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Tigress Zeenat, which kept officials of 3 states on toes for 20 days, tranquilised

Published on Dec 29, 2024 08:00 PM IST

Tigress Zeenat will be taken to Alipore Zoo in Kolkata where a team of veterinarians will be monitoring her health over the next few days

Tigress Zeenat was tranquilised in West Bengal’s Bankura district on Sunday afternoon.

ByHT Correspondent

Strengthen passport verification to counter rising rackets: WB Police to MEA

The West Bengal Police propose a new system where the district intelligence branch (DIB), local police stations, and senior officers will have a more significant role

West Bengal Police wrote to the ministry of external affairs on Sunday, urging an overhaul of the passport verification system (Representative photo)

Published on Dec 29, 2024 05:05 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

3 Bangladeshis, illegally staying in India, arrested while trying to cross border

Police said that the three Bangladeshis had illegally entered India around three to four months ago and went to Tamil Nadu where they were working as masons

Police said that the three Bangladeshis got panicky when some Bangladeshis were arrested from various states and wanted to leave India. (Representational image)

Updated on Dec 28, 2024 09:41 PM IST

BySreyasi Pal

Bangladeshi national living in Kolkata for a year arrested: Police

Investigations revealed that Rahman, a resident of Narail district in the Khulna division, had visited Kolkata multiple times for business over the past 10 years

An Aadhaar card and PAN card, both issued using forged documents, were seized from the accused (Representative photo)

Published on Dec 27, 2024 06:37 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

RG Kar case: Kolkata doctors meet chief secretary, demand speedy probe by CBI

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against prime accused Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar hospital.

Members of Joint Platforms of Doctors and Abhaya Mancha stage a candle protest (HT_PRINT)

Updated on Dec 27, 2024 07:03 AM IST

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52-year-old TMC worker killed in Nandigram

Police said Mahadeb Bishoi, 52, was found dead in his shop on Thursday morning. There were some injury marks on his body

BJP leader Megnad Pal said Bishoi was reported to have been killed after an altercation between two sides got out of hand. “This isn’t a political murder”. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 09:28 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Mamata Banerjee to visit Sandeshkhali on Dec 30, her first visit since protests

Sandeshkhali witnessed tensions after an Enforcement Directorate team, which went to raid Shahjahan Sheikh’s house in connection with a money-laundering case, was attacked by a mob on January 5 this year

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee

Published on Dec 26, 2024 08:33 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Kolkata doctors plan prolonged protests over RG Kar hospital rape case

JPD has proposed to continue holding a sit-in demonstration near Dorina Crossing in central Kolkata till their demands are met.

Members of Joint Platforms of Doctors and Abhaya Mancha stage a candle protest over the slow process in the investigation in the rape and murder of a young doctor of RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata on December 24. (HT Photo/Samir Jana)

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 02:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Didn’t find signs of struggle in room, says CFSL report in RG Kar hospital case

The CFSL team inspected the crime scene on August 14, a day after CBI took over the case on the direction of the Calcutta high court

Dec 18: Junior doctors and members of Abhaya Mancha stage a protest over CBI’s failure to file charge sheet against Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in rape-murder case. (ANI FILE)

Published on Dec 24, 2024 06:59 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Calcutta high court relief for NUJS vice chancellor in sexual harassment case

Under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, complaints must be filed within three months of the incident

The local complaints committee dismissed the complaint against the vice chancellor in March this year (Samir Jana/HT File Photo)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024 08:38 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

12 Bangladeshi fishermen released from Bengal jail

This comes at a time when the West Bengal government has been coordinating with the Centre to secure the release of 95 fishermen from the state who are presently lodged in Bangladesh prisons

The 12 fishermen accidentally entered Indian waters after their boat capsized.

Published on Dec 24, 2024 08:49 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Suspected Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen terrorist arrested from West Bengal

This comes days after the STF of Assam and West Bengal arrested two suspected terrorists of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Murshidabad district

A court in Kolkata granted Jammu and Kashmir police the transit remand of the suspected terrorist till December 31. (Representational image)

Published on Dec 22, 2024 09:10 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Tigress Zeenat, travelling 20-25 km every night, enters Purulia: Forest official

The three-year-old was translocated from Maharashtra to Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in November

Tigress Zeenat was brought from Maharashtra’s Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve to Similipal Tiger Reserve last month and released into the wild on November 24 (Videograb/x/susantananda3)

Published on Dec 22, 2024 03:43 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Mamata Banerjee calls for state-wide protests over Ambedkar issue on Dec 23

Mamata Banerjee said the BJP has been systematically demolishing our constitutional ethos, tearing apart the values that define our democracy and the principles that bind us as a nation

Published on Dec 21, 2024 02:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

DNA report confirms flesh & bones recovered belong to murdered Bangladeshi MP

The CID collected DNA samples from his daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, who came to Kolkata in November this year.

