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Saradha group owner Sudipta Sen, associate acquitted in 3 Ponzi scheme cases

India, Aug. 19 -- A Kolkata court acquitted Saradha group owner Sudipta Sen and his associate Debjani Mukherjee on Tuesday in three Ponzi scheme cases citing lack of witnesses, lawyers aware of the co... Read More


Bengal court pulls up police after teacher's arrest on conspiracy charge, grants bail

India, Aug. 19 -- The Bidhannagar police in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district faced strong questions from the local court on Monday after arresting a jobless state government teacher on charges... Read More


TMC's Anubrata Mondal gets anticipatory bail in case for abusing cop's family

India, Aug. 18 -- A court in West Bengal's Birbhum district granted anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Monday in the May 30 case in which he is accused of abusing ... Read More


UP man killed in explosion near Kolkata; NIA visits spot

India, Aug. 18 -- A man died at a hospital in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district early on Monday morning, hours after he was critically injured in an explosion outside the Madhyamgram High Schoo... Read More


Bengal: Medals stolen from swimmer Bula Chowdhury's Hooghly house recovered; 1 held

India, Aug. 17 -- Police recovered 295 medals, including gold medals and a replica of the Padma Shri medal, stolen from the residence of former national swimming champion Bula Chowdhury in West Bengal... Read More


Freedom wouldn't have come without Bengal's contribution: Mamata Banerjee

India, Aug. 15 -- India wouldn't have won freedom from the British without the contribution of Bengal's freedom fighters, writers and social reformers, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday ... Read More


Police complaint against cops for hurting RG Kar hospital victim's mother during protest

India, Aug. 12 -- The family of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim lodged a complaint with the Kolkata police on Tuesday to seek registration of a first information report (FIR) against police... Read More


TMC leader shot dead in Bankura in 9th murder of party leader since July 10

India, Aug. 12 -- A local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was shot dead when he was returning home in Bengal's Bankura district late on Monday, police said. Police said Sikandar Khan, president of a ... Read More


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