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Howrah shooting: main suspects at large 24 hours after chilling murder; 9 arrested

February 26, 2026 4:40 pm

Rohit Hossain and Harun Khan allegedly shot a real estate developer, Soufik Khan, at point-blank range on a busy street in Howrah on Wednesday.

Calcutta HC ends protection for BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from police action without court permit; SIT to probe five cases against him

October 24, 2025 2:34 pm

The court dismissed 15 other cases against the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly

Police ‘rule out foul play’ for death of R G Kar rape convict Sanjoy Roy’s 11-year-old niece

October 22, 2025 1:08 pm

The post-mortem stated that the death was due to suicide by hanging. Residents alleged abuse by the victim’s father and stepmother; both are being questioned by police

Bengal bucks India’s cyber crime spike, with a steady three-year decline — lower than smaller states

October 08, 2025 2:54 pm

National Crime Records Bureau data shows cyber crimes fell from 513 in 2021 to 309 two years later in the state

TMC MLA tells state leadership that a ‘car attacked her to murder her’ in English Bazar

February 03, 2025 10:01 pm

It is alleged that a car coming near Dharampur in the English Bazar police station area of Maldah started “chasing” Manik chowk MLA Sabitri Mitra’s car. A police investigation is on.

UPSC YearEnder 2024- 12 Issues in news in 2024

Deepfakes, India-Canada stand-off: Top 12 issues that made headlines in 2024

January 16, 2025 1:57 pm

As we have entered into 2025, let's recall issues that kept our current affairs notes dynamic in 2024.

Kolkata rape-murder case: IMA suspends membership of ex-RG Kar principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, cites lack of empathy in handling rape-murder incident

August 29, 2024 9:27 am

In a letter sent to Ghosh, the IMA cited allegations of “lack of empathy and sensitivity in handling the (rape-murder) issue”, and said there was a demand from its Bengal unit and other associations to take action against him for “bringing disrepute” to the entire medical fraternity.

Kolkata rape murder case: CBI begins polygraph tests for former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and others

August 24, 2024 5:36 pm

A team of polygraph experts from Delhi's Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) has flown to Kolkata

RG Kar medical college and hospital Kolkata

‘Who is there to protect us?’: At Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, echoes of anger

August 22, 2024 4:11 pm

The August 9 incident has laid bare the longstanding security issues at RG Kar Hospital.

Who was Aruna Shanbaug, the Karnataka nurse whom CJI Chandrachud cited in Kolkata rape and murder case hearing

August 21, 2024 3:15 pm

Nearly 50 years ago, Aruna Shanbaug was raped and brutally assaulted by a janitor leaving her brain dead and in a persistent vegetative state until she died in 2015.