Adequate police personnel led by senior IPS officers have been deployed in Sagar Island and approaching roads from Kolkata, she said.

According to police sources, Biswas, a resident of Nachnapara Mullickkhali village in Patharghata, Barisal district, Bangladesh, had crossed the India-Bangladesh border a few days ago.

Taxi unions urged the transport department for a viable revival package for the yellow taxis, which are an integral part of Kolkata’s heritage.

A petition was filed in the Calcutta High Court in 2024, by Rehana Sultana, a resident of Chanchal, who contested the Gram Panchayat elections in 2022.

He accused CM Banerjee's government of framing false charges against women in the area for protesting against the alleged misdeeds by local Trinamool Congress leaders.

TMC reacted saying, "The allegations against the state government are baseless. The state government has provided all possible help to the BSF and other central agencies."

The Police Commissioner said personnel are also surveilling the city's hotels and guest houses and have asked the managements to verify the backgrounds of their employees also.

At least 10 people, who were injured, were admitted to the Bardhaman medical college or a private hospital of Durgapur, officials added.

The area has been cordoned off using nylon nets, the officials said, adding that the administration has imposed prohibitory orders under section 163 of BNS in Manbazar area of Purulia.

Although Chatterjee was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the ED case, the Calcutta High Court rejected his bail plea in the case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

According to state police sources soon these drones will be used in different districts of the state.

Ghosh, a practicing lawyer at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, is also chairman of Bangladesh Minority Watch.

Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer working for Kolkata police, was arrested in connection with the crime on August 10.

On Monday, Raj Bhavan issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December 24 convocation “illegal”, and directed the varsity authorities to follow all the rules.

A majority of the accused, present in the court, said that the framing of charges could not go ahead as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) could not provide all the documents which it had relied upon.

Zeenat, brought to Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha from Tadoba – Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra on November 14 as part of a programme to strengthen the reserve’s gene pool, strayed out of the park on December 10 and entered Jharkhand forests.

Ajoy Edwards, who dissolved his Hamro Party after a suggestion from the Election Commission to change its name since it sounded similar to another party, is the convener on the new political front.

Investigators look into notes seized during his arrest from Canning, go through social media for clues.

Every year since 1996, when the Sheikh Hasina government came to power in Bangladesh, the neighbouring country has featured in every edition of the city’s book fair

As the abductors saw the police teams approaching from the front, they dropped the child on the National Highway, turned the motorbike, and tried to flee in the opposite direction.

A senior forest official pointed out that since the tigress is constantly moving it hampers the tracking process.

“Our Constitution maker Babasaheb Ambedkar's insult is unacceptable! This casteist BJP government has repeatedly attacked our democracy,” the TMC chief said.

Mitra pointed out that Bengal is now looking into shale gas, “Now we are looking into shale gas, we have it below the coal belt... Policies are happening. We are looking at a natural gas pipeline...”

They felicitated Ghosh for his efforts in standing by the rights of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.