Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Police in West Bengal's Siliguri arrested a person on Thursday for having Pangolin scales in his possession.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said the force was "apolitical" in response to allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) that met a full bench of the Election Commission and claimed that the BSF was intimidating people in border areas of West Bengal to cast their votes in favour of a particular political party.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 ANI): All India Trinamool Congress leader Firhad Hakim on Thursday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and alleged that it is using Border Security Force to 'terrorise' people to vote in the party's favour for the upcoming state elections.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy Central Forces in the state at the earliest claiming there is a 'sense of fear' among people ahead of elections.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Bharat Road Network Ltd (BRNL) and its partners have signed an agreement with India Highway Concession Trust -- an infrastructure investment trust set up by global institutional investor Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) -- for the sale of a build-operate-transfer road project in Odisha.

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda held a meeting with the party's West Bengal in-charge and other leaders in Delhi on Wednesday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Pirzada Abbas Siddique, the founder of the Furfura Sharif Ahale Sunnatul Jamat, will announce his political party on Thursday.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 20 (ANI): Aizawl FC grabbed their first win of the I-League after defeating Gokulam Kerala FC 2-0 here at the Mohun Bagan Training Ground on Wednesday. Strikes by Malsawmzuala and Lalrammawia were enough to hand Aizawl the three points.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 20 (ANI): Eoin Morgan-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday announced that the side has decided to release Tom Banton and Chris Green from their squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season.

North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Naihati city Trinamool Congress (TMC) youth president Sanath Dey on Wednesday announced his resignation at a public meeting in Barrackpore.