A police team from Burdwan, with assistance from Siliguri Metropolitan Police, arrested a suspect in connection with the ongoing tablet scam. The accused, identified as Rabindra Prasad Singh, was apprehended in Debidanga under Pradhan Nagar police station area.
A deaf and dumb woman was raped at a village in Katwa and a local youth was arrested in connection with the incident.
Halim Sheikh was arrested from Baishnavnagar in Malda.
An error in the government portal has meant denial of roof for more than 2,000-odd residents of 13 villages, eligible for houses under Bangla Awas Plus scheme in East Burdwan.
A couple of old two-story residential buildings collapsed due to incessant rains due to cyclone Dana in Burdwan and Bankura towns this morning.
The political party leaders trooped in at the house of the murdered Burdwan tribal girl, today, which intensified pressure on the police as none could be arrested in three days.
Burdwan town and its adjacent villages, and Durgapur town received sudden incessant precipitation of torrential rain last night causing inundation in some municipal wards.
Sky though seems dry, the rivers passing traversed across East & West Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura however have shown a rising trend nearing Danger Level as a result of unrelenting runoff
At the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, one blood transfusion unit for such patients is already operational.
The district magistrate of West Burdwan, S Ponnambalam visited the wholesale vegetable markets (mandis) in district headquarters at Asansol, last night and has given instructions to reduce the prices.
