Fake notes worth Rs 1.54 lakh recovered
The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized fake currency notes worth about Rs 1.54 lakh from the India-Bangladesh border area in Malda. A BSF official told that the jawans of the 70th Corps, border outpost Lodhia under the South Bengal Frontier, saw the movement of smugglers on both sides of the barricade on the border. The jawans challenged the smugglers and started surrounding them. Seeing this, the smugglers got scared and started running in different directions. The jawans also chased the smugglers, but the smugglers fled from the spot taking advantage of the thick bushes. On searching the area, a packet was found, in which 77 fake notes of two thousand rupees were found. The counterfeit notes have been handed over to the Customs Department office at Kaliachak.
Uproar over board formation in Furfura of Jangipara of Hooghly
Uproar is going on regarding the board formation of Furfura Panchayat of Jangipara in Hooghly. Along with the incident of arson, bombing is also being done. The incident of clash with the police has also come to the fore. In response, the police also fired tear gas shells. Trinamool has accused the ISF of the disturbance. Many people are said to be injured.
Smuggler caught with gold biscuits worth Rs 35.47 lakh from Petrapole
Border Security Force (BSF) jawans have caught a youth with five gold biscuits from the Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole in North 24 Parganas. The cost of gold biscuits has been estimated at Rs 35.47 lakh. A BSF official said that during the checking of vehicles, the jawans of 145th Battalion of BSF at ICP Petrapole stopped a truck returning to India after leaving export goods in Benapole (Bangladesh) for search. During the search, the jawans found a packet wrapped in carbon paper from behind the helper seat inside the cabin of the truck. On opening the packet, five gold biscuits were found in it.
Formation of Panchayat Board led to fighting and ruckus in many districts
Incidents of conflict between Trinamool, BJP and CPI (M) are continuing in West Bengal regarding the formation of the board for panchayat elections. Tension remains in South 24 Parganas, Mathurapur, Krishnachandrapur regarding the formation of gram panchayat board. Trinamool has accused the four victorious opposition candidates of this panchayat of kidnapping them from their rented house. 3 An independent candidate supported by BJP and CPM approached the High Court demanding security. According to the order of the court, four opposition candidates will participate in the voting to be held today for the formation of the Police Security Board.
Education department will issue guidelines to stop the exorbitant increase in fees
To curb the fees of private schools in the state, the West Bengal Private Schools Regulatory Bill, 2022 (West Bengal Private Schools Regulatory Bill) has been cleared by the state cabinet and will now be placed in the assembly for approval. After this bill is passed, monitoring will be done regarding the increase in fees in private schools. In this regard, a senior official of the education department said that the school education department will go through the constitutional provisions before deciding whether minority institutions should be brought under the purview of the proposed commission, which will fix the fees of private schools. The state government has taken a step towards the establishment of the commission, the commission will have the right to determine the fees charged by private schools.
Cloud clinic health kiosk opened in Nabanna
The service of Cloud Clinic Health Kiosk is going to start in Nabanna Bhawan, State Secretariat of West Bengal Government. Through this kiosk, people can get more than 50 tests done at one place, including hemoglobin, blood pressure, covid antigen and antibody, weight, temperature, blood pressure, eye examination, malaria, dengue, typhoid, hepatitis B and C, chikungunya , eg test is included. Along with this, a pregnancy test can also be done. It is being told that this cloud clinic has a battery, which lasts for 48 hours on a single charge. Apart from this, plans are being made to set up this health kiosk at many places including SSKM, Kolkata Municipal Corporation. It is known that after the test, the report will reach the patient’s WhatsApp in PDF format. At the same time, print report will also be available through thermal printer.
Jadavpur student dies after falling from hostel balcony
Uproar has started after the unnatural death of a student of Jadavpur University. According to police sources, the student died after falling from the third floor balcony of ‘A’ block of the main hostel of the university. The name of the deceased is Swapnadeep Kundu. He was a first year student of the Bengal department. Other students of the hostel claimed that they heard some heavy noise around 11.45 pm on Wednesday night.