Kolkata : Three youths were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a Class 12 girl in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said. “A 17-year-old-girl was allegedly molested by some of her friends in an empty house in South 24 Parganas, Sonarpur, on Tuesday evening. Three youths, aged between 20-25 years, have been arrested […]
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Bulk LPG tankers go on strike in east, south India, may affect supply
Kolkata : LPG supply may be “partially” affected if the strike, called by the bulk LPG transport tankers from Monday in the eastern and southern Indian states, continues. “We have commenced the strike from today (Monday) in the eastern and southern region. North and western regions are also likely to join the strike soon,” said […]
Two students mowed down by train while clicking pictures
Kolkata : Two college students died and another was critically injured after getting hit by a local train while clicking pictures standing on the railway track in Kolkata on Monday afternoon, the Railway Police said. “Two boys have died after getting hit by a moving local train between Dumdum and Belgharia railway station in north […]
650 suffer from diarrhoea in Kolkata, civic body takes measures
Kolkata : As many as 650 people in six municipal wards were suffering from diarrhoea caused by an alleged contamination of drinking water and 28 of them were admitted in a city hospital since Saturday night, an official said on Sunday. Kolkata Municipal Corporation collected samples from different places to detect the cause of the […]
Modi’s return to power will result in ‘President’s rule’: Hardik
Kolkata : Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Saturday said there would be “President’s rule” if Modi comes back to power after the 2019 General Elections. He also called for a unity of non-BJP parties to fight against the Modigovernment which was “trying to divide the […]
Non-teaching staffer held for sexual assault on Kolkata girl
Kolkata : A day after the arrest of a primary school dance teacher in a sexual assault case, a non-teaching staff member of a south Kolkata school was arrested here on Saturday for allegedly sexually abusing a girl student, police said. An FIR had been lodged on Thursday by the guardians of the Class nine […]
Hardik meets Mamata, says asked to join Trinamool
Kolkata : Gujarat’s firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Friday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said he was asked to join her Trinamool Congress. “She openly offered me to join Trinamool Congress,” Patel said after meeting Banerjee at the state Secretariat on Friday evening. Banerjee however, said that she advised him to […]
Student sexually assaulted in school, teacher held
Kolkata : A teacher of a private English medium school was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a girl student here, police said. “Soumen Rana, a dance teacher, at a south Kolkata primary school has been arrested under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for… abusing a Class 2 student,” police said. […]
Government documents seized from retired IPS officer’s house in Kolkata
Kolkata : The West Bengal CID has seized a large number of state government documents including arms license applications and sealed bottles of alcohol during the two-day search operation in different properties, admitted to be of a retired IPS officer, a senior CID official said on Thursday. Though the name of the former IPS officer […]
‘Stop throwing mud on Governor’s office, Tripathi tells Trinamool
Kolkata : Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government, West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Thursday asked them to stop throwing mud at the governor’s office and carry out an introspection of their own actions. “Enough harsh words have been said. They should stop throwing mud on the office of the Governor.They should […]