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Around 300 shops were gutted after a major fire broke out early Saturday on Kolkata's Ezra Street. Fire officials said there were no casualties as residents living in adjoining buildings had been evacuated in time. "We had evacuated all the buildings. So no casualties," Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kolkata Central, told reporters, reported the Indian Express. Twenty fire engines have been deployed to control the blaze, which officials believe was triggered by a short circuit ...Read More >
Kolkata residents can burst eco-friendly green firecrackers from 8 pm to 10 pm on Kali Puja and Diwali, October 20. Fireworks are also permitted on Chhath Puja from 6 am to 8 am. Police have seized nearly 3,000 kg of illegal fireworks and made seven arrests to enforce these regulations. People will be allowed to burst eco-friendly green firecrackers in Kolkata between 8 pm and 10 pm during Kali Puja and Diwali on October 20, a senior officer said on Friday. A notification issued by Kolkata Pol ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have prohibited residents from accessing terraces and rooftops of high-rises in New Town, Rajarhat, Salt Lake, Lake Town, and areas near Kolkata airport after sundown from Sunday to Thursday. The measure has been taken so that the residents can't release sky lanterns and burst crackers during Diwali.Local police stations have sent letters to residents' welfare associations to ensure no one is allowed on the rooftops from 5 pm onwards between Oct 19 and Oct 23. "Reques ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Parents of a Jadavpur University student, who died after falling into a pond inside the campus last week, on Monday lodged a complaint with the police claiming that their daughter was murdered. Earlier in the day, they met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar, the headquarters of the force. The English Literature student was found unconscious in the pond on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital. "The parents, i ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday registered a murder case in the death of a Jadavpur University student whose body was found in a pond inside the university campus on Thursday night. Parents of the victim met the Kolkata Police commissioner on Monday morning and later lodged a complaint at the Jadavpur police station. "My daughter may have been pushed into the pond by her friends despite knowing that she didn't know how to swim. Police should question everyone and check the call details o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 15 (PTI) Alleging that their daughter was murdered, parents of the Jadavpur University English Literature student, who was found unconscious in a pond inside the campus on the night of September 11 and declared dead at a nearby hospital, met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers at Lalbazar on Monday, an officer said. Her parents had said on Sunday that they would lodge a police complaint claiming foul play in their daughter's death. "The parents reached Kolka ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police on Tuesday seized an Indian Army truck in central Kolkata for "dangerous driving while moving close" to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma's vehicles. The incident took place in front of Writers' Buildings (former state secretariat) in BBD Square and near Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters). According to the Kolkata Traffic Police, the Army truck, which came from Fort William (the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters), was driving dangerously w ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
KOLKATA: A 63-year-old Bansdroni resident, who had crossed over to Bengal from Bangladesh in 1972 with his parents, was found hanging at his home on Sunday morning, prompting his family to allege that "extreme anxiety" over NRC and SIR had prompted him to kill himself.Locals claimed that Dilip Kumar Saha's anxiety increased after his youngest son came to Kolkata from Bangladesh recently. Lalbazar, however, denied any recent cross-border migration of Saha's family members. A suicide note was reco ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 19 (PTI) Police on Saturday night detained five persons, including a woman, from a guest house in the city's Anandapur area in connection with the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra in a Patna hospital, hours after arresting five persons in the same case, an officer said. Earlier in the day, a joint team of Bihar Police and West Bengal STF had arrested five persons from New Town here in the same case. Among those found in the guest house, one suspect sustained leg injuries and was ...Read More >
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Kolkata Traffic Police is facing a new challenge in managing vehicle parking for the upcoming Shahid Diwas rally on Monday, as persistent rainfall threatens to render designated parking fields unusable. The fresh spell of rain on Friday, with more occasional rain predicted even on Saturday, has left cops worried as they believe the Maidan area can be filled with slush.The traffic department, which initially planned to utilise various fields across the city for parking buses and cars ...Read More >
Kolkata: Three more persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of Trinamool functionary Razzak Khan in Bhangar, bringing the total number of arrests to four. All three men were sharpshooters who carried out the murder under instructions from Mofazzel Molla, claimed local sources.Joint commissioner of police (crime & traffic) Rupesh Kumar announced the arrests of Azharuddin Molla, 25, Jahan Ali Khan, 50 and Raju Molla, 26, all residents of Bijoygarh Bazar in Bhangar. Earlier on ...Read More >
Kolkata: Since the horrific gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College, academic activities have come to a halt. The college authorities have issued a notification stating that all classes will remain suspended until the governing body decides on the matter. The notification, which was issued on Sunday, was received by the students on Monday. The students protested in front of the college with several complaints against the authorities on Monday. They demanded that the education and securi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) The 'fact-finding team' constituted by the BJP in connection with the alleged gang rape at a law college in Kolkata last week said on Monday that despite Kolkata Police Commissioner's assurance of strict action against the accused the panel couldn't trust the police to conduct a proper investigation which the case merits. The team, comprising Satpal Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, Biplab Kumar Deb and Manan Kumar Mishra, which arrived in Kolkata on Monday morning and met the city ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get s ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Amid the political and social turmoil that has yet again gripped the state of West Bengal following an incident of alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College on June 25, State Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, along with scores of BJP workers, staged a protest on Sunday evening in Kolkata, condemning the alleged gangrape. The BJP intensified its attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), blaming Chief Min ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Amid the political and social turmoil that has yet again gripped the state of West Bengal following an incident of alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College on June 25, State Assembly Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari, along with scores of BJP workers, staged a protest on Sunday evening in Kolkata, condemning the alleged gangrape. The BJP intensified its attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), blaming Chief Min ...Read More >
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): West Bengal's Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra has dismissed any allegations of the Kolkata Law college gangrape accused being linked to his party, stating that people falsely try to claim themselves as leaders of the party even as it has already condemned the incident and ensured that the accused is arrested. Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Kolkata law college gangrape accused is linked to the leaders of Trinamool C ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Following his release from the Lal Bazaar police headquarters, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar hit out at the West Bengal government, stating when the 'police sleep, someone has to wake up.' West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was detained by Kolkata Police on Saturday while leading a protest against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. The protest was part of the BJP's statewide demonstrations demanding justice for t ...Read More >
Srinagar: Ahead of the annual Amaranth Yatra, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with various stakeholders here on Saturday to discuss arrangements for the smooth pilgrimage. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was present at the interaction at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here in which members of the civil society, religious leaders, DDC chairpersons, members of business and trade associations, and MLAs also participated. The LG said the administration has made ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang-raped, a senior officer said. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College, where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including an alumnus of the institute, o ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested a security guard of a law college here in connection with the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of the institute earlier this week, an officer said. The total number of arrests has now reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard's room on the college premises on June 25. The city police also formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) led by an assistant commissioner rank officer, to probe the case, even ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang raped. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of the institution on June 25. "The rally was stopped at ...Read More >
Kolkata: The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang raped. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang raped by her two seniors and an alumnus of the institution on June 25. "The rally was stopped at ...Read More >
Kolkata: KMC workers found the severed head of a young woman from a roadside garbage dump in Tollygunge, south Kolkata, at 9am on Friday, the discovery sending shockwaves among local residents. The cops have started a murder case, based on the verbal opinion of the autopsy surgeon, said Rupesh Kumar, joint CP (crime and traffic). Local residents think the murder was committed a few hours before the grisly discovery, suggested by the freshness of the blood, but the cops refused to speculate at t ...Read More >
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