Bengal: After Calcutta HC's Sec 144 order, police vacate TET stir venue at midnight
Kolkata/IBNS: Teachers Eligibility Test (TET)-qualified candidates, who were on hunger strike, were driven away from the protest venue in Kolkata's Salt Lake area by police after the Calcutta High Court ordered Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the site.
Mamata Banerjee's image among ‘famous Bengali legends’ triggers row on social media
Kolkata, Mar 8 (IBNS): A street side banner in Kolkata's IT hub in Salt Lake showcasing 'famous Bengali legends' which included images of freedom struggle hero Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore has triggered a storm in the social media because of the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the "hall of fame" along with the greats.
Kolkata: Salt Lake coffee shop looted at gunpoint in broad daylight
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IBNS): 'Unidentified' miscreants robbed an outlet of a renowned Indian cafe chain at gunpoint in Kolkata's satellite city Salt Lake on Monday morning, reports said.
WB CID busts sleaze racket near Kolkata, 6 arrested
Kolkata, Jun 15 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, a team of West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday night carried out raid at a hotel in Salt Lake Sector II area and busted a sleaze racket, officials said.
Kolkata: Girl goes missing from Salt Lake, family claims abduction, rescued later
Kolkata, Apr 1 (IBNS): Nearly 16 hours after a 17-year-old girl went untraceable from Kolkata's Salt Lake area, police rescued her from Rajarhat New Town, reports said.
West Bengal: JMB operative nabbed from Malda's Indo-Bangladesh border
Kolkata/Malda, Jan 7 (IBNS): Acting on a tip off, Border Security Force (BSF)'s intelligence unit on Friday midnight arrested the kingpin of a FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) trafficking racket Ripon Sheikh alias Lion alias Ripon, who also has links with Bangladesh's militant group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Sabdalpur village under Baishnabnagar Police Station limits in West Bengal's Malda district, officials said.