Kolkata: A homemaker lodged a complaint with Titagarh police station on Saturday against BJP’s Barrackpore candidate Koustav Bagchi, alleging that he threatened her during a door-to-door campaign visit to her residence. Police said an inquiry is underway and CCTV footage is being examined.The complainant, Srabanti Sen of ward no. 24 in Barrackpore municipality, alleged that…
Kolkata: An NIA court on Saturday granted bail to 15 people arrested in connection with the Beldanga violence in Murshidabad in Jan, after the agency failed to submit its charge sheet within the mandatory 90-day period. The court granted relief against a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each.The accused were among 35 people apprehended following…
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is carrying out searches at three premises linked to Kolkata police deputy commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas and Sun Enterprise managing director Joy Kamdar on Sunday morning.According to news agency ANI, of the three locations, two are associated with Shantanu Sinha Biswas, while one belongs to Joy Kamdar.Officials said the raids…
Kolkata: An NIA court on Saturday granted bail to 15 people arrested in connection with the Beldanga violence in Murshidabad in Jan, after the agency failed to submit its charge sheet within the mandatory 90-day period, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. The court granted relief against a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each.The accused were among 35…
Asansol: A BJP neta was arrested on Friday night after a woman alleged he slapped her and her minor daughter during a door-to-door campaign visit at DVC Colony in Pandaveswar, after she said she would vote for Trinamool, reports Mohammed Asif. Her husband was also allegedly assaulted when he intervened.According to the complainant, a BJP…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Friday lodged a complaint against Rajesh Kumar, the BJP candidate for Jagatdal, for allegedly violating the MCC and threatening to “tie [voters] upside down and beat them up on the day results are announced”.The party provided a link to a video shared on X as evidence. The complaint stated that the candidate’s…
Kolkata/Durgapur: Ahead of the upcoming polls, law enforcement agencies across Bengal have intensified their crackdown on the movement of illegal arms and unaccounted cash, resulting in a series of major seizures in Kolkata and Durgapur. On Saturday, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested an alleged arms trafficker close to the Rajabazar Science…
Kolkata: Calcutta University syndicate, the highest decision-making body, has approved a new postgraduate academic calendar—July to June—aligning it with the national academic schedule. The new schedule will be implemented from the upcoming session.CU has never had an academic calendar for PG courses, as a result of which there has been no structured beginning of an…
Kolkata/Kharagpur: A third-year IIT Kharagpur student died after reportedly falling from the eighth-floor terrace of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall of Residence on Saturday. Preliminary findings hinted at suicide, police said. Jayveersinh Dodiya (21) is the eighth Kharagpur campus student to die in the past 15 months.The Nehru Hall of Residence boarder from Ahmedabad was a…
Kolkata: In an unprecedented move to ensure free, fair and peaceful election, the EC plans to create a strict 100-metre perimeter — a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ — around every polling booth in Bengal. The boundary will be marked with white chalk, and only poll officials, security personnel and voters of the booth will be allowed entry….
