Kin held for boy murder A cousin of the 13-year-old boy found murdered yesterday 50km from his Rishra home was arrested. Hanumanlal Soni, was arrested after the parents of Manik Roy, who was kidnapped from his Rishra school on Monday and found dead by the roadside in neighbouring North 24-Parganas, lodged a police complaint against him.Read »

PC sends alert, Didi smells blood The Union home ministry has “alerted” the Bengal government to armed camps of CPI(M) cadres in parts of the state, prompting Mamata Banerjee to iterate her allegation that the party was “unleashing terror” with the help of these bases.Read »

Transfer plea to stop theft A headmaster has asked the Burdwan administration to either close his school or transfer him if the authorities can’t stop the illegal coal mining around the institution.Read »

Farmer suicide after drought, girl birth A farmer committed suicide in Burdwan, apparently driven by drought, debt and the anxiety of bringing up a daughter born four days ago.Read »