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Two held after 17-year-old girl gang raped in Hooghly: Cops

Kolkata, Jan. 11 -- A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by three people at an abandoned factory in West Bengal's Hooghly district, police said on Friday, adding that two of the accused, includi... Read More


Matter of profound shame: CM Banerjee writes to CEC over Amartya Sen voter notice

India, Jan. 10 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, days after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was served a hearing notice as part o... Read More


Kolkata: ED collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Police collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence in Kolkata

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Bengal: Prime suspect, minor apprehended in 17-year-old's gang rape case in Hooghly

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have arrested a 29-year-old man and apprehended a minor in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in an abandoned factory in West Bengal's Hooghly distric... Read More


In Bengal, a battle over who gets counted

India, Jan. 8 -- For close to 25 years, Bharat Mahato has pulled his trusted rickshaw through the lanes of north Kolkata, expertly swerving between decaying buildings, past sagging balconies and under... Read More


Amartya Sen's SIR hearing to be held at his Bengal ancestral home on Jan 16: EC

India, Jan. 7 -- The Election Commission (EC) said that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who was served a hearing notice as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list, would not be requ... Read More


Mob attacks cops in Bengal's Sandeshkhali for arresting TMC worker; 6 hurt

India, Jan. 3 -- Six police personnel sustained injuries on Friday evening after being attacked by a mob when they detained a Trinamool Congress activist in North 24 Parganas district's Sandeshkhali a... Read More


I don't indulge in appeasement, am secular in true sense: Mamata Banerjee

India, Dec. 30 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) accusations that she indulged in appeasement, saying that she was "secular in the tru... Read More


Technical glitches behind 3.1 million 'unmapped' voters in Bengal roll revision, says EC

India, Dec. 29 -- Many people in West Bengal could not be linked to the base 2002 voter roll during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) due to glitches in the app used for the contentious exe... Read More