Kolkata Apr 23 PTI A policeman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a disabled girl in an auto-rickshaw in Kolkatas Ultadanga area a senior officer saidThe accused posted as a constable of Kolkata Polices Reserve Force was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act he saidThe incident happened when the policeman was travelling in a shared auto-rickshaw with the girl and her mother he saidThe girl was sitting in the middle of the backseat with the policeman on her right and her mother on the left he saidThe girl complained to her mother that the man was inappropriately touching her the police officer addedThe woman took the auto-rickshaw straight to the Ultadanga police station at first after confining the man inside the vehicleFrom there she was sent to the Manicktala police station as the incident happened in an area under its jurisdiction the officer saidThe policeman was arrested and an investigation is underway he said PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Mar 23 PTI West Bengal on Wednesday reported 59 new COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 2016976 the Health Department saidThe toll remained at 21197 with no new deaths reported it addedIn the last 24 hours 87 patients recovered following which the total number of recoveries rose to 1994974There are 805 active cases in the state at presentThe new cases were detected after testing 17482 samples PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Jan 31 PTI The West Bengal government allowed schools to reopen for classes 8 to 12 from February 3 as the pandemic situation improved in the stateAddressing a press conference on Monday Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said colleges universities and polytechnic institutes will also reopen on that dayWe will decide on reopening primary schools later she saidBanerjee said the COVID-19 situation in the state has improved a lot because of which certain relaxations are being given PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Jan 23 PTI A person was killed and six others critically injured as a speeding car rammed into roadside stalls in Kolkatas Jadavpur area police said on SundayThe incident happened near Sulekha More around 1030 pm on Saturday they saidThe speeding car hit a bike rammed into the roadside stalls before running over a man police saidThe impact of the accident was such that the bonnet and the bumper of the sedan turned into a pile of metal with the headlights missingWhen taken to a hospital the man was declared brought dead police saidThose injured were undergoing treatment at a nearby hospitalThree persons including two women were detained from the car following the accident Later the driver was arrested a police officer saidPreliminary investigation revealed that they were drinking in the car he saidWe have started a probe into the matter and checking the CCTV footage of the area he added PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Jan 22 PTI A businessman allegedly jumped off the terrace of his apartment in Kolkata on Saturday morning police saidThe incident happened in the Tiljala police station area around 6 am they saidPreliminary investigation revealed that the businessman Suraj Agarwal had a huge amount of debt and was under mental stress a police officer saidHis wife and child were not at home today He went to the terrace of his flat like every morning and allegedly jumped off the officer saidLocals who found his body in a pool of blood took him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead police saidThe incident is being thoroughly investigated they said PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Dec 30 PTI Five persons who returned to West Bengal from foreign countries recently were found to be infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19 an official said on ThursdayWith this the states omicron tally rose to 16 he saidSamples of six people diagnosed with COVID-19 were sent for genome sequencing as all of them returned from foreign countries Of them five people were found to be omicron-positive the official saidAmong the new omicron patients is a five-year-old girl who returned from the UK he said PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Nov 24 PTI The West Bengal government has made one crore service deliveries through Bangla Sahayata Kendras Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on ThursdayBangla Sahayata Kendras BSKs are common service centres that enable people to avail benefits of various state government schemesDelighted to share that Bangla Sahayata Kendras have crossed the landmark of 1 Cr Service Delivery to the people of Bengal 3561 BSKs were setup across the state to provide govt services for free to people at the grassroots Congratulations to everyone for this milestone she tweeted The BSKs are located in the offices of the district magistrates sub-divisional officers block development officers and health centres among othersAt present 267 public services -- 195 transaction services and 72 information services -- of 38 state government departments can be availed through the BSKs PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Nov 22 PTI West Bengal reported 615 new COVID-19 cases on Monday as the pandemic situation in the state improved the Health Department saidFourteen people died in the state in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 19397 it saidWest Bengal has so far reported 1610460 COVID-19 cases it addedKolkata reported the highest number of new deaths at five followed by neighbouring North 24 Parganas district where four people diedThe number of active cases dropped by 75 to 7945 after 676 recoveries were reportedSo far 1583118 people have recovered in the stateThe new cases were detected after testing 26306 samples PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Oct 27 PTI A couple was allegedly assaulted by the driver of an app-based cab following altercations over switching on the air conditioner of the vehicle police said on WednesdayThe incident happened on Tuesday evening when they were in the Dharmatala area a police officer saidAs per the complaint the driver was refusing to switch on the AC of the vehicle following which an argument ensued he saidThe driver then allegedly assaulted the couple We have started a probe into the complaint he added PTI SCH SOM SOM
Kolkata Oct 27 PTI A couple was allegedly assaulted by the driver of an app-based cab following altercations over switching on the air condition of the vehicle police said on WednesdayThe incident happened on Tuesday evening when they were in the Dharmatala area a police officer saidAs per the complaint the driver was denying to switch on the AC of the vehicle following which an argument ensued he saidThe driver then allegedly assaulted the couple We have started a probe into the complaint he added PTI SCH SOM SOM
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