Debabrata Das

Locals staged a road blockade in Kasba on Wednesday night demanding stringent action against a youth for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl at Kumorpara on the 31st night.

The 54-year-old headmaster of a school in central Kolkata was arrested on Saturday for molesting three girls - two of them in kindergarten and the third in Class II.

The state government said on Tuesday it would not regularize Lord Lingaraj's encroached lands, being used or proposed to be used for commercial purpose.

An 18-year-old girl has alleged that she was molested by an 'uncle' who is a family friend and when she confided to her parents, instead of helping her out of the situation, they allegedly forced her to visit a psychiatric hospital.

The fire department on Monday suggested further changes to the fire-safety measures at Bagri Market.

It was a call to the Lalbazar control room that had put the staff on their edge.

For the second time in a week, a woman was lynched by an angry mob barely 15 minutes from the state secretariat.The reason is the same as it was at Karaya some days ago.

Over 40 shanties were reduced to ashes at Kulia Tangra slum, close to the animal slaughter house at Tangra, on Wednesday afternoon.

Police landed in a controversy on Saturday by arresting a woman for her husband's death allegedly under 'mob pressure'.

Aasu advisor Samujjal Bhattacharjya on Saturday said the re-emergence of the spirit to agitate against the influx of Bangladeshis in the indigenous people of Assam was the most strident aspect of the year.

Prof Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan on Sunday handed over charge of the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B), to his longtime colleague Prof Debabrata Das. Sadagopan led the institution for 22 years.

Four goons allegedly chased a trader from Elliot Road to Park Circus and fired at him on Saturday night.

Pronam, a joint initiative for the senior citizens of the city by The Bengal — an organization comprising eminent personalities of West Bengal — and Kolkata Police, has been the talk of the town

A day after SBI assistant general manager (mid corporate group) T K Das, along with a doctor and some others, was allegedly assaulted by a jewellery store staff following a ruckus over car parking.

Bengal trounced Assam by 53 runs in their opening East Zone leg encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 match at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium.

The Odisha Surfing and Paddling Association (OSPA) organized a surfing programme in Mahanadi river to create awareness about the sport and promote adventure tourism in the state.

The Electoral Officer of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Thursday declared that Sourav Ganguly-led five-member panel won uncontested as office-bearers and will remain in their positions after the annual general meeting on Saturday.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was on Friday made chairman of Bengal's cricket coaching committee.