News for 'kolkata crime'

2.5 lakh girls among 13L females go missing from 2019 to 21; MP tops table

2.5 lakh girls among 13L females go missing from 2019 to 21; MP tops table

Rediff.com30 Jul 2023

According to the Union home ministry data, tabled in Parliament last week, 10,61,648 women above 18 years and 2,51,430 girls below that age went missing between 2019 and 2021 across the country.

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.

ED quizzes Tejashwi Yadav for around 9 hours in land-for-jobs case

ED quizzes Tejashwi Yadav for around 9 hours in land-for-jobs case

Rediff.com11 Apr 2023

The alleged scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government at the Centre.

Kaala Review: Muddled Mess

Kaala Review: Muddled Mess

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

The harum-scarum-ness of Kaala is astounding, exclaims Deepa Gahlot.

Kolkata IAF corporal death: Sambia booked for murder, bail plea rejected

Kolkata IAF corporal death: Sambia booked for murder, bail plea rejected

Rediff.com17 Jan 2016

Sambia denied that he was behind the wheel of the brand new Audi and also failed to answer questions about the other people with him during the mishap.

My brother, his wife threatened and asked to join BJP, claims Mamata

My brother, his wife threatened and asked to join BJP, claims Mamata

Rediff.com14 Feb 2023

She lashed out at the BJP and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, for "threatening" Trinamool Congress leaders with arrests by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate.

Crowd at KK's concert was double the capacity

Crowd at KK's concert was double the capacity

Rediff.com1 Jun 2022

Staff members of Nazrul Manch where the concert was held said people were more than the capacity wherein the crowd was jumping from the boundary and some broke the gates.

ED questions Rabri Devi for 5 hrs in land-for-jobs scam

ED questions Rabri Devi for 5 hrs in land-for-jobs scam

Rediff.com18 May 2023

She reached the office of the federal probe agency in central Delhi around 11 am and left around 6 pm.

Modi speaks on Manipur video outside Parliament, Oppn wants it inside

Modi speaks on Manipur video outside Parliament, Oppn wants it inside

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

"My heart is full of pain and anger," he told reporters in his remarks ahead of Parliament's Monsoon Session, amid his criticism by opposition parties for not speaking on the ethnic violence in the north east state.

Why Securing Gateway of Tears Is Critical For India

Why Securing Gateway of Tears Is Critical For India

Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

The Indian Navy, which regards itself as the 'net security provider' in the Indian Ocean Region, has also stepped up to the plate, with a warship stationed at all times off the Gulf of Aden for counter-piracy tasks. 91 Indian warships have been deployed in the region since 2008, patrolling high risk areas where piracy was rampant.

Affidavits not false but signed by witnesses, Teesta tells court

Affidavits not false but signed by witnesses, Teesta tells court

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

The counsel of social activist Teesta Setalvad on Thursday told a sessions court in Ahmedabad that affidavits which the prosecution claims are false were signed by witnesses and submitted in different courts in the past.

2nd autopsy finds IIT Kharagpur student was murdered

2nd autopsy finds IIT Kharagpur student was murdered

Rediff.com7 Jun 2023

A second post-mortem of an IIT Kharagpur student whose body was exhumed for examination has indicated that his death was possibly due to an injury on the back of his head.

Modi calls Birbhum killings 'heinous', says no forgiving culprits

Modi calls Birbhum killings 'heinous', says no forgiving culprits

Rediff.com23 Mar 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday describing the killings in Birbhum the day before as "heinous", said the culprits should not be forgiven.

Tooth Pari Review: No Twilight Tenderness Here

Tooth Pari Review: No Twilight Tenderness Here

Rediff.com21 Apr 2023

The series has many flashbacks, detailed and pointless backstories, too much information and needless characters so the unlikely romance is lost underneath the frenzy, observes Deepa Gahlot.

Odisha police seizes body parts of 2 Russians, may seek Interpol help

Odisha police seizes body parts of 2 Russians, may seek Interpol help

Rediff.com1 Jan 2023

A senior official involved in the investigation of the case said "seizure of burnt remnants of the deceased could be useful for future investigation in the case."

Shah demands CBI probe into Bengal BJP worker's death

Shah demands CBI probe into Bengal BJP worker's death

Rediff.com6 May 2022

Shah said BJP worker's family had complained that his body had been taken away forcibly.

Odisha train tragedy: Rescuer hallucinated blood upon seeing water

Odisha train tragedy: Rescuer hallucinated blood upon seeing water

Rediff.com6 Jun 2023

Nine National Disaster Response Force teams were deployed for rescue operations following one of the worst railway disasters in India that killed at least 278 people and injured more than 900. According to official data, the force rescued 44 victims and retrieved 121 bodies from the spot.

Addressing India's concerns over Khalistani elements' activities: UK minister

Addressing India's concerns over Khalistani elements' activities: UK minister

Rediff.com13 Aug 2023

The senior minister said the British government is addressing India's concerns over activities of pro-Khalistani elements and that any attempt to radicalise people in the UK will be dealt with by the law-enforcing authorities.

Wild, Wild World On OTT This Week

Wild, Wild World On OTT This Week

Rediff.com21 Apr 2023

Oh, and there are secret agents too!

Aditya Chopra's Real, Anil Kapoor's Bad

Aditya Chopra's Real, Anil Kapoor's Bad

Rediff.com17 Feb 2023

Sukanya Verma plans your OTT menu this week.

IS suspect planned to attack Mother House in Kolkata, kill foreigners: NIA

IS suspect planned to attack Mother House in Kolkata, kill foreigners: NIA

Rediff.com26 Dec 2016

The Mother House in West Bengal capital is the headquarters of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.

