The Latest Breaking News from Kolkata Police

KOLKATA: Kolkata Mounted Police, the country's oldest mounted police unit, seems to be discontinuing with its pre-Independence practice of recruiting sowars, civilian horse riders.

KOLKATA: Operation Mojo, a 75-minute operation to isolate and disarm CISF head constable Akshay Kumar Mishra armed with AK-47, was achieved on Saturday night without a single bullet being fired by the 27-member Kolkata Police commandos on the Indian Museum campus.

KOLKATA: The number of cases in Kolkata Police in the latest wave stands at 47, up from 31 reported about 10 days ago. But there are just 25 active cases. Lalbazar Welfare Cell, which has been monitoring cases within the force for the past two years, said there has been…

KOLKATA: Barely two weeks after junior cops on duty at Nabanna and chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence were barred from using mobile phones following a security breach, Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal passed an order asking all officers on duty — especially those on road, picket or sentry duty…

KOLKATA: Two Bangladeshi tourists — Shazmila Jishman (22) and her mother Shirin Chowdhury (55) — were injured after being hit by a private bus near Birla Planetarium on Cathedral Road on Sunday. The accident happened when the bus, plying on the route 212 had started moving towards Esplanade after dropping…

Nupur Sharma had cited apprehensions of a possible assault on her if she visited Kolkata and sought four weeks’ time to appear

This is the second time the suspended BJP spokesperson was summoned for her comments on Prophet Mohammad

Ms. Nupur Sharma’s controversial statements made against Prophet Muhammed have polarised people within the country both in favour and against her

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police is planning to carry out more stringent evaluation of field officers before allowing them to carry weapons. “The incident on Friday where 28-year-old Kolkata Armed Police constable Chodup Lepcha on his first day of duty outside the Bangladesh deputy high commission near Park Circus opened indiscriminate…

Roddur Roy’s videos have often had abusive content and obscene language

KOLKATA: Kolkata Police has charted an 11-point standard operating procedure for safer rowing activities at Rabindra Sarobar and demanded its immediate implementation before resuming rowing that are under suspension since death of two young rowers — Pushan Sadhukhan (14) and Souryadeep Chatterjee — at the lake 10 days ago.