A bomb threat message scribbled on the washroom mirror of an IndiGo flight arriving in Kolkata from Phuket triggered a major security operation at NSCBI Airport. Passengers were evacuated after landing and kept on the tarmac for over two hours while CISF, bomb squad and airport police conducted a thorough search.
Fifteen-year-old national-level shooter Damayanti Sen, recently selected for national team trials, has been missing since Thursday afternoon. CCTV footage showed her at Howrah Station before she disappeared. Police have launched an investigation as frantic searches by her family continue.
Trinamool Congress leader Jahangir Khan, who had withdrawn from the Falta Assembly re-poll, was paraded by police in casual clothes through the constituency in South 24 Parganas amid extortion allegations.
Minor explosions at a closed clubhouse in Paikpara, north Kolkata, early Saturday morning triggered panic among residents. The blasts blew off the tin roof and doors, with eyewitnesses reporting at least five loud explosions.
An elderly man was found dead inside his house in Kolkata under mysterious circumstances. Police broke open the door after receiving information from his nephew. No signs of foul play were found and a post-mortem has been ordered
West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, taking moral responsibility for lapses in the management of a Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accepted his resignation amid mounting criticism
Kolkata Police stopped an army truck for reckless driving near Writers’ Buildings on Tuesday, a day after the army dismantled a TMC protest stage. Police filed a case, while the army denied wrongdoing, saying no traffic rules were violated
The ban on internet transmissions and voiceover internet telephony was imposed on Friday. In the notification, it has also been clarified that the ban has been imposed in apprehension that such services might be used for "unlawful activities in the geographical area" of the Sainthia town area and its adjacent areas.
