Howrah (West Bengal) [India], June 13 (ANI): As many as 42 FIRs were registered and over 200 accused were arrested in connection with the violence that erupted in West Bengal's Howrah after the Friday prayers against a controversial religious remark by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, said a police official on Monday.
Kolkata (West Bengal)[India], March 14 (ANI): Mohammedan Sporting Club needs no introduction when it comes to Indian football and the Black and White Brigade have set their sights on climbing back up on the porch after winning all their first four games and sitting atop the I-League 2021-22 table.
Kolkata Feb 22 PTI Clashes broke out between police personnel and students of Aliah University in College Street area of Kolkata on Tuesday after the latter tried to break barricade and march towards Writers Buildings the erstwhile state secretariat demanding justice for student leader Anish Khan who was allegedly killed last week The students and other protestors participated in a march and made a human chain at the Park Circus seven-point crossing before resuming the rally in the direction of Writers Buildings in Dalhousie area They later changed the route and took College Street However the police had put up barricades there to stop the students As the students tried to break the barricades police used force to disperse them Police said some of the activists were detained Four people in uniforms of police and civic volunteers had allegedly pushed off Khan from the third floor of his house in Howrah districts Amta in the dead of night on February 18 according to his family Khan who was earlier with SFI the student wing of the CPIM was a prominent face of the protests in Kolkata against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA He later joined the Indian Secular Front ISF His death sparked widespread protests The state government has formed a special investigation team SIT to probe the matter PTI PNT NN NN
Kolkata Feb 19 PTI Students of Aliah University fought a pitched battle with the police in the citys Park Circus area on Saturday evening when their rally in protest against the unnatural death of fellow mate was stopped from moving past a barricade in Padmapukur areaA police officer said around 500 protesters took out a candle light rally from the varsity campus in Park Circus to Entally in protest against student leader Anish Khans deathKhans family has alleged that a few people donning police uniform entered their residence at Amta in Howrah on Friday night and forcibly took him to the terrace only to push him downA section of the agitators seeking justice for Khan tried to move past the barricade put up by the police near Padmapukur when a scuffle broke out between the two sidesIt was however quickly brought under control though some of the protesters blocked a part of the road bringing traffic to a grinding halt in the evening the officer saidAdil Khan one of the agitating students vowed to stay put at the site near Padmapukur till all those behind the cold-blooded murder of Anish Khan were identified and put behind barsThe police on its part asserted that none of its personnel was involved in the incidentThe deceased student leaders friends claimed that he was killed for trying to build an anti-establishment movementThe protesters also said that they would be taking out a march to Nabanna on Tuesday PTI SUS RMS RMS
Kolkata Jan 30 PTI At least 14 people were injured when a mini-bus turned turtle in the metropolis on Sunday police saidThe incident took place at 210 pm when the vehicle travelling from Park Circus to Howrah overturned at Dorina crossing they saidFourteen passengers including women were injured and they have been taken to SSKM Hospital a police officer saidA mechanical fault or a tyre-burst could be the reason behind the accident he said PTI SCH SUS RBT RBT