Sheena Bora Case Drags On, Indrani Moves On

Sheena Bora Case Drags On, Indrani Moves On

Rediff.com11 Sep 2023

Indrani is in a buoyant and energetic frame of mind these days -- in a full-on Mood Positive. She has a tell-all book titled Unbroken out, that she terms as an 'eet ka jawab kalam se' and appears in media interviews all over the place, when she is not kick-boxing, doing yoga, or travelling, visiting temples, or floating in shikaras on Srinagar's Dal Lake.

Another gang rape in Kolkata, one arrested

Another gang rape in Kolkata, one arrested

Rediff.com13 Aug 2012

In yet another incident of crime against women in West Bengal capital, a young woman was allegedly gangraped at Chetla in southern part of the city, the police said.

Accused in Anandapur molestation case arrested, sent to custody

Accused in Anandapur molestation case arrested, sent to custody

Rediff.com9 Sep 2020

The accused Abhishek Pandey was remanded to seven-day police custody by a Kolkata court on Wednesday. A senior police officer said, Pandey who had allegedly molested the 31-year old woman in his car on Saturday night was arrested from a guest house in Dumdum area, in the northern outskirts of Kolkata, on Tuesday night.

BJP plays vindictive politics: Opposition on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification

BJP plays vindictive politics: Opposition on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification

Rediff.com24 Mar 2023

Several opposition leaders hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party following the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP on Friday, alleging the ruling party was involved in vindictive politics, and said it was a new low for democracy.

Bengal CID books CBI officers for murder in custodial death case

Bengal CID books CBI officers for murder in custodial death case

Rediff.com14 Dec 2022

The seven have been booked on the charge of murder and other sections of the Indian Penal Code, a CID official said.

Review: A 'Lost' Opportunity

Review: A 'Lost' Opportunity

Rediff.com16 Feb 2023

Between its cryptic, confused politics and lacklustre film-making, Lost is a germ of an idea waiting to be found, notes Sukanya Verma.

Will Partha's arrest in SSC scam impact Mamata?

Will Partha's arrest in SSC scam impact Mamata?

Rediff.com10 Aug 2022

After the Trinamool's overwhelming majority in the West Bengal assembly elections last year, the SSC scam has given fresh ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of India-Marxist. Ishita Ayan Dutt reports.

Lakadbaggha Review: Shocking Climax

Lakadbaggha Review: Shocking Climax

Rediff.com13 Jan 2023

Lakadbaggha takes up too many issues and does not do justice to them, points out Deepa Gahlot.

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in Delhi

Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in Delhi

Rediff.com21 Mar 2022

The 34-year-old TMC national general secretary was seen entering the new office of the central probe agency in central Delhi around 11 am.

'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role'

'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role'

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

'Eddie Murphy was approached for Sanjay Dutt's role, Omar Sharif for Jackie's Shroff's. The title of Khalnayak was Be Negative then. I had started working on the screenplay with Hollywood writers. And then after three-four months...

'Semi-final for 2024 polls': Nitish backs Kejriwal in ordinance row

'Semi-final for 2024 polls': Nitish backs Kejriwal in ordinance row

Rediff.com21 May 2023

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal at the latter's residence in New Delhi and extended 'complete support' to him in the Aam Aadmi Party government's ongoing tussle with the Centre over the control of administrative services.

CBI files cases in Birbhum killings, to begin probe on Saturday

CBI files cases in Birbhum killings, to begin probe on Saturday

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed cases in connection with the killing of eight people in West Bengal's Birbhum district, shortly after the Calcutta high court directed the central probe agency to take over investigation into the case, a senior official said.

Buttler, Moeen not in favour of running out batters at non-striker's end

Buttler, Moeen not in favour of running out batters at non-striker's end

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali said that running out a non-striker for backing too is not "their thing"

'Demand for sex trafficking is everywhere'

'Demand for sex trafficking is everywhere'

Rediff.com10 Apr 2023

'Children should be told that if they receive porn on their phones they should inform their parents or teachers who should in turn contact cyber crime.'

Bangladeshi man arrested for threatening cricketer

Bangladeshi man arrested for threatening cricketer

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

A joint team of the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police arrested 28-year-old Mohsin Talukdar from southeastern Sunamganj district after 24 hours of a massive manhunt.

Hold time-bound probe, punish the guilty, says Mamata on minister's arrest

Hold time-bound probe, punish the guilty, says Mamata on minister's arrest

Rediff.com25 Jul 2022

Banerjee slammed the opposition for a "malicious campaign" launched against her, asserting that she does not support corruption.

Collectors' items: Some of these exotic pets cost Rs 150,000!

Collectors' items: Some of these exotic pets cost Rs 150,000!

Rediff.com3 Jul 2022

White-lipped tamarin is a type of monkey that lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia. Prevost's squirrel is a colourful species from the forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. Sugar gliders are tiny marsupials - 6.3 to 8.3 inches in length - native to Australia.

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee skips ED summons in Delhi, may get fresh notice

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee skips ED summons in Delhi, may get fresh notice

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

Banerjee, the 34-year-old nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is stated to have sent an email to the investigating officer of the case citing some personal reasons for his non-appearance.

Can ChatGPT Really Replace Humans?

Can ChatGPT Really Replace Humans?

Rediff.com25 Jan 2023

AI will continue to grow in capacity, and the newer versions will keep us in a state of hypnosis. But there would still be a shadow of uncertainty, predicts Atanu Biswas.