A day after the Supreme Court issued an order asking to reassign proceedings in the West Bengal teachers' recruitment 'scam' to another judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court, who was heading a single-judge bench that was looking into these cases, said he will cont
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate to maintain the status quo for a week into its probe in a case relating to irregularities in recruitment in West Bengal.
"We have called for a bandh after seeing the condition here. This incident (the alleged murder of a BJP leader) was very shameful. Constant attacks are done on the Rajbangshi people which shows that TMC is against Rajbangshi," BJP leader Debasree Choudhury said.
Amid the grave law and order situation at Kaliachak in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal in the wake of the alleged rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl, the BJP on Thursday alleged that one of its workers in the area was shot dead by the state police.
The Special Operation Group of Criminal Investigation Department (CID), West Bengal, on Thursday seized counterfeit currency notes, valued at Rs 94,000, and arrested one person in this connection from Murshidabad district.
The NCSC Vice Chairman, Arun Halder also accused the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of "not cooperating" in the investigation, and also "shielding" the administration and one particular community behind the incident.
Sukanya Mondal was arrested by the ED on April 26. Her father is a TMC leader and is in custody in this matter.
Special judge Raghubeer Singh granted three days of custody after hearing the submission of the Special public prosecutor (SPP) Nitesh Rana and defence counsels.
Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a detailed report of the investigation conducted by Mekhilygunge police in a case pertaining to alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Kaliaganj in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district, said an official.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday handed over the probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the violence that broke out in Howrah and Dalkhola districts and other parts of West Bengal during Ram Navami celebrations.
"The government has been committed to enhancing FM connectivity in the country. The 91 new 100 Watt FM transmitters have been installed in 84 districts across 18 States and 2 Union Territories," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stated.