Kolkata teen is found dead, possibly raped
A teenaged girl was found murdered near her house in Howrah within hours of being reported missing on Tuesday morning. Her family alleged that she was raped before being hacked to death.
Woman raped by relative in tourist lodge
Another woman was allegedly raped in Kolkata. This time, however, the accused is a relative of the victim. The incident took place at a lodge in Bhowanipore in south Kolkata on Saturday late night.
3 of 4 charges on ju prof dropped
Failing to establish offences, the police has dropped three of the four charges against Jadavpur University (JU) professor Ambikesh Mahapatra in its chargesheet filed before the court into the cartoon
Law student complains to CM against cops
A law student from Nadial has complained to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata police commissioner Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda against officer-in-charge (OC) of Nadial police station As
Cong, TMC spar over NDA ties
The Congress and Trinamul Congress traded charges against each other on Tuesday over NDA convenor Sharad Yadav’s presence at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s protest rally against FDI at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Maoists kill 2 CRPF men in Jangalmahal
Close on the heels of a Trinamul Congress activist’s murder by suspected Maoists in Jangalmahal, two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed for the anti-Naxal operations fell prey to the rebels’ bullets after a gang of rebels raided a CRPF camp inside a dense forest and attacked the troopers.
BSF clueless on terror camps in Bangladesh
The recent US report of terror camps on the Bangladeshi soil targeting West Bengal have put the Border Security Force (BSF) in a tight spot as BSF additional director general (east) B.D.
Cops suspect terror oufit’s hand
The intelligence branch (IB) of the state police is not ruling out the hand of an extremist outfit in manufacturing the parcel bomb that killed a human rights activist-cum-part time crime reporter and injured her husband and teenaged daughter in Howrah two days ago.
Cong wants main Opp. status
The breakdown of the alliance between the Trinamul Congress and the Congress has set the stage for a new dimension in Bengal politics as the Congress is keen to stake claim as the principal Opposition
Mamata may pull out ministers tomorrow
The Trinamul Congress, UPA-2’s second-largest constituent, appears likely to ask its ministers to quit the Manmohan Singh government in protest against “anti-people” decisions like allowing 51 per cen