Bangladeshi lawmaker Md Anwarul Azim Anar (Sourced)

Updated on Dec 19, 2024 06:17 PM IST

ByJoydeep Thakur

RG Kar rape and murder case: Victim’s parents move Calcutta HC with fresh appeal

The 31-year-old trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered by Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer of Kolkata Police, on August 9 on the hospital premises.

Junior doctors and citizens take out a rally demanding justice for the RG Kar junior doctor who was raped and murdered in August. (PTI Photo)

Published on Dec 19, 2024 05:13 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

A requiem for Kolkata’s trams

Unlike Zurich and Paris, that invested in modernising their historic tramways, Kolkata’s trams were allowed to chug into oblivion

Soumitra Chatterjee on a tram in Apur Sansar (1959). (Film still)

Published on Dec 19, 2024 01:07 PM IST

ByNilosree Biswas

Kolkata Police busts fake passport racket, arrests five suspects

The syndicate has illegally issued at least 73 fake Indian passports for infiltrators, particularly Bangladeshi citizens, using fake documents, an officer said

The Kolkata Police have arrested five men allegedly involved in a fake passport racket

Published on Dec 19, 2024 12:56 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Temple politics: How Mamata’s trying to usurp BJP’s campaign ahead of 2026 polls

BJP has opposed the construction of Jagannath temple in Digha, saying state funds cannot be used for religious projects.

West Bengal chief minister (centre) Mamata Banerjee reviews the construction of the Puri-like Jagannath temple in the coastal town of Digha in Purba Medinipur district. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024 02:07 PM IST

ByJoydeep Thakur

Eden’s immortality ode to Jhulan Goswami

Kolkata's Jhulan Goswami, cricket legend, honored with a stand named after her at Eden Gardens, reflecting her remarkable 20-year international career.

Jhulan Goswami with former India captain Sourav Ganguly at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 17, 2024 09:46 PM IST

ByDhiman Sarkar

Ties with India cordial, everlasting: Muktijoddhas, Bangladesh army officers

The Indian armed forces on December 16, 1971, defeated the Pakistan Army and liberated Bangladesh, formerly ‘East Pakistan’.

Brigadier General Md. Aminur Rahman (left) and Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir of Bangladesh Army during the wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 53rd Vijay Diwas at Fort William in Kolkata on Monday. (Samir Jana/ HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 16, 2024 05:01 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Protest erupts in Kolkata after ex-RG Kar principal gets bail in rape case

Court granted bail to Sandip Ghosh and Abhijit Mondal after CBI failed to file chargesheet within 90 days in RG Kar rape and murder case

Junior doctors protest held a protest rally (ANI)

Updated on Dec 15, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Bengal woman allegedly killed by Facebook friend whom she met 5 months ago: Police

Police said that the accused, Kaushik Saha, 28, was arrested within hours from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

Police said the accused has confessed to the crime during interrogation (Representational image)

Published on Dec 14, 2024 07:34 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Ex-RG Kar principal, police officer given bail in trainee doctor rape case

The Sealdah court in Kolkata granted bail as central bureau of investigation (CBI) failed to submit the charge sheet against them within the 90-day period

Sandip Ghosh will not be released as the CBI has charged him with financial irregularities at the hospital during his tenure from 2021 to 2024 (PTI)

Published on Dec 13, 2024 06:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

IMD warns of cold wave in 7 south Bengal districts over weekend

In Kolkata, the minimum temperature dropped to 14 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, which is two degrees below the normal

Updated on Dec 13, 2024 04:19 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘Can’t selectively take up probes’: Calcutta HC seeks CBI report on forgery case

Lawyer Debasish Saha said CBI stopped the probe earlier this year saying it does not have the West Bengal government’s consent to probe crimes

Published on Dec 12, 2024 10:15 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Centre must ensure safe return of people: Mamata on Bangladesh turmoil

Banerjee is on a two-day visit to Digha where the state government is building a temple dedicated to Lord Jagannath

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concerns over the prevailing tense situation in Bangladesh (PTI)

