Asansol: Fifteen people were arrested for ransacking a police outpost at Qureshi Mohalla in Asansol on Friday evening, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the police outpost are in police custody. Not only will they face prosecution, the cost of damaging public property will be realised from…
Kolkata: Multiple Trinamool functionaries were arrested across districts on a string of charges ranging from cooperative bank fraud and extortion to demolishing a govt school building and a post-election firing on Saturday.In Malda’s Ratua, Bilaimari gram panchayat pradhan Smritikana Mandal and her husband Anil Mandal were arrested in connection with an alleged multi-lakh cooperative bank…
KOLKATA: CM Suvendu Adhikari took his first political programme outside his own constituencies to Falta in South 24 Parganas on Saturday — squarely in Abhishek Banerjee‘s Diamond Harbour parliamentary constituency — in a pointed move at a Trinamool stronghold days after he unseated former CM Mamata Banerjee from Bhowanipore.Falta goes for a repoll on May…
Bulldozers roll outside Howrah station in midnight anti-encroachment drive KOLKATA: A massive anti-encroachment drive was carried out outside Howrah railway station past midnight, with bulldozers demolishing rows of makeshift shops and illegal structures along the stretch from the Ganga ghat to the station premises, officials said on Sunday.The operation was jointly conducted by the Railway…
Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested alleged Bangladeshi national Shahidul Gazi from Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas for illegal infiltration, reports Sanjib Chakraborty. Joymal Abedin, a local TMC panchayat member was detained for allegedly providing shelter to Gazi. Source link
KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a fresh attack against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, claiming that he has obtained a list of properties linked to Abhishek’s company, Leaps and Bounds, and warning that the assets would be probed.Addressing a public gathering in Diamond Harbour, Adhikari alleged that he possesses details of multiple…
Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force (BSF). Around 51 km of the nearly 150-km stretch from Bongaon to Hingalganj-Samsernagar remains unfenced, administrative…
KOLKATA: The city’s only abattoir in Tangra has stopped receiving fresh supply of cattle since Thursday. Officials said more than 180 heads of cattle were at the facility, but only 22 of these would be allowed for slaughter as the “remaining animals did not meet govt guidelines”.The newly elected state govt on Wednesday had issued…
Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory remarks in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections. Police said they have launched an investigation into whether the statements had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony.The case was registered on…
KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the meeting, Adhikari highlighted four categories, saying that alleged victims of political violence, police brutality, harassment against…
