Kolkata, Jan 26 : Describing the current political situation in India as a “sort of decentralized Emergency”, renowned journalist and former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Friday said there is a “climate of fear” and “helplessness” in the country. “The immediate circumstances are that today we have not a centralized Emergency but sort of decentralized Emergency… […]
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Elaborate police arrangements in Kolkata ahead of ‘Padmavat’ release
Kolkata, Jan 24 : Plain-clothes policemen kept close vigil, and large number of policemen were deployed outside multiplexes and cinema halls, as part of elaborate security measures here to prevent any untoward incidents related to the film “Padmavaat”, police said on Wednesday. Two days before the movie is set to be officially released, special screenings and […]
BSF man suspended for molesting Bangladeshi woman
Kolkata, Jan 23 : A Border Security Force (BSF) Constable has been suspended for allegedly molesting a woman passenger travelling by the India-Bangladesh Maitree Express from Kolkata to Dhaka, the BSF said on Tuesday. The victim’s husband had lodged a complaint with the Station Manager of Kolkata Station that his wife was molested by the constable […]
Two killed, scores of shops gutted in Bengal fire
Kolkata, Jan 22 : Two persons were killed when a major fire gutted scores of shops in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal early on Monday, fire brigade official said here. The fire broke out in a two-storeyed shopping complex in Dumdum Cantonment’s Gora Bazar that houses nearly 400 shops. An official said more than […]
CPI-M leader dies, body to be donated to Tripura medical college
Agartala/Kolkata, Jan 21 : Veteran CPI-M leader Khagen Das, convenor of Tripura’s ruling Left Front and a former Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member, died in Kolkata following cardiac arrest on Sunday, party sources said. Das, 80, a former Tripura minister, leaves behind his wife and two daughters. His body was taken to Tripura capital Agartala […]
Young boy killed, five injured in Trinamool faction fight
Kolkata, Jan 18 : A young boy was killed and at least five others, including a police official, were injured in a gunfight between two factions of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, police said. “A nine-year-old boy got shot during a clash between two groups of miscreants […]
Bengal girl beaten up, sexually abused inside college
Kolkata, Jan 18 : A college girl was allegedly beaten up and sexually abused by a member of Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad — TMC student wing — on the college campus in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, the victim said on Thursday. The girl, a final-year student of Bidhan Chandra College in Hooghly’s industrial town Rishra, […]
Mamata’s picture defaced in Kolkata varsity campus
Kolkata, Jan 16 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s picture on a hoarding was found defaced on Tuesday inside the Jadavpur University campus where students are on a protest against a bill seeking to regulate administration of state varsities and colleges. The act of vandalism drew condemnation from University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das and state […]
Sexually assaulted Bengal girl seeks permission to end life
Kolkata, Jan 13 : A 17-year-old girl in West Bengal’s East Midnapore has appealed to the district authorities to allow her to kill herself as she has become pregnant after allegedly being raped by a man on the promise of marriage, police said on Saturday. “We got intimation from District Magistrate’s public grievance cell that a […]
Four people die of cold in Gangasagar fair, half a million to take holy dip
Kolkata, Jan 13 : Over half a million pilgrims are expected to take the holy dip in the Ganga where it flows out into the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on Sunday at the annual Gangasagar Fair, with the West Bengal government and other agencies making elaborate arrangements to ensure peace and […]