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TopicKolkata Police

Topic: Kolkata Police

4 accused in Kolkata Law College gangrape case sent to 14-day judicial custody

Earlier, a court had sent three accused to police custody till 8 July, while the fourth was remanded till 4 July. The Kolkata Police detective department will now take over the probe.

Police warn of action over attempts to reveal victim’s identity in Kolkata gang rape case

The Kolkata Police also underscored that protecting the identity of a rape victim is not only mandated by law but also an ethical responsibility.

Law student Sharmishta Panoli walks out of Kolkata jail. ‘Wiser, learnt her lesson,’ says her father

Calcutta High Court Thursday granted bail to Sharmistha Panoli, who stands accused of hurting religious sentiments in an Instagram video.

Granting interim bail to Sharmishta Panoli, HC directs West Bengal cops to give her protection

Panoli was arrested by Kolkata police from Gurugram last week over Instagram post on Op Sindoor in which she made 'controversial remarks' about Prophet Muhammed.

Sharmishtha Panoli case: Kolkata police say all procedures were followed in influencer’s arrest

The state police refuted claims that Panoli was arrested unlawfully. She was apprehended from Gurugram and thereafter produced before the court, the police said.

Sharmishta Panoli arrest brings Congress’s Karti, BJP’s Suvendu on same page; Dutch MP also chimes in

Kolkata cops arrested Panoli from Gurugram over Instagram video in which she made alleged controversial remarks on Prophet. Court has remanded her to judicial custody till 13 June.

Kolkata cops arrest ‘absconding’ Pune law student ‘for hurting religious sentiments’ in Op Sindoor post

FIR was lodged against Sharmistha Panoli on 15 May by Kolkata-based Rashidi Foundation for 'making derogatory comments' on Prophet Muhammad. She was arrested from a Gurugram hotel.

RG Kar case: Kolkata court finds Sanjay Roy guilty of rape, murder of 31-yr-old trainee doctor

Court finds Sanjay Roy, sole accused in RG Kar case, guilty of rape and murder based on forensic evidence and DNA match. Quantum of punishment to be announced Monday.

Bangladeshi national held in Kolkata with ‘fake’ Indian passport, says he is former BNP leader

Man held from Kolkata hotel claims he is ex-BNP leader who fled Bangladesh after dispute with Awami League. 4 others have been arrested from Nadia for entering India illegally.

17 yrs ago, another Kolkata top cop was sacked. How tables turned on Mamata, from Rizwanur case to RG Kar

Giving in to demand of junior doctors, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has shunted out Kolkata police chief. In 2007, she was the one demanding the removal of the city’s top cop.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.