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RG Kar tragedy: CBI to interrogate videographer recording autopsy of victim

Year Ender: Bengal's shocker RG Kar case in 2024 saw massive protests amid shoddy probe claims

2024 was an eventful year for West Bengal for several reasons, but the incident that rocked the state and the country was the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the premises

Dec 31, 2024

Bengal school job case: Prime accused Sujay Krishna Bhadra hospitalised

The process for framing of charges in the cash-for-school-job case at a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on Monday received a setback, as a prime accused in the case had to be hospitalised in the morning after he fell unconscious at the correctional home which he is housed now.

Dec 30, 2024

Bengal passport racket: Cops trying to track PDS dealers acting as roots of creating fake documents

Bengal fake passport racket: Arrested agent had plans to escape to Bangladesh

Manoj Gupta, the agent associated with a fake passport racket in West Bengal and arrested by Kolkata Police, had plans to escape to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Dec 30, 2024

Rape-murder case: Bengal court convicts two; hands death penalty to one

Bengal school job case: Special court hearing today to monitor progress of framing charges

Despite being a holiday, a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata will conduct a hearing on Thursday to monitor the progress of the formalities for framing charges in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)-registered cash-for-school job case.

Dec 26, 2024

64 pc of Kolkata's iconic taxis to be off the roads by March 2025

64 pc of Kolkata's iconic Yellow Taxis to be off the roads by March 2025

Over 64 per cent of the iconic yellow taxis in Kolkata will be off the roads by March 2025 due to the 15-year service limit imposed by the state transport department.

Dec 23, 2024

Major fire at Kolkata slum, several shanties gutted

A major fire broke out at a slum located at Topsia in eastern Kolkata on Friday, leaving several shanties totally gutted and the families residing there homeless.

Dec 20, 2024

RG Kar rape-murder: Calcutta HC gives conditional nod to protest by doctors' body in Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted conditional nod to the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an umbrella body of senior doctors, to conduct sit-in demonstration in central Kolkata to protest the default bail to two accused of tampering of evidence in the case on ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August this year.

Dec 20, 2024

RG Kar rape-murder: Victim's parents approach Calcutta HC seeking fresh probe

Parents of murdered junior doctor approach Calcutta High Court, seeking fresh investigation into case, citing lack of faith in CBI's handling of the probe.

Dec 19, 2024

Bank loan forgery cases: ED raids three locations in Bengal

Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths raided three locations in and around Kolkata on Tuesday in connection with three different bank loan forgery cases.

Dec 17, 2024

Severed head of woman recovered from litter van in Kolkata

Panic gripped people in the Gold Green area in Kolkata on Friday when they spotted the severed head of a woman on the piled garbage in a litter van.

Dec 13, 2024

B'desh delegation likely to attend Vijay Diwas celebrations in Kolkata

A Bangladeshi delegation is likely to attend Vijay Diwas celebrations in Kolkata on December 16, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Dec 12, 2024

Fake call centre racket busted in Kolkata, 19 arrested

Kolkata Police have busted a major call centre racket in the state capital after arresting 19 people, said officials on Tuesday.

Dec 10, 2024

Indian real estate registers $2.5 bn in investments in Q2

More than 3 lakh homes worth Rs 5.1 lakh crore to be sold in 2024 in India

More than 3 lakh homes worth Rs 510,000 crore across 485 million square feet are expected to be sold by the end of this year, according to a new report.

Dec 6, 2024

Youth arrested in connection with rape and murder at Bengal's Krishnanagar

Fake IDs for Bangladeshi infiltrators: Bengal cops trying to bust Nadia racket

The detectives of Kolkata and West Bengal Police are trying to track the kingpins of a major racket operating out of the India-Bangladesh bordering district of Nadia

Dec 2, 2024

Diljit shares meal pics from chartered flight, Ranveer Brar says 'paneer tagda lagda ai'

Punjabi sensation Diljit Dosanjh shared a picture of his satiating meal in his chartered flight, which caught the eye of chef Ranveer Brar, who praised the food on the table and said "paneer tagda lagda ai".

Nov 29, 2024

Fake currency notes worth Rs 3 lakh recovered in Kolkata, one held

Fake currency notes having a face value of Rs three lakh were recovered from a bus depot in Kolkata and one person was arrested in this connection.

Nov 28, 2024

RG Kar case: Victim's parents meet opposition leaders in Bengal Assembly, seek justice

The parents of the woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, who became a victim of ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises.

Nov 26, 2024

Two autopsy assistants of RG Kar arrested on extortion charges

Two autopsy assistants of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata were arrested on Monday on charges of illegally extorting money from the relatives of the victims of unnatural deaths whose bodies came to the hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.

Nov 25, 2024

Calcutta HC directs CBI to look into derogatory social media posts using RG Kar victim's photo

Calcutta HC orders interim stay on demolition of hotels in Mandarmani coastal hub

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, put an interim stay on a notification from the District Magistrate's office in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on the demolition of 140 hotels, resorts and lodges on the seaside of the popular coastal tourist hub of Mandarmani.

Nov 22, 2024

Bengal lottery scam: Lucky draws on unsold tickets, ED unearths fraud

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials probing the alleged financial fraud and money laundering through lottery tickets in West Bengal are probing three particular angles in the alleged scam.

Nov 17, 2024

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