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‘Touched me repeatedly’: Bihar man held for molesting co-passenger on Hanoi flight | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: A male passenger, Abdur Rahim, was arrested at the Kolkata airport after a co-passenger alleged that he molested her during a flight from Hanoi, Vietnam.In the complaint, the woman, who was travelling in seat 26A, complained that the passenger in seat 26B repeated touched her inappropriately. She initially believed the contact was accidental but…

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Bengal man’s body parts found in 3 plastic bags; BLO confesses to killing, affair angle with victim’s wife probed | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: The BLO, arrested on Friday for abducting a Baduria resident, on Saturday confessed to murdering him. Nasir Ali‘s dismembered body parts, stuffed in three plastic bags, were recovered from three water bodies.Police said an alleged extramarital relationship between the accused, Rizwan Hasan Mondal, and Ali’s wife could be the reason. Mondal, a primary school…

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West Bengal voter list may shrink by 68 lakh from 2024 Lok Sabha polls; SIR hearings conclude, final list due February 28 | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Bengal’s voter count is likely to shrink by at least 68 lakh, or about 9%, from what it was in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The final list after special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls is scheduled to be published on Feb 28.The state’s draft SIR list, published on Dec 16, had…

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Nurse who contracted Nipah virus dies of secondary infections; 200 contacts test negative | Kolkata News

Image used for representative purpose only KOLKATA: The 25-year-old female nurse infected by the Nipah virus succumbed to secondary infections on Thursday evening, after a 37-day-long battle with the infection and the complications caused by the virus at Barasat Hospital. The male nurse, who was also found infected by the virus and was discharged from…

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Air India wants liability waiver from Ahmedabad crash victims’ kin, offers cash settlement | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Air India is asking grieving families and injured victims of the Ahmedabad air crash to sign a document protecting Boeing, General Electric and other companies from future legal action, claimed the US-based law firm representing over 100 victim families. In exchange for giving up all future legal rights, families are being offered monetary settlements.Ayush…

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Arijit Singh returns to stage for first Kolkata show with Anoushka Shankar days after announcing retirement from playback singing | Hindi Movie News

Singer Arijit Singh performed his first live show in Kolkata just days after announcing his decision to step away from playback singing. Several videos and photographs from the concert, held on Sunday at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, surfaced on social media, showing the singer sharing the stage with sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar.In one of the…

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West Bengal polls: Congress ditches Left to go it alone, to fight in all 294 seats | Kolkata News

Bengal Congress senior netas meet Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday KOLKATA: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to “go it alone” in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest speculation…

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‘Right engine caught fire’: Turkish Airlines with 236 on board makes emergency landing in Kolkata | India News

NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight’s made an emergency landing in Kolkata after its right engine caught fire minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The plane had 236 people on board, including 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airlines with flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine…

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CM Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC again over micro-observers in Bengal | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Two days before her meeting with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday shot off another letter to Kumar — her 6th since the Nov 4 SIR rollout — questioning EC’s intent in saddling Bengal with 8,100 “illegally appointed” micro-observers, who she claimed, are manipulating voter data.Bengal is the only state…

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