West Bengal - Page 218

Her tormentor, a former home guard, has been booked under POCSO Act (Photo: Pixabay)

3-year-old girl dies after being pierced with needles for black magic

The Purulia-based girl had undergone a surgery and doctors extracted seven needles from her body.

30 July 2017 6:36 PM IST

$\We are touched by the way India embraced and welcomed us despite losing but till we win a World Cup, the number nine will continue to haunt us,\ Jhulan Goswami said. (Photo: AP)$ Sports

9-run loss in ICC Women's World Cup final would continue to haunt us:...

Hosts England defeated the Mithali Raj-led India in the final at Lord's.

30 July 2017 11:00 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly was questioned in connection with the Jalpaiguri child trafficking case. (Photo: PTI)

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West Bengal BJP MP Roopa Ganguly quizzed in child trafficking case by...

The state CID had also summoned BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and two other leaders for...

30 July 2017 2:23 AM IST

Rose Valley allegedly cheated thousands of investors in West Bengal and Odisha.

Business

Rose Valley chit fund scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 293 crore

Total attachment by Enforcement Directorate in this case stands at Rs 1,950 crore.

29 July 2017 6:18 PM IST

The protesters turned violent and set afire some vehicles parked nearby. (Photo: PTI | File)

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Darjeeling unrest: Clashes break out between GJM supporters, police

Pro-Gorkhaland supporters forcibly tried to enter Siliguri with the demand that Siliguri be included in the proposed...

29 July 2017 3:40 PM IST

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CID visits BJP MP Roopa Ganguly's house to question her in child...

The CID had unearthed a child trafficking racket early this year in which babies and children were sold.

29 July 2017 2:49 PM IST

A 35-year-old cinema stunt artiste was arrested by the police for allegedly murdering the husband of his sister-in-law in Mahabalipuram. (Representational image)

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Kashmiri youth detained in Kolkata for 'anti-national' posts on...

According to the police, the accused's posts started appearing after India lost to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy...

28 July 2017 11:46 AM IST

Over 2 lakh traders have enrolled into the GST network but there are many who still have to finish the formalities.

Business

GST will boost organised security biz, says SIS CEO

Company says it will be first such company to go public on July 31.

27 July 2017 6:17 PM IST

The two-day Indo-Bangla Coast Guard Table Top exercise is underway and will take the participants through a dummy mass rescue operation in the sea. (Photo: DC)

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Security concern over low use of transponders in fishing boats from...

ICG Inspector General of NE Region said the Bay of Bengal is a hotspot of maritime trade and ships of both India and...

25 July 2017 6:56 PM IST

A portion of the almost century-old building at 10 Mirror Street under Taltala police station limits in Kolkata collapsed at around 12.45 pm on Tuesday. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

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2 dead as century-old building collapses in Kolkata

Police officer said an extensive search has been carried out and no more people are trapped inside.

25 July 2017 2:34 PM IST

Calcutta High Court Judge C.S. Karnan. (Photo: PTI)

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Jailed ex-HC judge CS Karnan first at new Prez's door for mercy

Lawyer of CS Karnan said the final draft of the petition to the new President was prepared on Monday.

25 July 2017 1:24 PM IST

Javadekar was replying to a question on the West Bengal education ministers recent complaint that in 2017, the students appearing for NEET in vernacular languages had faced tougher questions than the ones set in English and Hindi. (Photo: PTI)

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NEET question paper will be same for all languages: Prakash Javadekar

About 'one nation one test' in engineering, Javadekar said that a call is yet to be taken as the issue is still being...

23 July 2017 1:14 PM IST