Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) The impact of the communal violence and riot-like situation in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district in West Bengal following protests against Waqf (Amendment) Act turning violent there earlier this month has been maximum among the women and children of the victim families there, observed the National Commission … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP are responsible for instigating communal violence in the state. “RSS and BJP are the ones who are instigating communal violence in West Bengal. People of the state should be … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, April 19 (IANS) Tension escalated in Sanodha village of Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district following a dispute between two communities, after which a shop was set ablaze. The miscreants vandalised the nearby shops, intensifying chaos. Upon receiving information about the disturbance, a team from the Sanodha police station rushed to … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal/Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member, Priyank Kanoongo, on Friday, hit out at the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her government failed to protect the citizens of the state. He made this remark regarding the recent communal clashes which occurred in West … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Youth and Welfare Minister Vishvas Sarang on Thursday shared a video of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and slammed him for his “communal confession”. Addressing a press conference, Minister Sarang said: “Digvijaya Singh’s confession about his involvement in communal violence has come to the public … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, permitted a non-government organisation (NGO) to visit the communal violence-hit Murshidabad and distribute relief material among the affected people. While granting permission to the NGO christened ‘Khola Hawa (Open Air)’, which was earlier denied permission by … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Khalilur Rahaman from the Jangipur constituency said on Sunday that initial findings indicate the perpetrators of communal violence in certain areas of the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which has been tense in recent days due to protests against the Waqf (Amendment) … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, granted permission to the West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to visit Mothabari in Malda district, which was hit by communal tensions. Earlier this month, Adhikari approached Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh seeking permission, apprehending … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought the Central government’s stance on the deployment of central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel at Mothabari in Malda district of West Bengal which has witnessed communal tensions in the recent past over alleged attacks on the members of a … Read more
