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Kolkata, March 3 – The National Commission for Women (NCW) took cognizance of the alleged sexual harassment of a woman civic volunteer by an Officer-in-Charge of the Kolkata police station on Tuesday, and asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP), Peeyush Pandey, to file a report on...

Kolkata, March 3 – The Kolkata Police have implemented elaborate security arrangements across the city for the twin festivals of Dol Yatra and Holi, which will be celebrated on Tuesday and Wednesday.According to police, as many as 398 police pickets will be deployed across Kolkata on the day...

Kolkata, February 28 – Amit Malviya, the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s IT Cell and the party's central observer for West Bengal, questioned the decision of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress to nominate Menaka Guruswamy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state on...

Kolkata, February 28 – Kolkata Police have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing three people in the Jorabagan area of north Kolkata following a dispute related to a relationship, police said on Saturday.According to police, a confrontation broke out between a young woman's former boyfriend...

Kolkata, February 28 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday the launch of two women-centric initiatives by the Kolkata Police aimed at strengthening the safety and security of women across the city, particularly during late-night hours.In a post on her X handle...

Kolkata, February 28 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday the launch of two new initiatives by the Kolkata Police aimed at further enhancing women's safety and confidence in the city.In a post on X, Banerjee said that several all-women "Pink Booths" would be set up...

Kolkata, February 27 The Trinamool Congress announced on Friday evening the names of ministers Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, advocate Menaka Guruswamy, and actor Koel Mallick as candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.The Election Commission has announced that...

Haringhata (West Bengal), February 27 – The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday.The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion of the NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in...

Kolkata, February 27 – The Calcutta High Court, on Friday, sought a report from the Kolkata Police regarding the alleged heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, by a group of booth-level officers (BLOs) in front of the office of the Chief Electoral...

Kolkata, February 25 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Wednesday sought a detailed and comprehensive report from Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, regarding the incident involving the heckling of the Leader of the Opposition in...

Kolkata, February 24 Judicial work was disrupted on Tuesday as several courts in West Bengal received bomb threats, causing security personnel to be in a state of alert and prompting search operations and evacuations on the premises, officials said.The city sessions court, the CJM (Bankshall)...

Kolkata, February 22 – The Trinamool Congress has alleged that its party workers were attacked by activists of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) in the Polerhat area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, according to police reports on Sunday.The Trinamool Congress claimed that the incident...

Kolkata, February 19 – The father of the victim of the rape and murder at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital questioned the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is currently investigating the case, and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation...

Kolkata, February 19 – A man has been arrested in Haryana on charges of online fraud, Kolkata Police said on Thursday.According to police sources, the fraud was carried out using an APK file called 'M Paribahan'. The accused was identified based on the server and multiple IP addresses...

Kolkata, February 18 An illegal firearms manufacturing factory was busted in Bhagalpur district, Bihar, and five people were arrested in connection with the incident, Kolkata Police said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Kolkata Police STF and Bihar Police raided a house in...

Kolkata, February 17 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that it has filed a prosecution complaint against Krishna Damani, a former trustee of South Point Education Society, for alleged money laundering using his position at the prominent south Kolkata school.It said that the...

Kolkata, February 17 – The parents of the junior doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, who was brutally raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024, appealed to a trial court here on Tuesday, requesting a review of the Kolkata Police's and the Central...

Kolkata, February 17 – The Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals from a hotel in central Kolkata for overstaying in India after their visas expired, the police said on Tuesday.Officers from the Park Street police station raided the hotel on Collin Street, after receiving...

Kolkata, February 15 – Six individuals accused in two separate cases were arrested in Kolkata on the same day, as Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar made surprise visits across the city to monitor the law and order situation, police sources said on Sunday.Four of the arrested individuals are...

Kolkata, February 14 – The Kolkata Police will set up seven new sections under its cyber crime wing to tackle the rising number of cyber fraud cases in the city. Sources at Lalbazar, the city police headquarters, said on Saturday that the initiative has received the green signal from the state...