Animal skins seized from Kasba

July 26, Kolkata: Police seized eight stuffed animal head and four skins from a residence at Kasba in South 24 Pargans today.
The skins were of a tiger, a lion, a deer and a bear. Forest department official however, said the family from whose house these items were seized had permission to keep them. No one has been arrested in this connection. However, as the items were seized, the department would check documents.
Police handed over those skins and head to forest officials.

6 CPI (Maoist) supporters killed in encounter

26 July, Kolkata: Six CPI-Maoist supporters, including a woman cadre, and a CoBRA jawan were killed today in an encounter with the paramilitary force at Metala forest near Goaltore in West Midnapore.
Acting on a tip off a joint-team of the Cobra jawans went into the forests last night, a police official said.Police recovered 12 fire arms including SLRs and INSAS rifles from the spot. The jawan has been identified as Ashish Tiwari. Police suspect the slain supporters of the CPI-Maoist were the squad members of Sidhu Soren group. Earlier police began a hunt to arrest Soren, a senior Naxal leader. Police are yet to asertain whether Soren was at the spot during the

encounter.

Four killed in MIG crash near Jalpaiguri

25 July, Kolkata: Four persons including a 4-year-old child were killed after a MIG 27 fighter crash near Jalpaiguri district on Sunday. The black box of the fighter jet was recovered by police.
Police said the MiG-27 had taken off from the Hashimara Air Base and crashed within minutes in Bhotputti village. A farmer Bholen Roy was also killed following the crash. Ranjit Roy (25) died at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri this evening while teenager Purnima Rai and ten-year old Latika Roy succumbed to their burn injuries last evening. Condition of three of the 12 injured is critical, he said.

Legal awarness seminar at Katwa

21 July, Kolkata: Asian Human Rights Society (AHRS) organised a seminar on “Legal Awareness and Human Rights” at Rabindra Bhawan in Katwa in Burdwan district on 17 July. Abdul Gani, justice of Calcutta High Court was the chief speaker of the seminar.
Abdul Gani, justice of the Calcutta High Court said all the members of the National and State Legal Services Authorities should participate in the legal awareness seminars to aware people about the legal rights. He also emphasized that district judges, SDO, DM should participate in the legal awareness seminars to help people to know more about their legal rights. He also encouraged the NGOs those are organising the legal awareness seminars and asked them to organise such seminars in remote villages.
Atanu Roy, additional district judge and chairman of the Katwa subdivision Legal Services Authorities said that speakers should deliver their speech on human rights also. He explained the human rights and its historical aspects.
Kazi Sadik Hossain, all India general secretary of AHRS said government should set up human rights courts immediately to solve the human right violation cases.
Kundan Halder, human rights activist said State Human Rights Commission should act immediately to help the domestic violence victim for getting justice.
Parimal Das, vice president of the AHRS said they conferred 2010-Sarbottam Manabadhikar Mahajodha award to Debasish Garai, vice president of Katwa branch of AHRS, 2009- Bardhaman Jela Manabadhikar Mahajodha award to Soumitra Pandit and Paschimbanga Sarbottam Manabadhikar Mahajodha award to Dr Ujjal Kanti Sarkar.

63 died in rail accident

19 July, Kolkata: At least 63 people were killed and over 100 passengers injured when Uttarbanga Express, collided with the Ranchi-bound Vananchal Express at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district of West Bengal.
Driver M C Dey and assistant driver N K Mandal of the Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express, which collided with the Ranchi-bound Vananchal Express, were among the dead in the accident for which railways are not ruling out sabotage as the cause.
A Mukherjee , the guard of the Vananchal Express also died in the mishap.
The accident occurred at 2:00 am when the New Coochbehar-Sealdah Uttarbanga Express came on the same track and rammed into the Bhagalpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express which was to leav platform number four at Sainthia station.
A senior railway official did not rule out sabotage, which Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee hinted this morning when she said "we have doubts about the cause of the accident, the second in West Bengal in two months".

ISKON will take folding rath

5 July, Kolkata: Folding chariot of the ISKON will be taken through the street of Siliguri by the devotees to avoid any obstacle from overhead wire. Rathyatra will be celebrated on 13 July.
Ten feet chariot out of 25 feet is folding so peak of the rath would not hit any overhead wire. The ISKON authorities have also decided not to take three chariots as the road space is very narrow. Lord Jagannatha, Balaram and Subhadra will travel in the same rath, it was learnt. ISKON will also distribute prasad in paper made packet instead of plastic bag in view of the banning of the plastic bag in the Siliguri. ISKON has been celebrating the rathyatra through 20 years and last year the organization distributed 20,000 packets and this year they will distribute 30,000 packets among the devotees.

