The teenage girl, hailing from Nodakhali in South 24 Parganas, went missing nearly a month and a half ago after eloping with a youth from Haridevpur Kolkata: Three people were arrested by Haridevpur Police on Sunday for their involvement in child marriage, abduction, and sexual abuse of a minor under the Pocso Act.The accused include…
On Sunday, GRP officers at the Sainthia station rescued a stranded family —a woman and her two sons, one aged three and the other five—from Morigaon in Assam. The three inadvertently boarded a wrong train and found themselves at Sainthia station. GRP officers took them to the station’s women’s help desk and contacted her family…
Traffic E-Challan Payment Kolkata: The cybercrime cell of the Kolkata Police has issued a public advisory, warning citizens against phishing with fraudsters sending vehicle owners fake traffic fine notices on WhatsApp and SMS.Authorities have cautioned citizens against clocking on unverified links or downloading unknown attachments, ostensibly sent to them on their mobiles to pay traffic…
Fines ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 200 will be imposed for violating the order Kolkata: The state urban development & municipal affairs dept has put a ban on open defecation, public urination, spitting in public places, littering, illegal dumping of waste and use of banned plastic bags in all municipalities, municipal corporations and notified…
Calcutta High Court on Monday declined urgent hearing of Bengal cricketer Abishek Porel, arrested for alleged rape Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday declined urgent hearing of Bengal cricketer Abishek Porel, arrested for alleged rape, stating that “the allegations are serious” and asked him to move HC for bail after the lower court rejected it.His…
The accused was released from jail about five months ago after serving a sentence in a drug trafficking case Kolkata: A man posing as a monk, Palash Mondal, allegedly stole Rs 2.5 lakh along with a gold ring and a silver spoon from a monk’s room at Baishnab Math in Chetla before fleeing. He was…
A woman mourns the loss of her son outside a cremation ground, in Chitwan, Nepal Kolkata: Six days after the devastating flash flood in Nepal, families of the 37 Bengal tourists still missing in the disaster zone are getting around to confronting questions they had until now been afraid to even articulate: What if their…
The operation was carried out during routine border checks when SSB personnel flagged a group of six females traveling under suspicious circumstances alongside two adult males Kolkata: A joint operation by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Panitanki in north Bengal and anti-trafficking organization Kosi Lok Manch, successfully intercepted a cross-border human trafficking attempt on…
A JU student draws a graffiti with Tagore’s lines and portrait Kolkata: Students at Jadavpur University on Monday “reclaimed” campus walls by painting graffiti that mixed nationalism with resistance to beat the anti-national tag.The students drew portraits of Rabindranath Tagore, Bhagat Singh, Pritilata Waddedar and Sardar Udham Singh and wrote slogans such as “Free Palestine”…
Kolkata: Three class 9 students of a reputed co-educational English-medium school in Salt Lake were arrested for allegedly using artificial intelligence tools to create and circulate morphed, sexually explicit photos and videos of classmates, their parents and women teachers.Police said the case came to light last month after objectionable videos featuring several girls and teachers…
