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Educated Muslims must work to oust Mamata govt: BJP’s new president Samik
Kolkata: Asserting that the BJP will continue to fight the radical elements that were “receiving patronage” of the Mamata Banerjee government, the party’s new West Bengal president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday appealed…
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Kolkata college gang rape: Police reconstruct crime scene with arrested men
Kolkata: Sleuths of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four men, arrested in connection with the gang rape of a student, to South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene,…
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Kolkata college rape: Police custody of 3 accused extended till July 8
Kolkata: The police custody of the three accused in connection with the alleged gangrape of a first-year student at a law college in Kolkata’s Kasba area on Tuesday were extended by eight…
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DNA samples collected from 3 accused in Kolkata law college rape case
Kolkata: The DNA samples of the three accused in the gang rape of a student of a law college in Kolkata were collected on Monday as a part of the investigation of…
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Security guard arrested in Kolkata college rape case; 4 held so far
Kolkata: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer…
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RG Kar rape & murder case: CBI submits 4th status report to trial court
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday submitted its fourth status report on its investigation of the larger conspiracy behind R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy at the trial court…
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Bengali-speaking Muslims being targeted without any verification, alleges CPI-M
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday alleged that Bengali-speaking Muslims are being targeted without any verification and demanded that the government should deal with those who have entered…
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West Bengal: Man kills sister-in-law, parades severed head in Basanti
Kolkata: In a gruesome incident in Basanti, South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a man killed his sister-in-law by beheading her with a sharp weapon on Saturday morning. He then roamed…
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Security for Pakistani prisoners in Bengal Correctional Homes tightened
Kolkata: Security for Pakistani prisoners lodged in different correctional homes in West Bengal has been further tightened, an official said on Saturday. Time and again, the security of these prisoners at the…
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2 held for pasting Pakistani flag at Bengal railway station to stir communal tension
Kolkata: West Bengal Police has arrested two persons for allegedly pasting an image of Pakistani flag on the wall of a railway station in North 24 Parganas district and writing ‘Hindustan Murdabad’…
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RG Kar: Calcutta HC seeks further clarifications from CBI on probe
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday sought additional clarifications from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its probe so far in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman…
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Kolkata doctor denies discrimination over religion, calls audio ‘fake’
A complaint has been filed against a Kolkata-based doctor who refused to treat a seven-month-old pregnant woman over religious identity. The pregnant woman filed a police complaint against Dr Champakali Sarkar, who…
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15 dead in Kolkata hotel fire; Police form special team to probe incident
Kolkata: Fifteen people, including a woman and two children, were killed in a devastating fire at a hotel in the Mechuapatti area of central Kolkata, police said on Wednesday, April 30. Thirteen…
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‘Should be killed like those in Pahalgam’: Kolkata doc refuses to treat pregnant woman
An alarming report came out of Kolkata recently, where a seven-month pregnant Muslim woman was reportedly insulted and refused medical attention by her longtime doctor due toher religion. The attitude of the…
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Murshidabad: Calcutta HC forms 3-member panel for violence victims
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the formation of a three-member committee for the identification and rehabilitation of people displaced by the violence which took place during the protests over the…