Bandh peaceful, train service affected

5 July, Kolkata: Life in West Bengal was disrupted on Monday with Left Front, BJP and SUCI enforcing a nationwide bandh against the increase in fuel prices.
All the schools, colleges and officers were shut across the state and flights were cancelled. Supporters of bandh squatted on the railway tracks in several places as result train services of Eastern railway and South Eastern Railway was disrupted.
Due to obstructions staged by Bandh supporters at several stations on both Howrah and Sealdah divisions of Eastern Railway since early morning today, both long distance and suburban train services have been disrupted. In a few stations like Rampurhat, Shantipur, Lalgola obstructions were made much earlier than even the actual Bandh call at 6.00 a.m.
Obstructions were made at Rampurhat, Nalhati, Bolpur, Murarai, Ahmedpur, Porabazar, Gobra, Dankuni, Kamarkundu, Jhapandanga, Rishra, Bhadreswar, Baidyabati, Haripal, Bahirkhand, Nalikul, Rasulpur, Khanyan, Pundooah, Barddhaman, Talit, Guptipara, Purbasthali, Katwa, Bhagnapara, Salar, Patuli, Tenya, Azimganj, Bazarsau, Dumurdaha.
Obstructions were made at Shantipur, Lalgola, Palassey, Ranaghat, Payradanga, Kanchrapara, Naihati, Gede, Aranghata, Dum Dum Jn., Bangaon, Guma, Birati, Sonarpur, Nangi, Diamond Harbour, Ballygunj.
Train service also was disrupted in Malda and Asansole division. Long distance trains were stranded in several stations.
Buses, Taxis and auto rickshaws remained off in city.

Chota Rajan gang member shot dead near Nepal border

3 July, Kolkata: A gang of unidentified assailants shot at the members of Rabi Pujari, member of Chota Rajan gang. The incident took place when two of his members Sunil Pandey and Manoj Singh were going on a car at Kakkar Vita near Nepal yesterday evening. It is learnt one of them was severely injured and another died in the incident.
Sunil and Manoj were going in a black colour Scorpio car to meet Sunil’s lover Sandhya Tamang. On the way, the assailants came near Chaarali Camp. Earlier the rival group members of Rabi were following them in a maroon colour Qualis. Soon they overtook the car of Sunil and forced the car to halt. Soon the gang members started firing indiscriminately before Sunil and Manoj came out from the car. Sunil was killed at the spot while his associate Manoj was severely injured. It was learnt the body of the deceased and the injured person were taken away by the assailants.

Fake Castrol 4 T container seized

3 July, Kolkata: A police team and member of Enforces of Intellectual Property Rights (EIPR), a private investigating agency, have recovered huge fake items from a shop on Nil Madhav Sen Lane near Jorasanko today. Police also lodged a FIR against M Sahid in this connection.
Police said Sahid and his associates used to make fake Castrol Active 4 T and CRBplus container, Adhesive tape of Castrol.

Mamata asks civic body to rename roads in Salt Lake

2 July, KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that there is a need to name the road of the Salt Lake as people will find out the place easily. She was addressing a rally in Salt Lake. She said that when anybody to go to any place, the water tanks are given as landmarks which is very ridiculous also. She emphasized that the 52 blocks of the township have to be properly identified and named. She would ask the municipality to seek expert opinion regarding this issue. She pointed out that the civic authorities can work out a plan to install statues of achievers near the water tanks.

Birbhum SP transferred

July 2, KOLKATA: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday ordered the transfer of Birbhum superintendent of police Rabindranath Mukherjee, few day after the Nanoor violence. However home secretary Samar Ghosh said that the SP’s transfer had no connection with the Nanoor incident.
He said that the proposal for transfer of the Birbhum SP was already decided adding that some other transfers are also being made. Humayun Kabir will be the new SP of Birbhum while Mukherjee is being posted as Howrah SRP.
Earlier RSP's Bolpur MLA, Tapan Hore, criticized police for its alleged inaction.
He said the situation in Nanoor had turned very critical and in many parts of Birbhum, anti-socials are trying to create disturbance.

Student arrested by CID for sending threat mail

July 2, KOLKATA: Rakesh Singh, a student of the Heritage School, was held from his residence at Bangur near Lake Town in North 24 Parganas for sending a email two days ago. A CID officer said that Singh send the mail to the principal threatening to blow off the school building. The CID, after being informed by the school authority about the e- mail, conducted an investigation and found that the mail was sent by Singh. The student will be interrogated in presence of his guardian.

Monk held for molestation

July 2, KOLKATA: A monk was arrested on charges of molesting a minor girl at Pandu near Ghoghat in Hooghly district on Wednesday. Police said Giri Dhari Maharaj alias Balaram Hazra, was arrested from his ashram in the evening. The mother of the girl came to meet the monk for her daughter’s treatment. Mother told the monk that her daughter’s behavior was abnormal for some days and she thought her girl was possessed. Monk told the woman to wait outside and he entered into a room with the girl and locked up the room. After fifteen minutes later the girl screamed and shouted for help. Mother raised an alarm and other people rushed to the spot. Door was broken by the local people and girl was rescued. Girl told her mother that monk tried to rape her. Giri Dhari Maharaj was beaten up and handed to police. He was produced before subdivision court of Arambag, and was remanded in jail custody for 14 days. Police said Giri Dhari few days ago set up his ashram near a jungle and many followers used to staying with him at that place.