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TopicKolkata Police

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.

On Camera

New labour codes are a simplification that’s been long overdue. Its a strategic shift

Imposition of formal rights and digital compliance mechanisms introduces new expectations for both employers and workers. This transition will require sustained awareness efforts.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas crash: Amid taunts from across border, a Pakistani pilot’s brother voices shared grief & solidarity

Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.