BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari, who was arrested from Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh by Asansol Durgapur Commissionerate, was brought to Kolkata on Saturday late evening.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday visited the auspicious "Matua Dharma Maha Mela" at the Shreedham Thakurnagar, Thakurbari, North 24 Parganah in West Bengal.
West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jitendra Tiwari in connection with a stampede, claiming three lives, during a blanket distribution program in December last year.
Rajya Sabha Congress MP Pradip Bhattacharya on Saturday said that the Congress is a cementing force and without the party, the Opposition cannot function.
According to officials, two illegal improvised firearms, one incomplete barrel, one incomplete body and some articles used for making illegal arms were recovered from the accused's house.
Two birds belonging to an exotic species were rescued from smugglers in a search operation carried out by the Border Security Force (BSF), said officials on Thursday.
West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) officials on Thursday arrested two persons for allegedly possessing Brown sugar and other narcotic substances in Bidhannagar.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday sent Chartered Accountant Manish Kothari, close Aide of jailed TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal to ED remand for five days in connection with the West Bengal cattle smuggling case.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a fresh charge sheet against the 15th accused in West Bengal's Ekbalpore Communal violence case that pertains to clashes between two communities on October 9 last year.