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
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
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
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
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
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
KOLKATA, 10 : The junior doctors, agitating over the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, continued their fast unto death for the fifth day on Thursday amid the Durga Puja festivities across West Bengal. At 9.30 am, the fast by the nine junior doctors of various medical colleges entered its […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, OCT 5 : The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, triggering arson at a police outpost by locals who alleged that the minor was raped and murdered, a senior officer said. Villagers said the minor had been missing since Friday evening and the police […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, SEPT 21 : After remaining closed for around 24 hours, the West Bengal-Jharkhand border has been reopened for the movement of trucks for inter-state trade, officials said on Saturday. The West Bengal government had closed the border on Thursday evening after the release of water by Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) from its dams located […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, SEPT 19 : Agitating junior doctors on Thursday alleged that decorators were removing tents, bamboo shafts and pedestal fans from the protest site in front of Swasthya Bhawan after they were allegedly pressurised by the police to do so. The police, however, denied these allegations as baseless. The agitating doctors said that around midnight, […]Continue Reading
