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34 lakh Aadhaar card holders identified as ‘deceased’ in West Bengal, UIDAI informs EC

By Odisha News Online Nov 13, 2025 73

KOLKATA, NOV 13 : About 34 lakh Aadhaar card holders in West Bengal have been found to be ‘deceased’ since the identity card was introduced in January 2009, UIDAI authorities informed the Election Commission. The UIDAI authorities also communicated to the EC that about 13 lakh people in the state never possessed Aadhaar cards, but […]Continue Reading

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Very heavy rains flood Kolkata, halt normal life; four die from electrocution

By Odisha News Online Sep 23, 2025 322

KOLKATA , SEP 23 : At least four people died from electrocution in rain-hit Kolkata, officials said, as heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread waterlogging, halting traffic, public transport and daily life across the city on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Firoz Ali Khan (50) of Beniapukur, Pranatosh Kundu (62) of Netaji Nagar, and Mumtaz […]Continue Reading

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Fake currency worth Rs 9 crore recovered in West Bengal’s Dhamakhali

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 197

KOLKATA, JUL 19: Fake notes worth Rs nine crore have been recovered from Dhamakhali ferry ghat under Sandeshkhali police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Two persons, namely Sirajuddin Mollah and Debabrata Chakraborty have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday. The two arrested persons had checked into […]Continue Reading

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Calcutta HC orders Shami monthly payment of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance to estranged wife, daughter

By Odisha News Online Jul 2, 2025 160

KOLKATA,JUL 2 : Calcutta High Court directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, and daughter a monthly alimony of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance during the ongoing legal battle with his spouse. Jahan had moved the high court against a district sessions court’s order directing the cricketer to pay Rs […]Continue Reading

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Kolkata law college security guard arrested in student’s gang-rape case

By Odisha News Online Jun 28, 2025 230

Kolkata, Jun 28 : The Kolkata Police on Saturday arrested the security guard of South Kolkata Law College in connection with the gang-rape of a first-year law student on the college premises. This is the fourth arrest in the case, following the earlier arrests of three individuals, including the prime accused — a Trinamool Congress […]Continue Reading

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Security forces keep vigil in Murshidabad to prevent fresh violence

By Odisha News Online Apr 15, 2025 333

KOLKATA, APR 15 : Security forces kept a strict vigil to prevent any fresh episode of violence over the Waqf (Amendment) Act in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on April 15, officials said. Personnel of the BSF, CRPF, State Armed Police and RAF have been deployed in large numbers in Jangipur, Dhuliyan, Suti and Shamsherganj, where […]Continue Reading

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Murshidabad violence: 3 dead, 150 arrested; Suvendu slams Bengal govt, claims 400 Hindus ‘forced to flee’

By Odisha News Online Apr 13, 2025 559

KOLKATA, APR 13 : BJP leader and West Bengal Assembly’s Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday claimed that more than 400 Hindus have been “forced to flee” their houses, claiming that the people are facing religious persecution following central security forces being deployed in Murshidabad, after violence erupted in the area. He lashed out […]Continue Reading

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Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee

By Odisha News Online Apr 9, 2025 347

KOLKATA, APR 9 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented in the state. Addressing a programme of the Jain community in Kolkata, Banerjee said she will protect the minority people and their property. “I know you are aggrieved because of the enactment of the […]Continue Reading

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Court says ‘not rarest of rare cases’, Sanjay Roy gets life imprisonment for RG Kar Hospital rape-murder

By Odisha News Online Jan 20, 2025 456

KOLKATA,JAN 20 : A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjoy Roy to life imprisonment on Monday for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The Additional District and Sessions Judge Anirban Das, in Sealdah, had found Roy guilty on Saturday for the crime committed on August 9 last year, […]Continue Reading

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Court charges accused in RG Kar rape-murder case, sentence Monday; Roy claims he’s being framed

By Odisha News Online Jan 18, 2025 413

KOLKATA, JAN 18 : Sealdah Court has framed charges under BNS Sections 64, 66, and 103/1 against the accused in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case. The accused is alleged to have entered the seminar room of the hospital, where a lady doctor was resting, and assaulted and murdered her. The incident […]Continue Reading