Woman chops off man’s genitals in loan row
Angry over being asked to repay a loan, a woman in Bihar has chopped off the private parts of a man who had lent her the money, the police said on Sunday.
Cop suspended in CPM killings
Within two days of the Calcutta high court expressing its shock at the non-submission of the post-mortem reports of former CPI(M) MLA Pradip Tah and party leader Kamal Gayen, a sub-inspector (SI) of t
Cops raid Maoist Bengal hideout
Arrested Maoist functionary from Andhra Pradesh Sadanala Ramakrishna was staying in West Bengal for the last seven months under a fake name, the STF of the Kolkata police learnt after interrogating hi
JD-U slams Cong on NCTC impasse
Riding high on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s opposition to the formation of NCTC and similar resistance from some other states, the JD(U) on Sunday mounted scathing criticism on the Congress and
Respite for officials ahead of counting
After conducting one of the biggest Assembly poll exercises in India — an election spread across seven phases over a month with 12.73 crore voters casting their ballots for Uttar Pradesh’s 403 Assembl
Time for prayer, parleys, parlour
After the polls, it is time for prayers, parlours and parleys.
Mamata gets it wrong, 2 held
The police arrested two persons in connection with the rape of a woman after dragging her out of a train near Katwa in Burdwan district, puncturing holes in chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the entire incident was “fabricated” to defame her government.
‘Industrialists have to return excess land’
The West Bengal government has started the process to take back the excess land from the industrialists.
GTA in 10-12 days: Mamata
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday assured the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) would come into force in 10 to 12 days.
Mamata nephew held for ‘assault’
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Akash Banerjee, 21, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting an on-duty traffic police officer in the Kidderpore area of Kolkata. Special police commissioner Sivaji Ghosh claimed the arrest was made on the “instructions of the chief minister”.