New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has accused the BJP-led government in West Bengal of using state investigative agencies for “political intimidation”, alleging that people associated with his office are being targeted through summons, detentions and intimidation. In a strongly worded post on X on Thursday, Banerjee claimed that nearly 25 people linked.
More than 10 people were injured after a major fire broke out at a naphtha-carrying pipeline of Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district in the early hours of Tuesday.
The single-judge bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharya also directed the state police to preserve all CCTV footage and audio-visual records of conversations during the raid and search operations.
Security agencies are keeping a close watch on the activities of the Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK) which is an offshoot of the Jamaat ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
Kolkata: West Bengal Police stated on Thursday morning that three people have been held since Wednesday night in connection with the murder of a minor girl, Tamanna Khatun, at Kaliganj in Nadia district of West Bengal in June last year. With the arrest of these three people, the total number of arrests in the matter.
State Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta presented the budget for the first-ever BJP government in the state. In line with the BJP's manifesto promise, the state government announced a 20 per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees.