Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 21 (ANI): West Bengal Police in an operation on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, detained the Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) 2014 qualified students protesting outside the education board's office in Kolkata's Salt Lake.

As a goodwill gesture, the Aarey activists also tied Rakhis to members of the Mumbai police who were deployed to maintain law and order during the protest. Mumbai: People gathered at Mumbai’s Aarey on Sunday, marking the 7th week of the save Aarey protests against the metro car 3 shed.... The post appeared first on .

As a goodwill gesture, the Aarey activists also tied Rakhis to members of the Mumbai police who were deployed to maintain law and order during the protest. Mumbai: People gathered at Mumbai’s Aarey on Sunday, marking the 7th week of the save Aarey protests against the metro car 3 shed.... The post appeared first on .

As a goodwill gesture, the Aarey activists also tied Rakhis to members of the Mumbai police who were deployed to maintain law and order during the protest. Mumbai: People gathered at Mumbai’s Aarey on Sunday, marking the 7th week of the save Aarey protests against the metro car 3 shed.... The post appeared first on .

Kolkata Apr 19 PTI A West Bengal government-appointed special investigation team SIT on Tuesday submitted a report to the Calcutta High Court informing it of the steps taken in its probe into the alleged murder of student leader Anis KhanAdvocate General S N Mookherjee submitted the 82-page report on the progress of the investigation to the court of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha as directed by him earlier It also appears to this court that the investigation is nearing conclusion Justice Mantha said While directing that a copy of the report be made available to senior counsel Bikash Bhattacharya who appeared for the petitioner Salem Khan the father of the deceased the court made it clear that confidentiality of the report must be maintained Khan had moved the high court seeking an order for an investigation into the death by an impartial agency that is not connected with the West Bengal police Hearing in the matter was adjourned by the court till April 25 on a prayer by BhattacharyaThe court had on March 14 said that it expects the investigation will be completed by April 18 when the matter will be heard again Justice Mantha had said that an extension of time to complete the probe will not be considered except for reasons beyond the control of the investigating agencySince Justice Mantha did not preside on Monday the SIT report was submitted on Tuesday At the beginning of the hearing on Tuesday taking note of certain disparaging remarks made by the petitioner which are doing the rounds on social media Justice Mantha expressed desire to release the matter from his court He was however persuaded by lawyers appearing for all the parties in the matter to continue hearing the case The court directed petitioner Khan to submit an apology for the remarks in an affidavit on the next date of hearingSalem Khan has alleged that his son was murdered by men wearing khaki and civic volunteer uniform on February 19 The SIT had arrested a home guard and a civic volunteer in connection with the death of Khan and they are in judicial custody now Justice Mantha taking up a petition by the deceaseds father along with a suo motu petition initiated by the court into the death had on February 24 said it is expected that no stone will be left unturned in the course of the investigation Alleging that Khan was murdered Bhattacharya had claimed before the court that he had been brutally assaulted by four persons of whom one was in police uniform and the other three in civic volunteer dress and thrown over from the third floor of his home at Amta in Howrah district on the night of February 19Khans family members have been demanding a CBI investigation into his deathClaiming that the killing of Anis Khan a social activist was a premeditated murder Bhattacharya had prayed before the court that an independent investigation be ordered into it The state government had formed the SIT headed by Additional director general CID Gyanwant Singh to hold the probe PTI AMR NN NN

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be reviewed and done afresh.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 25 (ANI): Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Thursday said that the state government has decided to move Supreme Court seeking re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (that was published in 2019 August).

Kolkata Mar 20 PTI Bengali films Borunbabur Bondhu and Tonic got the best film crowns at the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021 the organisers said in a statement Director Anik Dutta was adjudged the Best Director for the Soumitra Chatterjee-starrer at a glittering ceremony on Friday night Sensitive filmmaker Atanu Ghoshs Binisutoy featuring Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan in the lead role was picked up for the Best Film Critics award while seasoned actor Paran Bandyopadhyay got the honour for being the Best Actor in a Leading Role Male for his character in Tonic Ahsan was given the Best Actor in a Leading Role Female award for Binisutoy Arpita Chatterjee was chosen as the Best Actress Critics for Abaykto while the Best Actor Critics crown went to Arjun Chakraborty for Avijatik and Anirban Bhattacharya for Dwitiyo Purush The Best Music Album crown went to Shantanu Moitra Anupam Roy Prasenjit Mukherjee Shibabrata Biswas for the film Prem Tame Ishan Mitra was the Best Playback Singer Male for Mayar Kangal track in Golpo Holeo Sotti while Lagnajita Chakraborty was adjudged the Best Playback Singer Female for her track Behaya in the film Ekannoborti Young Director Arjun Dutta got award for the Best Original Story in Abyakto Directors Dhrubo Banerjee and Srijit Mukherjee were both honoured as Best Screenplay writers for Golondaaj and Dwitiyo Purush respectively while the best background score honour went to Bickram Ghosh for his soundscape in Avijatrik Young filmmaker Avijit Sen was given the Best Debut Director award for Tonic while Supriyo Sen got the same award for Tangra Blues Veteran actor Ranjit Mallick was the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award for his five decades long career acting in more than 100 movies having worked with directors like Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen among others The loudest cheer during the night went for films Borunbabur Bondhu and Tonic with the two going on to share the iconic Black Lady as winners of the Best Film category Paran Bandyopadhyay who went to the stage to receive the Best Actor award said that the film has given Oxygen to the Bengali film industry which was reeling under lockdown and pandemic blows PTI SUS RG RG

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Life Insurance Council, India's leading advocacy body for life insurance, recently conducted a baseline survey on the perception and importance of life insurance for Indians. The survey reiterated the council's "Sabse Pehle Life Insurance" campaign which intends to create awareness on the importance of life insurance.

New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): BJP leader Anirban Ganguly wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over a violent attack on the BJP candidate from ward 10 at Konnagar - Krishna Bhattacharya--during the local body elections on February 26.