Published on Dec 11, 2024 07:50 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Bengal CID collects DNA samples of murdered Awami League MP’s daughter

The three-time Awami League MP had come to West Bengal on May 12 this year and had gone missing the next day

Bangladeshi lawmaker Md Anwarul Azim Anar was allegedly murdered in a flat in New Town near Kolkata on May 13. (File)

Published on Dec 10, 2024 07:27 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Vigil tightened in Bengal to detect escaped ‘terrorists’ in Bangladesh

Authorities in Bangladesh last week confirmed that 700 of the 2,200 inmates who broke out of five prisons in August were still on the run

The Border Security Force has been on an alert, an official said (FILE/PTI/Reuters Photos)

Published on Dec 09, 2024 10:11 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Three killed in explosion while making crude bombs in Bengal village

Three men died in a bomb explosion while allegedly manufacturing explosives in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The deceased had prior drug-related arrests.

Three people were killed on Sunday night in an explosion in Sagarpara (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 09, 2024 11:37 AM IST

BySreyashi Pal

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Tigress Zeenat will be taken to Alipore Zoo in Kolkata where a team of veterinarians will be monitoring her health over the next few days

The West Bengal Police propose a new system where the district intelligence branch (DIB), local police stations, and senior officers will have a more significant role

Police said that the three Bangladeshis had illegally entered India around three to four months ago and went to Tamil Nadu where they were working as masons

Investigations revealed that Rahman, a resident of Narail district in the Khulna division, had visited Kolkata multiple times for business over the past 10 years

The CBI has filed a chargesheet against prime accused Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at RG Kar hospital.

Police said Mahadeb Bishoi, 52, was found dead in his shop on Thursday morning. There were some injury marks on his body

Sandeshkhali witnessed tensions after an Enforcement Directorate team, which went to raid Shahjahan Sheikh’s house in connection with a money-laundering case, was attacked by a mob on January 5 this year

JPD has proposed to continue holding a sit-in demonstration near Dorina Crossing in central Kolkata till their demands are met.

The CFSL team inspected the crime scene on August 14, a day after CBI took over the case on the direction of the Calcutta high court

Under the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, complaints must be filed within three months of the incident

This comes at a time when the West Bengal government has been coordinating with the Centre to secure the release of 95 fishermen from the state who are presently lodged in Bangladesh prisons

This comes days after the STF of Assam and West Bengal arrested two suspected terrorists of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Murshidabad district

The three-year-old was translocated from Maharashtra to Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in November

Mamata Banerjee said the BJP has been systematically demolishing our constitutional ethos, tearing apart the values that define our democracy and the principles that bind us as a nation

The CID collected DNA samples from his daughter, Mumtarin Ferdous Doreen, who came to Kolkata in November this year.

The 31-year-old trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered by Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer of Kolkata Police, on August 9 on the hospital premises.

Unlike Zurich and Paris, that invested in modernising their historic tramways, Kolkata’s trams were allowed to chug into oblivion

The syndicate has illegally issued at least 73 fake Indian passports for infiltrators, particularly Bangladeshi citizens, using fake documents, an officer said

BJP has opposed the construction of Jagannath temple in Digha, saying state funds cannot be used for religious projects.

Kolkata's Jhulan Goswami, cricket legend, honored with a stand named after her at Eden Gardens, reflecting her remarkable 20-year international career.

The Indian armed forces on December 16, 1971, defeated the Pakistan Army and liberated Bangladesh, formerly ‘East Pakistan’.

Court granted bail to Sandip Ghosh and Abhijit Mondal after CBI failed to file chargesheet within 90 days in RG Kar rape and murder case

Police said that the accused, Kaushik Saha, 28, was arrested within hours from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

The Sealdah court in Kolkata granted bail as central bureau of investigation (CBI) failed to submit the charge sheet against them within the 90-day period

In Kolkata, the minimum temperature dropped to 14 degrees Celsius on Friday morning, which is two degrees below the normal

Lawyer Debasish Saha said CBI stopped the probe earlier this year saying it does not have the West Bengal government’s consent to probe crimes

Banerjee is on a two-day visit to Digha where the state government is building a temple dedicated to Lord Jagannath

The three-time Awami League MP had come to West Bengal on May 12 this year and had gone missing the next day

Authorities in Bangladesh last week confirmed that 700 of the 2,200 inmates who broke out of five prisons in August were still on the run

Three men died in a bomb explosion while allegedly manufacturing explosives in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The deceased had prior drug-related arrests.

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