Security personnel try to control the situation after violent protests by locals over the death of a minor girl, in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. | Photo Credit: PTI A 20-year-old man was arrested on April 22 in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday submitted a preliminary report to the Calcutta High Court on its probe into last month’s deadly violence at Rampurhat in West Bengal. Also on Thursday, the central agency arrested four people from Mumbai for their alleged involvement in the case. They had allegedly fled Rampurhat after the violence, … Read more
Two newly-elected councillors, including a Congress councillor from Purulia’s Jhalda, have been shot dead at point blank range, ahead of the formation of the municipal civic boards. Elections were held to 108 civic bodies across the state recently in which the Trinamool Congress had recorded a landslide victory. The alleged murders have created a furore … Read more