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14-year-old Bengal girl killed, body buried in paddy field; 2 arrested
Published on Jan 22, 2025 07:48 PM IST
Police said the girl was reported missing on January 9 and her body was found buried in a paddy field at a stone’s throw from her house
RG Kar: CBI, Bengal govt lock horns over right to challenge trial court order
Both CBI and the West Bengal government want the sentence to the RG Kar case convict to be upgraded to death, but the argument is driven by procedural reasons -- as well as political ones
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 07:11 PM IST
Analysis of samples collected from Kolkata doctor’s body also found woman DNA
A Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) report said the female DNA was found in a “very poor percentage” raising doubts on whether another woman was involved
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 12:08 PM IST
‘If this is not rarest of rare crime, which one is?’ asks RG Kar victim’s family
The RG Kar victim’s family refused to accept the compensation awarded to them by the court, saying that they wanted justice, not compensation
Published on Jan 20, 2025 10:41 PM IST
Expected death sentence, says Mamata Banerjee on RG Kar Hospital verdict
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that the convict would have been sentenced to death a long time ago if the case had stayed with the Kolkata police
Published on Jan 20, 2025 07:12 PM IST
RG Kar case: Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment in rape, murder of doctor
Roy was declared guilty by the court on Saturday under Sections 66 (rape), 64 (causing injury resulting in death) and 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
Published on Jan 20, 2025 03:18 PM IST
RG Kar rape and murder: Kolkata court to pronounce quantum of punishment today
A 31-year-old trainee doctor of RG Kar Hospital was raped and murdered in the early hours of August 9 while she was asleep after a long day at work inside the seminar room.
Published on Jan 20, 2025 09:33 AM IST
Actor Saif Ali Khan attack: Row in Bengal after arrest of suspected Bangladeshi
BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said that INDIA bloc parties that exploit illegal immigrants as vote banks should apologise
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 07:27 PM IST
RG Kar suspect held guilty of rape, murder
A Kolkata court on Saturday held the main accused in the RG Kar Hospital case guilty of raping and murdering a doctor at the facility last year, in a gruesome crime that sparked nationwide outrage, protests, and strikes by medical practitioners
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 05:24 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
RG Kar verdict: What went inside court room where Sanjoy Roy was held guilty
Sanjoy Roy, who was standing in the witness box on the right side of court room facing the judge, pleaded innocence and maintained that he was being framed.
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 10:45 PM IST
RG Kar verdict proves Kolkata Police carried out proper investigation: TMC
The parents and colleagues of the victim, however, stuck to their charges of a bigger conspiracy and refused to see Roy as the sole perpetrator.
Published on Jan 18, 2025 09:05 PM IST
TMC worker killed, two injured in Malda; prime suspect Zakir Sheikh arrested
Motorcycle-borne assailants attacked the three during a road inauguration ceremony in Malda district’s Kaliachak
Published on Jan 18, 2025 12:14 PM IST
Tensions simmer at Bengal’s border as India, B’desh spar over frontier fencing
Tensions rise at the Indo-Bangla border as BSF's fence construction faces objections from BGB, with villagers supporting BSF
Updated on Jan 16, 2025 05:54 AM IST
Joydeep Thakur, Sabdalpur
Bengal TMC worker murder: 1 arrested; search on for prime accused
A worker of ruling TMC was killed while two others were injured when they were attacked at a road inauguration ceremony at Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday
Published on Jan 15, 2025 08:18 PM IST
Jyoti Priya Mallick, former WB minister, granted bail in ration distribution scam
Jyotipriya Mallick, who served as the state food minister from 2011 to 2021, was arrested on October 27, 2023
Published on Jan 15, 2025 06:17 PM IST
West Bengal: 5 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants arrested from outskirts of Kolkata
The men came from Kustia and Barisal districts of Bangladesh and were helped by an agent to find a house in West Bengal.
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 04:42 PM IST
21-year-old engineering student found dead at IIT Kharagpur hostel
Although it appeared that the student died by suicide, an investigation has been ordered by the West Midnapore district police
Published on Jan 12, 2025 08:40 PM IST
TMC inducts Kerala MLA PV Anvar who attacks CPM and Pinarayi Vijayan
PV Anvar quit the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front last year after differences with the CPM leadership and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 09:43 PM IST
Stripped, tied up, and beaten, says Indian fisherman released by Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Thursday strongly denied allegations of assault, describing the claims as “baseless and fabricated”
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 09:55 PM IST
Kolkata court to deliver verdict in RG Kar hospital rape and murder case on Jan 18
Sanjay Roy, who was earlier a civic volunteer with the Kolkata police, is the prime accused in the rape and murder case
Published on Jan 09, 2025 08:34 PM IST
Malda Trinamool leader among 2 arrested in party leader murder case: Police
Dulal Sarkar (61), a former chairman of the Malda municipality and a businessman, was shot dead on January 2 by four motorcycle-borne assailants inside his factory
Updated on Jan 08, 2025 01:11 PM IST
ED frames charges against ex-TMC minister, 53 others in Bengal job scam
The accused include former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, his aide Arpita Mukherjee, ex-state primary education board president and legislator Manik Bhattacharya and 51 others
Published on Jan 07, 2025 05:44 PM IST
Indian fishermen were tied up, beaten in Bangladesh jail: Mamata Banerjee
All the 95 fishermen from South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, who were arrested in Bangladesh in October and November 2024, reached Sagar Island in the eastern state, on Monday, a day after they were released and handed over to the Indian Coast Guard
Published on Jan 06, 2025 06:52 PM IST
More police personnel under scanner in Bengal passport racket probe
The probe so far indicates that around 150 passports were issued on the basis of fake Indian identity documents, an official said
Published on Jan 06, 2025 05:39 PM IST
Congress still paying price for expelling Mamata Banerjee: Ex- Bengal PCC chief
Former West Bengal Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya recalled that he was returning to Kolkata from his constituency when the then state Congress chief Somen Mitra called him up and said he had been asked to expel Mamata Banerjee
Published on Jan 05, 2025 09:28 PM IST
Bengal BJP’s membership drive sees 60% shortfall in 10-million target
The BJP’s membership drive, which was supposed to end on November 30, was earlier extended by a month. It has now been extended till January 10
Updated on Jan 05, 2025 07:04 PM IST
20-year-old Bangladeshi woman arrested in Kolkata for illegally entering India
The woman claimed that she is a Hindu and her name is Baby Biswas. However, she had no document to prove her identity
Published on Jan 05, 2025 07:54 PM IST
Heated altercation between Bengal minister, BJP MP over ‘rash driving’
The incident happened on the busy Vidyasagar Bridge, popularly called the Second Hooghly Bridge, connecting Kolkata and Howrah late on Friday night and a video of the incident surfaced online
Published on Jan 05, 2025 07:37 PM IST
Retired Kolkata cop arrested for involvement in fake passport racket in West Bengal
Preliminary investigations revealed that Hai verified more than 50 passports, which were later found to be fake
Published on Jan 04, 2025 05:34 PM IST
Police arrest three suspects in TMC leader Dulal Sarkar’s murder case
Dulal Sarkar (61), a former chairman of the Malda municipality and a businessman, was shot dead on Thursday by four motorcycle-borne assailants inside his factory
Published on Jan 03, 2025 07:29 PM IST