ASANSOL: Forensic experts on Sunday night visited the spot where former CPM MLA Dilip Sarkar was shot dead early in the morning.The CID officers also visited the spot on Monday and interrogated some witnesses, but they are yet to get strong clues, said sources.According to police, Sarkar was enjoying his morning stroll when he was shot dead by bike-borne assailants. The cops are also probing whether...

Source : Times Of India | 8 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

CPI(M) demands probe into former MLAandapos;s killing in Bengal

Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded a proper investigation into the killing of former party MLA Dilip Sarkar near Asansol in Burdwan district of West Bengal this morning."Dilip Sarkar was shot dead while on a morning walk in the Asansol-Raniganj industrial belt on June 9, 2013. Dilip Sarkar was a former MLA and leader of the Steel Workers Union," a statement issued by CPI(M) said.It alleged...

Source : Webindia123 | 9 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

West Bengal News

Asansol (West Bengal), June 3 : Police in West Bengal's Assansol District are investigating an alleged honour killing of a boy and girlSiliguri (West Bengal), June 2 : Parents of an 18-month-old boy in Siliguri, diagnosed with a tumor in his adrenal gland that has increased his weight to 15 kilograms, appealed to the government for financial assistance for the medical treatment of the toddlerKolkata,...

Source : Newkerala | 15 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

West Bengal News

girlSiliguri (West Bengal), June 2 : Parents of an 18-month-old boy in Siliguri, diagnosed with a tumor in his adrenal gland that has increased his weight to 15 kilograms, appealed to the government for financial assistance for the medical treatment of the toddlerKolkata, June 2 : They eagerly awaited Sundays when they could lay their hands on their favourite weekly column by the versatile genius ...

Source : Newkerala | 15 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

Police probing suspect honour killing in West Bengal

girl.Both were found hanging from a tree and the bodies have been sent for a post mortem.In India, there are no official figures of men and women shot, lynched, stabbed or poisoned by their families or communities in recent years.The Supreme Court had called for an end to customary practices which promote "honour killings", saying the brutal tradition of parents killing their children to protect their...

Source : Newkerala | 16 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

Minister gets threat letter from Maoists

ASANSOL: A threat letter sent to agriculture minister Moloy Ghatak allegedly by a Maoist outfit has sent officials of the Asansol-Durgapur police commissionerate into a tizzy.Ghatak reportedly received the threat letter by registered post at his Apcargarden residence on Saturday evening. Talking to TOI, the minister said: "Of the many letters I received yesterday, one was a registered mail from someone...

Source : Times Of India | 30 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

Coal cash on director quiz list

Asansol-Durgapur police commissionerate today took custody of Saradha director Manoj Nagel to question him on the group’s alleged links with coal and scrap iron pilferers and find out how much money they had invested in deposit schemes.Nagel, who will remain in the commissionerate’s custody for 13 days, was in charge of Saradha’s operations in the Asansol-Durgapur sector, from where the group used...

Source : Telegraphindia | 34 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

Sentrum Mall opens door to Brand Factory

Asansol, May 7 : Infrastructure development company, Bengal Shristi Infrastructure Development Limited, is all set to launch retail chain Brand Factory at Sentrum Mall here this month.The store at Sentrum Mall in Shristnagar will be a 30,000 square feet shopping extravaganza offering wide range of products including apparels for men and women, accessories, footwear, sportswear, luggage, home linen...

Source : Newkerala | 43 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

7 coal goons held for thrashing cops

ASANSOL: Seven coal goons were arrested in a night-long raid on Saturday for beating up three cops, two constables and an ASI ofstation, when the latter caught the goons redhanded, stealing coal from the stockyard ofPolice sources said that a patrol van was passing by Sarisathali when they spotted the criminals looting coal at the stockyard. The assault comes a month after three policemen, including...

Source : Times Of India | 44 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol

Asansol, April 17

The special branch of Asansol police today named in its report three policemen responsible for organising yesterday’s protest by a section of the force against the attack on Amit Mitra in Delhi last week.Special branch officers refused to disclose the names of those identified in the report to Asansol-Durgapur police chief Ajay Nand.: Former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday withdrew his resignation...

Source : Telegraphindia | 61 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Asansol