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Ghaziabad family beaten up with iron rods, robbed of cash, valuables worth Rs 9 lakh

12:08 am September 24, 2020

Ghaziabad: A shop owner and his family members were tied up and thrashed with iron rods by four robbers who fled with cash and valuables worth Rs 9 lakh, police said on Wednesday. The accused barged into Sanjay Mittal’s house in Ghaziabad‘s Kavi Nagar on the intervening night of September 22 and 23, SSP Kalanidhi […]

In a first, Kolkata to get tram library

7:09 pm September 23, 2020

Kolkata: In a first of its kind, Kolkata is all set to get a tram library, a top official said on Wednesday. The specially designed tram library will have books and magazines, including those on competitive examinations such as the civil services, WBCS, GRE or GMAT in order to attract readers from various educational institutions […]

PM to inaugurate Kosi rail mega bridge in Bihar on Friday

8:02 pm September 16, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the “historic” Kosi rail mega bridge through video-conference on Friday and also inaugurate 12 rail projects related to passenger facilities in Bihar, his office said. Modi has either inaugurated or laid the foundation stone of a number of development projects in the poll-bound state in the last few days […]

Senior police officer, 2 others killed in road accident

2:12 pm September 11, 2020

Kolkata: A senior officer of West Bengal Police and two others were killed when their car hit a stranded truck in Hooghly district on Friday. Police said Commanding Officer of 12th Battalion of State Armed Police, Debasree Chatterjee died after her vehicle hit a stranded truck from behind at Dadpur in the early hours of […]

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21 boys from Bihar rescued from traffickers in Kolkata

7:09 pm September 7, 2020

Kolkata: Twenty-one minor boys hailing from Bihar were rescued from a moving bus in central Kolkata‘s Babughat area on Monday when the entire West Bengal is under lockdown, a police officer said. Three persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in trafficking of the boys, he said. “These boys were being trafficked from Bihar’s Samastipur […]