Kolkata: Fire broke out at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Strand Road, amid the ongoing vote counting for the Kaliganj Assembly constituency bypoll. Fortunately, the fire was quickly controlled, with no reports of injuries, casualties, or damage to property. Cause and Response Officials of the state fire services suspect that a.
Kolkata: West Bengal Health Department has announced plans to implement a rigorous multi-level verification process before uploading new birth certificates to its official website. This measure aims to combat the rising incidents of fake birth certificates being uploaded, which are then used to obtain other forged identity documents such as Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, voter.
Kolkata: In West Bengal’s Birbhum district, at least two individuals lost their lives in a bomb explosion late Friday night at Hatia village, police officials announced on Saturday. The incident took place amidst a series of violent clashes earlier in the day between two rival groups involved in criminal activities. According to district police sources,.
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday held that the West Bengal government’s proposed scheme to pay a stipend to non-teaching staff losing jobs following an order from the Supreme Court in April this year amounted to “fraudulent activity, cheating, and corruption” as it stayed the measure for now. A single-judge bench of Justice Amrita.
West Bengal: Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar alleged that stones and shoes were thrown at him by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during his visit to Budge Budge when he was returning after meeting an injured BJP worker. “I will inform the Home Ministry about this entire situation. They are doing such.
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to resume disbursal of MGNREGA funds in West Bengal from August 1, while allowing the Union government to set necessary safeguards to prevent corruption. The matter will come up for further hearing after August 15. Between 2022-23 and 2025-26, Bengal was supposed to receive allocations..
Kolkata: In Bankura district of West Bengal, a young man accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl was reportedly lynched by villagers in the early hours of Wednesday. Patrasayar Police Station has initiated two separate investigations: one into the allegations of rape and murder, and another into the lynching of the accused. The individual.
Kolkata: The special investigation team (SIT) of West Bengal Police investigating the case of communal violence in Murshidabad said on Tuesday that they have arrested two other accused in the case. The accused persons have been identified as Kaiser Sheikh and Mostakin Sheikh. They are resident of Sulitala village in the Dhuliyan area in Murshidabad.
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Kolkata staged a rally from Sealdah Railway Station to the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh there on Monday, protesting the vandalism of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home in Bangladesh. The demonstration, led by prominent BJP leaders including Agnimitra Paul and Locket Chatterjee, highlighted the growing concerns.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police arrested six cyber criminals including one woman fraudster from West Bengal and Gujarat in separate cases of cyber fraud, the state Crime Branch said on Friday. The cops have arrested a female cybercriminal identified as Anushka Mitra (24), from Durgapur area in West Bengal in connection with an investment fraud case.
