177 LPG cylinders seized, 1 held

Kolkata: A man, Dilip Mondal, was arrested for allegedly running an illegal gas refilling and storage racket in South 24 Parganas’ Uttarbhag on Sunday. Cops have seized 177 LPG cylinders from him.Acting on a tip-off, officers of the district enforcement branch, along with Baruipur police, conducted a raid in the Kamra area along the Champahati-Uttarbhag…

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Body found near Sonarpur pond

Kolkata: The body of a 40-year-old man, Surajit Sardar, was found near a pond in Sonarpur’s Vidyadharpur Lalpol Chowdhury Bagan area on Sunday morning. His family members alleged that he was murdered.According to cops, Sardar was living with a transgender person, Bijoy alias Pinki, for the past several months. Locals said the couple went to…

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TMC seeks dist reports on defeat

Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday met the party’s zilla parishad members at Kalighat and reiterated their commitment towards “protecting Bengal and ensuring a better tomorrow”.District presidents have been asked to send written reports to Abhishek and former minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on possible reasons behind the defeat, including…

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26 arrested in Asansol over cop outpost vandalism

Asansol: The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate has arrested 26 people in connection with brick-batting and vandalism at the Jahangiri Mohalla police outpost. Seven of the accused were remanded to police custody after being produced in court on Sunday, while 19 others were sent to judicial custody, reports Mohammad Asif.“Those who were involved in vandalising the…

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Bulldozers cannot be the language of governance: Mamata

Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that “bulldozers cannot become the language of governance” in her first public statement after Trinamool’s election defeat.“Bulldozers cannot become the language of governance in a state built on culture, compassion and resistance to oppression. A govt that demolishes first and listens later has forgotten the very spirit…

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Minister meets border residents over fence land price concerns

Kolkata: Bengal food minister and Bongaon North MLA Ashok Kirtania visited the India-Bangladesh border area at Chhoygharia near Petrapole on Sunday to speak with residents over land acquisition for border fencing, appealing to landowners to cooperate in the interest of national security.Senior district administration officials and BSF personnel have already begun ground assessments in border…

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Villagers storm TMC neta’s house in Amta

Howrah: Villagers vandalised the house of a Trinamool panchayat chief in Howrah’s Amta on Sunday, accusing her and her husband of siphoning off funds from multiple govt schemes for months. Around 200 villagers, armed with sticks, stormed the residence of Anjali Dolui, damaging property and setting fire to furniture, clothes and documents.Villagers Nazneen Begum and…

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Suvendu preps team for Nandigram bypoll

Nandigram: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday entrusted five BJP MLAs with the task of retaining Nandigram in the upcoming bypolls.Adhikari, a three-time MLA from Nandigram, made his first visit to the constituency after resigning from the assembly seat and opting to retain Bhowanipore.He also directed senior BJP netas to launch an aggressive campaign for the…

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Man molests 2 at rly station

Kolkata: A resident of Shyampukur has been arrested for allegedly molesting two women at Bidhannagar station on Saturday night. According to the complaint of a 24-year-old woman, who was walking along platform 3, the man allegedly approached her, behaved inappropriately and molested her. Police said another woman, aged 23 and a resident of Baguiati, was…

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