Kolkata: Police on Saturday arrested alleged Bangladeshi national Shahidul Gazi from Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas for illegal infiltration, reports Sanjib Chakraborty. Joymal Abedin, a local TMC panchayat member was detained for allegedly providing shelter to Gazi. Source link
Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force (BSF). Around 51 km of the nearly 150-km stretch from Bongaon to Hingalganj-Samsernagar remains unfenced, administrative…
Kolkata: An FIR was lodged against TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory remarks in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections. Police said they have launched an investigation into whether the statements had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony.The case was registered on…
Kolkata: Ahead of his scheduled administrative meeting at Diamond Harbour, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met actor Mithun Chakraborty at his New Town residence. Coming out of his house, Adhikari said, “Mithunda had sought some time to meet me. He is a party senior who has campaigned selflessly. I have come to meet him.“Chakraborty, who…
Kolkata: Baranagar BJP MLA Sajal Ghosh has indicated that sections on the Singur and Nandigram movements led by Mamata Banerjee may soon be removed from the state board’s Class 8 syllabus — one of the first signals of curriculum changes under the new BJP govt.Speaking to reporters at the ‘Education Interface’ event at Netaji Indoor…
Falta: With the political scales flipping in Bengal and chief minister Suvendu Adhikari targeting him in his own lair, Trinamool Congress‘s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan faces an uphill task ahead of the May 21 repolls. Khan, who had stepped out of the public glare after the May 4 results, returned to his ransacked Srirampore party…
Kolkata: A cyber crime case has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly posting objectionable and communally sensitive content on Facebook, including a post targeting chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and another related to the arrangement of Qurbani cattle for Bangladeshi individuals, police said.The case was registered at Bidhannagar Cyber Crime police station on May…
Kolkata: The urban development and municipal affairs dept has asked the KMC, all municipal corporations and municipalities to strictly follow legal provisions on unauthorised construction after the Tiljala factory fire incident, which claimed two lives last week.Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said, “I have asked my dept to send letters to all municipal body areas…
Kolkata: After a 15-month wait, RVNL has managed to complete launching of the entire 28m concrete deck between piers 317 and 318 of the Orange Line. Thus, a major part of the first phase of lifting concrete segments to cover the viaduct gap atop Chingrighata is now done.Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL), implementing the 32km…
Kolkata: The state govt is soon launching a dedicated 24-hour helpline number for women – 181 – which will be geo-tagged with the help desk at the nearest police station as the police will immediately get alert on exactly from where a woman is calling for help so that officers could rush to the spot…
