West Bengal

BSF seizes 100kg of Hilsa fish being smuggled into India

8:06 pm September 24, 2020

Kolkata: Border Security Force has seized 100 kg of ‘Hilsa’ fish while the consignment was allegedly being smuggled from Bangladesh into India through Petrapole integrated checkpost in West Bengal, a BSF officer said on Thursday. During routine checking at the integrated checkpost in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, BSF personnel found six bags containing […]

Cop arrested for misbehaving with transgender activist

11:46 pm September 22, 2020

Kolkata: A Kolkata Police personnel was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly harassing a transgender activist and roughing up her car driver. The activist, who is a member of the West Bengal Transgender Welfare Board, in her complaint with Bowbazar police station, said that the accused misbehaved with her and two of her friends on Monday […]

Court sends six Al-Qaeda members to NIA custody

8:42 pm September 22, 2020

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sent six alleged Al-Qaeda members, arrested recently from West Bengal and Kerala, to four-day NIA custody, the court sources said. Special Judge Praveen Singh handed over the accused to NIA for custodial interrogation after they were produced before the court in an in-chamber proceeding. Three other suspects of […]

More people in WB working for al-Qaeda : NIA

7:52 pm September 21, 2020

Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has arrested six al-Qaeda terrorists from Murshidabad district of West Bengal, has found that more people in the state are working for the terror outfit, an official of the investigating agency said. On interrogating the six arrested from Murshidabad on Saturday, the NIA sleuths have unearthed the identities […]

COVID-19: India’s single-day recoveries surpass fresh cases as 94,612 people recuperate

12:43 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: India’s single-day recoveries surpassed the number of new infections for the second consecutive day on Sunday, with 94,612 people having recuperated from COVID-19, even as the total caseload sprinted past 54 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. A total of 94,612 people recovered from coronavirus in a span of 24 hours, […]