Congress-sponsored shutdown in Bengal evokes partial response
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS) A dawn-to-dusk strike called by the Congress in West Bengal on Tuesday evoked mixed response as police detained hundreds of supporters of the state's opposition party allegedly for forcing to shut business and transport.
WB: Municipality engineer arrested with 20 Cr black money
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IBNS): The Anti-Corruption branch of West Bengal police on Friday arrested one municipality engineer from Howrah district of West Bengal in disproportionate assets case.
WB: CBI raids in chit fund offices
Kolkata, Aug 14 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) conducted raids at the offices of Suraha Sunmarg Micro Finance Pvt Ltd and its directors' houses in several locations across West Bengal on Friday, sources said.
WB: Student killed in clash inside college campus
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IBNS): A college student was allegedly killed by Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members during a clash on Friday inside a college campus in West Midnapore district of West Bengal, reports said.
Rape at Botanical Garden: Accused arrested
Kolkata, Jul 21 (IBNS): The police on Monday arrested the main accused in the alleged rape of a teenaged girl at Shibpur area in Howrah district of West Bengal.
West Bengal: Missing girl returns, kept in police custody
Kolkata, July 20 (IBNS): After being untraceable for two and half months,a teenaged girl of Magrahat in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who it was alleged had been kidnapped and trafficked, returned on Monday.
WB: Mother rubs chili powder on daughter's genitals, sent to JC
Kolkata, Jun 26 (IBNS): A woman from Bidhanpalli area under Titagarh police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal was arrested on Thursday for allegedly rubbing chili powder on her adopted 6-year-old daughter's genitals, reports said.
West Bengal: 12 killed in Pingla blast
Pingla, West Bengal, May 7 (IBNS) The death toll in the accidental blast in an illegal bomb making factory in West Bengal's Pingla has touched 12 on Thursday, police said.
West Bengal: Maoist Decimation
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management The Maoists, who were rampaging across the Jungal Mahal region of West Bengal in 2009-10, appear to be in no position to do anything to revive the movement in the State after the body blows that they suffered with the killing of politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao aka Kishanji, on November 24, 2011. Maoist activities have come to complete halt in the State since then. According to partial data collected by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), West Bengal recorded zero fatalities in all categories in 2014 and, so far, in 2015. According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) data, not even a single incident of Maoist violence was recorded in West Bengal in 2014, while just one incident was recorded in 2013.
13-yr old raped by school mates in West Bengal
Bolpur, West Bengal, June 2 (IBNS) A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her school seniors in Birbhum district of West Bengal in a tribal area on May 29 last, sparking yet another row of a possible kangaroo court trying to adjudicate the matter locally.
West Bengal celebrates Rabindra Jayanti
Kolkata, May 9 (IBNS): West Bengal, along with the rest of India, dedicated Friday to mellifluous songs, captivating poems and stirring plays as the Bengali community across the country celebrated the birth anniversary of world poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.