According to police sources, the arrests were made on Saturday from Mahaldarpara village which falls under the Teghari gram panchayat area in the Raghunathganj assembly constituency.
The training programme, held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., focused on the fundamentals of administrative work.
The case has also raised questions about the role of certain employees in the Land and Land Reforms Department. Investigators are examining whether Sumit Roy exerted any influence in this case.
There are around 6,000 liquor shops in the state, an official of the West Bengal Excise Department told The Statesman.
As per ED sources, the Kamarhati MLA has been accused of being linked to the recruitment of more than 125 candidates into various municipal corporation posts.
Eminent filmmaker Michal Kwiencinaki from Poland drew a parallel between Bengali and Polish cinema saying that movies of both countries share a connection as they highlight serious social subjects rather than just being a commercial content.
The Election Commission of India’s (ECI) latest directive allowing flexibility in the appointment of booth level agents (BLAs) has triggered a sharp political debate in West Bengal, with the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) accusing the Commission of favouring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
A Synergy and Business Conclave was held at Rabindranath Bhavan in Chinsurah with entrepreneurs associated with small and medium industries from Hooghly, Kolkata and South 24-Parganas.
The BJP’s central leadership has summoned party’s West Bengal president and Rajya Sabha MP, Shamik Bhattacharya, to Delhi after controversial comments by Abhijit Gangopadhyay, the former judge-turned-MP from Tamluk, questioning the central leadership’s approach to Bengal politics.
Drowning deaths across the state of West Bengal, India, are almost three times higher than previous estimates, according to results of one of the largest community-based surveys to date, published today in the BMJ Global Health.
