A former Diamond Harbour police officer has been booked after a Trinamool Congress councillor accused him of custodial torture, assault and the use of electric shocks during his tenure as SDPO.
The ED is expected to produce him before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata, where the agency counsel will seek his custody for further interrogation.
Trinamul Congress leader and former MLA from Panihati constituency, Nirmal Ghosh, today appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the RG Kar case.
Among those present in the rebel camp was former state minister Firhad Hakim, popularly known as Bobby, once considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee.
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, the RSS teachers’ front, staged a protest march in Burdwan on Thursday against the Supreme Court order mandating that all teachers who have not cleared TET must qualify it.
A 10-day retrospective of Uttam Kumar films will be held in Nandan to observe the 46th death anniversary of the matinee idol.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today lambasted the Centre after the Haryana government wrote letters to the district magistrates of several districts seeking information of 52 Bengali-speaking migrant workers living there.
Two male bodies were recovered on Tuesday from two separate places in the city, triggering curiosity behind the incidents.
The youth services & sports department has placed an order for 6.60 lakh rakhis from Kalna, bringing renewed enthusiasm to the local artisan community.
After a brief spell of sunshine and rising temperatures, heavy rainfall is expected to make a comeback in several parts of West Bengal from Thursday onwards, the Alipore Meteorological Department has forecast.
