheet against the 18 individuals was available to you two years ago. Is this a joke?" said Judge Rohan Sinha, who took exception to the CBI's plea to provide copies of the charge sheet in a month. Judge Sinha pointed out that the right to further investigation ...Read More >
Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet in the 2021 murder case of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, who was killed during post-election violence in Kankurgachhi. The charge sheet names Beleghata MLA Paresh Pal, Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh, along with 15 others.In the FIR, Sarkar's mother Madhabi said that on May 2, 2021, eight persons barged into their house at Narkeldanga around 3 pm and started enquiring about her son. The miscr ...Read More >
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Purulia-Bankura-Howrah MEMU train. He says the government prioritizes railway expansion and modernization. Investment in West Bengal railways has significantly increased. The new train aims to improve connectivity and passenger convenience in several districts. Kolkata Metro has also seen considerable expansion. Vaishnaw urged the state government to address land acquisition challenges.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday flagged off the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said the Centre is committed to investing in the railway sector in West Bengal and has significantly increased allocations as part of its broader push to boost connectivity, cargo movement and support micro and small enterprises in the state. Speaking at the inauguration of the Udyami Sammelan Mela 2025 at the National Library in Kolkata, Vaishnaw said the railway budget for Bengal has seen a sharp rise from around Rs 3,000 crore ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday flagged off the inaugural Purulia-Bankura-Howrah MEMU train via Masagram and said the Centre's focus is to expand railway coverage besides modernising the sector. The minister highlighted that investment in railways in West Bengal increased from around Rs 4,380 crore in 2009-14 to around Rs 14,000 crore currently. Also Read | Bengaluru Power Cut: BESCOM Announces Scheduled Outages Across Over 100 Areas on June 29 and 30 Due to ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday flagged off the inaugural Purulia-Bankura-Howrah MEMU train via Masagram and said the Centre's focus is to expand railway coverage besides modernising the sector. The minister highlighted that investment in railways in West Bengal increased from around Rs 4,380 crore in 2009-14 to around Rs 14,000 crore currently. He flagged off the train through video conferencing from Santragachi railway station in West Bengal. Vaishnaw sai ...Read More >
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