Tension prevailed in South 24-Parganas' Falta on Tuesday after police and Central forces dispersed a protest staged by supporters of arrested local strongman Jahangir Khan, who was recently apprehended near the India-Nepal border and is currently in police custody.
Sumit Roy is an accused in an alleged land grabbing case in which former TMC MLA from Medinipur Sujoy Hazra was also involved. The notice has been issued by the Shalboni Police Station on Tuesday.
The party second-in command has been questioned for a marathon 31 hours over the last four days by the CID as well as the Enforcement Directorate.
The three-day initiative will see the participation of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari as part of the build-up to the main Yoga Day celebrations at Kolkata's Red Road.
The KMC officials had gone to his place on Tuesday afternoon to carry out measurements as part of an inspection to verify whether the property complies with approved building regulations.
Nearly two years ago, Dilip Ghosh was ‘effectively evicted’ from the BJP’s Muralidhar Sen Lane office in Kolkata.
With the New Year ushering in the crucial Assembly election year, the political temperature in North Bengal has begun to rise. Sensing the high electoral stakes, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) have stepped up political mobilisation across the region, signalling the onset of an early and intense campaign battle for 2026.
A 57-year-old woman is said to have panicked after being summoned by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing, and was found dead near the railway tracks close to Burdwan Junction railway station on Thursday.
In the wake of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, authorities of nationalised steel plants have issued fresh circulars asking workers to submit declarations, sharing details from the electoral rolls, including confirmation for deletion of their or their spouse’s names if enrolled in any Assembly constituency earlier.
The Biswa Ijtema, one of the world’s largest peaceful Islamic congregations, began today in Hooghly district. The gathering is estimated to draw between 5 and 10 million participants from across the globe.
