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Held ex-TMC leader ran similar set-up in Bengal

Kolkata, Aug. 12 -- Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Bibhas Chandra Adhikari, who was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police on August 9 for running a fake international police bureau in Gautam Buddha... Read More


Bengal girl students confront headmaster who sexually harassed them; he's caught

India, Aug. 11 -- A headmaster of a school in West Bengal's East Midnapore district was arrested on Monday afternoon after the girl students accused him of sexual harassment, including touching them i... Read More


RG Kar victim's mother released from hospital; family alleges political pressure

India, Aug. 10 -- The mother of the trainee doctor raped and murdered on August 9, 2024 at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was released from a private hospital in the city on Sunday afte... Read More


'CBI did nothing in a year': RG Kar victim's parents

Kolkata, Aug. 9 -- The parents of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 last year, alleged on Friday ... Read More


Bangladeshi man headed to Germany on Indian passport caught at Kolkata airport

India, Aug. 8 -- A Bangladeshi national was arrested at the Kolkata international airport on Friday when immigration officials found that he was headed to Dubai on an Indian passport, police officials... Read More


West Bengal man sentenced to death for raping, murdering 14-year-old daughter

India, Aug. 7 -- A court in Bengal's West Burdwan district sentenced a 42-year-old man to death on Wednesday for raping and murdering his 14-year-old daughter in May last year, lawyers who attended th... Read More


Another Bengal worker alleges torture amid drive against undocumented Bangladeshis

India, Aug. 5 -- Another migrant worker from Goalpokhar in West Bengal's North Dinajpur has alleged that police in Haryana's Panipat tortured and fractured his legs to pressure him to say he was an un... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee appointed TMC's leader of party in Lok Sabha, says Mamata

India, Aug. 4 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was appointed as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, replacing veteran party MP Sudip Bandopadhyay, who has... Read More


Amartya Sen opposes detention of Bengal's migrant workers in other states

India, July 31 -- Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday spoke against the detention of hundreds of migrant workers from West Bengal in states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha and Delhi on the sus... Read More


Kolkata: 28-year-old Bangladeshi model held in Bikramgarh for cheating, impersonation

India, July 31 -- A 28-year-old Bangladeshi model and actor was arrested from the Bikramgarh area of south Kolkata on Wednesday in connection with a cheating case, police said. A first information re... Read More