North 24 Parganas District

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

Trinamool Congress activists intercepted the car of West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday while he was on way to Minakha village in North 24 Parganas district, police sources said.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the immediate removal of the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district just three days before polling in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.

The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state's Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said on Friday.

A court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Shajahan Sheikh by eight days.

On Wednesday, the same day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally at Barasat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for a huge rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 10.

The West Bengal CID on Thursday took over the investigation of cases lodged against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who was arrested from Minakah in North 24 Parganas district, a senior official said.

The West Bengal Police arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said on Monday.

Six members of an independent fact-finding committee were stopped by police as they were proceeding to the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged incidents of atrocities on women.

Protests erupted again on Friday in Bengal's Sandeshkhali island in North 24 Parganas district, soon after cops detained a young man in the area.

Sandeshkhali protests: PM Modi will be in West Bengal on March 1 and 2 as part of his official programme and is expected to address a women's rally on March 6 in the North 24 Parganas district, where restive Sandeshkhali is locate

Till a few months ago, Sandeshkhali island in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district was just a dot on the map. But over the past few months, this nondescript island has made national headlines

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday visited the troubled pockets of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district and spoke to women who alleged sexual harassment and torture by missing Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh and his associates.

Concerned with the present situation in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Governor CV Ananda Bose has decided to cut short his Kerala trip and return to the state to visit the "troubled spot" on Monday morning, an official sa

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said that the present situation in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district is the "worst that could happen in a civilised society" and called upon the state government to take effective action, seeking a report

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested a doctor in Hasnabad in North 24 Parganas district on charges of raping a female patient after injecting her with a tranquillizing serum.

Trinamool Congress activists intercepted the car of West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday while he was on way to Minakha village in North 24 Parganas district, police sources said.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the immediate removal of the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district just three days before polling in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.

The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state's Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said on Friday.

A court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday extended the CBI custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Shajahan Sheikh by eight days.

On Wednesday, the same day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally at Barasat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for a huge rally at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on March 10.

The West Bengal CID on Thursday took over the investigation of cases lodged against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who was arrested from Minakah in North 24 Parganas district, a senior official said.

The West Bengal Police arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said on Monday.

Six members of an independent fact-finding committee were stopped by police as they were proceeding to the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged incidents of atrocities on women.

Protests erupted again on Friday in Bengal's Sandeshkhali island in North 24 Parganas district, soon after cops detained a young man in the area.

Sandeshkhali protests: PM Modi will be in West Bengal on March 1 and 2 as part of his official programme and is expected to address a women's rally on March 6 in the North 24 Parganas district, where restive Sandeshkhali is locate

Till a few months ago, Sandeshkhali island in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district was just a dot on the map. But over the past few months, this nondescript island has made national headlines

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday visited the troubled pockets of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district and spoke to women who alleged sexual harassment and torture by missing Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh and his associates.

Concerned with the present situation in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Governor CV Ananda Bose has decided to cut short his Kerala trip and return to the state to visit the "troubled spot" on Monday morning, an official sa

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said that the present situation in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district is the "worst that could happen in a civilised society" and called upon the state government to take effective action, seeking a report