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Topic: Kolkata Police

Why Puja bonus for cops seen as another Mamata move to gain ‘absolute control’ ahead of polls

CM Mamata Banerjee has announced a festival bonus of Rs 2,000 for all police personnel in West Bengal, besides other benefits for the force.

Bengal gets nodal officer to coordinate between state, Kolkata police, new post creates flutter

Kalighat OC Santanu Sinha Biswas will have to coordinate between Bengal & Kolkata police on certain matters. CM Mamata Banerjee’s house comes under Biswas’s jurisdiction.

Kolkata Police has lost 8 personnel to Covid, over 1,500 infected but most are back at work

The 40,000 personnel of Kolkata Police have been at the forefront of Covid fight in the city, which is the largest Covid hotspot in the state.

Eden Gardens to be turned into makeshift quarantine centre for Kolkata Police

Cricket Association of Bengal president Avishek Dalmiya said the lower tiers of E, F, G and H blocks in Eden Gardens will be used to set up quarantine facilities.

Worried how your old parents in Kolkata are doing in lockdown? Just call the cops

Elderly residents of Kolkata, or their worried children living elsewhere, can just leave a message on the police helpline or social media, and help will arrive.

Modi wanted to go by road in Kolkata, but Mamata’s ‘jittery’ cops cited protests to say no

PMO insisted that Narendra Modi travel by road in Kolkata during his 11 January visit, but its request was turned down by Mamata Banerjee’s police force.

Main accused in triple Murshidabad triple murder case arrested

Police said the main accused, Behra, got into a dispute with the murder victim, Bandhu Prakash Pal, over money he paid for 2 life insurance policies.

Rajeev Kumar, a mighty Kolkata cop close to Mamata, is now just a pale shadow of himself

Rajeev Kumar, considered closest civil servant to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, is set to be named co-accused in CBI chargesheet in chit fund scam case.

Supreme Court wants CBI to provide evidence before interrogating Rajeev Kumar in chit fund case

Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was earlier heading the West Bengal Police SIT probing the Saradha chit fund scam case.

Not an interrogation, says Rajeev Kumar’s lawyer as Kolkata top cop meets CBI

Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar is meeting a CBI team at the agency's office in Shillong.

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As the economy struggles to move from lower-middle to higher-middle income, AI is threatening its biggest advantage: the youth bulge it enjoys against other countries that are rapidly aging.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

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Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.