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BJP’s march to Bengal secretariat: Suvendu Adhikari arrested

Kolkata: BJP’s ‘march to the West Bengal secretariat’ against various issues of corruption on Tuesday afternoon received a setback much before its beginning as one of the three arms of the party…
17 crore cash, 16 hours: Know about ED raid on Kolkata businessman

Kolkata: It took over 16 hours and eight counting machines for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials to count the heap of cash that was recovered from the residence of a businessman in…

ED raids several places in Kolkata, estimated Rs 7 cr recovered

Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) teams conducted raids on Saturday at three separate places in Kolkata and recovered a huge amount of cash from the possession of a city-based businessman. Although the counting…
TMC initiates t-shirt fashion ahead of Durga puja to attack Amit Shah

Kolkata: Taking a leaf out of a global playbook, where fashion has long been used as a political statement, Trinamool Congress has designed a T-shirt for its workers to flaunt and attack…
Mamata pans Centre for not inviting her to be part of Bangladesh PM’s India visit

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Centre for not inviting her to be a part of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ongoing visit to India. Banerjee also…
48-hour dharna by TMC against release of convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress women’s wing Tuesday launched a 48-hour dharna in the city in protest against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, calling it “shameful…
Netaji’s daughter says she’ll soon approach India, Japan for DNA test of ashes

Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff said she will soon approach the Indian and the Japanese governments for a DNA test of the ashes at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple. In an…

CBI confiscates TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s FDs worth over Rs 16 cr

Kolkata: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal on Wednesday confiscated bank fixed deposits worth Rs 16.97 crore in the name of Trinamool Congress…
Kolkata firing: CISF jawan remanded to 14-day police custody

Kolkata: A lower court here on Sunday remanded Akshay Kumar Mishra, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan, who resorted to indiscriminate firing in the Indian Museum premises at busy Park Street in…
Kolkata: After last night firing, security beefed up at the museum

Kolkata: Security was heightened at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Sunday after a CISF personnel killed a colleague and injured an assistant commandant of the force in indiscriminate firing. CISF head constable…
West Bengal: CISF constable opens fire, colleague killed

Kolkata: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper, who opened indiscriminate fire with his AK-47 rifle on Saturday evening, killing a colleague and critically injuring another, was neutralized and apprehended after over an…
WBSSC scam: Woman hurls slipper on Partha Chatterjee

Kolkata: Partha Chatterjee, tainted in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) crore scam, on Tuesday afternoon felt the heat of the public rage when a middle-aged woman hurled her slipper…
I don’t support corruption: Mamata breaks silence on TMC min’s arrest

Kolkata: Amidst the ongoing probe into the SSC scam case in West Bengal where state minister Partha Chatterjee is one of the prime accused, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday…
Teachers scam: ED arrests Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee

Kolkata: After over 24 hours of marathon grilling, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment irregularities scam, finally arrested state minister and the Trinamool Congress…
280 arrested over Prophet row violence, Bengal govt tells Calcutta HC

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday afternoon submitted to the Calcutta High Court a report on action taken by it on the incidents of violence in different parts of the state…