Hooch case

Calcutta, Jan. 10: Calcutta High Court today expressed its desire to hand over to the CBI the 2011 Mograhat hooch death case, in which 172 people had died after consuming illicit liquor.

A division bench of Chief Justice A.K. Mishra and Justice Jaymalya Bagchi asked the state government to give its opinion on the high court’s plan by January 22.

Jain rally

Calcutta: Over 10,000 Jains from across the state will on Saturday take out a silent procession from Kalakar Street in Burrabazar to Metro Channel to protest the alleged attack on a saint in Gujarat’s Junagarh on January 1 by some anti-socials.

Girl kidnap

Krishnagar: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by a Trinamul worker and his aides from Majdia in Nadia on Wednesday. The party leadership said the girl left her home at will.

Theft cuffs

Suri: Two persons have been arrested in Santiniketan in connection with jewellery thefts at several temples.