Kolkata

North Bengal University Vice Chancellor Subires Bhattacharyya has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in an alleged 2016 assistant teachers’ recruitment scam. The arrest came after CBI invited him to the office in Kolkata and found him “non-cooperative”. Prior to the arrest, the agency also conducted search operations at his residence. Also, the chargesheet has been filed in the matter.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested TMC leader and Halisahar Municipality chairman Raju Sahani in an alleged chit fund case. Reportedly, Rs 80 lakh cash has been seized from his residence in Newton. Furthermore, documents of properties worth Rs 2.75 crore were found, and country-made firearm along with a dozen live catridges were also recovered. Besides, a bank account in Thailand is being traced.

Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, a former Indian footballer and Olympian, died at the age of 92. During the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Banerjee captained Team India. He had Alzheimer's disease, high blood pressure, and azotemia, among other problems. A CT scan revealed that there was bleeding in the brain. However, after a few days of struggling, he passed away on August 20 at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel opened fire at his colleagues, leaving one dead and another injured, on August 6. The incident occurred in the Indian Museum of CISF Barrack, situated at Kolkata's Park Street, when head constable AK Mishra opened fire with his AK 47 rifle, killing Assistant Sub-Inspector Ranjit Kumar Sarani, and injuring Assistant Commandant Suvir Ghosh. Following the incident, Mishra has been nabbed.

Mithun Chakraborty recently recounted the most difficult period of his career and said that he considered suicide at times. Mithun said in a new interview with ETimes that he sometimes doubted his ability to fulfill his ambitions. He also said that returning to Kolkata, his birthplace was not a possibility at the time. "But my advice is never to think of ending your life without fighting," he said.