40 arrested in Maheshtala violence; Bengal LoP refutes state police’s claim on reason behind clashes

40 arrested in Maheshtala violence; Bengal LoP refutes state police's claim on reason behind clashes

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) The total number of arrests in connection with the clashes between two groups in the Maheshtala area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has increased to 40 as of now, the state police claimed in a statement issued on Thursday. “A total of 40 … Read more

Ruckus in Bengal Assembly as BJP MLAs protest over Maheshtala violence, Murshidabad riots

Ruckus in Bengal Assembly as BJP MLAs protest over Maheshtala violence, Murshidabad riots

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Pandemonium broke out in the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday after Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay refused to admit two adjournment motions, moved by opposition BJP, seeking discussions on the communal violence in Murshidabad in April and the clashes in the Maheshtala area in South 24 Parganas district. … Read more

Maheshtala violence: Bengal LoP approaches Calcutta HC seeking NIA probe, CAPF deployment

Maheshtala violence: Bengal LoP approaches Calcutta HC seeking NIA probe, CAPF deployment

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday approached a division bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe in the clashes that broke out between two groups in Maheshtala area in South 24 Parganas … Read more

Bengal violence: Police arrest 18 in Maheshtala, situation tense

Bengal violence: Police arrest 18 in Maheshtala, situation tense

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Tension prevailed in the Maheshtala area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, as police crackdown on protesters continued on Thursday. So far, 18 have been arrested. The arrests were made during a joint operation by the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, which started on … Read more

Maheshtala violence: Bengal LoP seeks Guv intervention to take action against errant cop

Maheshtala violence: Bengal LoP seeks Guv intervention to take action against errant cop

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The West Bengal Opposition leader and BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday, sought the intervention of Governor C.V. Ananda Bose in initiating disciplinary action against the Inspector-in-charge of the local police station for allegedly failing to prevent violence between two groups at Maheshtala in West Bengal’s … Read more

Arambai Tenggol member arrested by CBI over criminal activities linked to Manipur violence

Arambai Tenggol member arrested by CBI over criminal activities linked to Manipur violence

Follow Us on Google News Imphal, June 8 (IANS) Radical Meitei outfit, Arambai Tenggol (AT) member Kanan Singh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from Imphal Airport on Sunday, an agency statement said. The CBI statement said that Singh was involved in various criminal activities related to Manipur violence in 2023. The … Read more

Murder of father and son in Murshidabad violence: Charge sheet filed, 13 named as accused

Murder of father and son in Murshidabad violence: Charge sheet filed, 13 named as accused

Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police probing the murder of Hargobindo Das and Chandan Das, the father and the son killed in the Murshidabad violence in April this year, has filed the charge sheet in the matter on Friday. A total of … Read more

‘Attack on the roots of democracy’, SC on 2021 Bengal post-poll violence

‘Attack on the roots of democracy’, SC on 2021 Bengal post-poll violence

Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court has termed the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal against BJP party workers as a dastardly offence which was “nothing short of a grave attack on the roots of democracy”. The observation came from a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep … Read more

Ashok Gehlot Slams Rajasthan Govt on Rising ‘Bajri Mafia’ Violence

Ashok Gehlot Slams Rajasthan Govt on Rising 'Bajri Mafia' Violence

Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, June 3 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Rajasthan government on Tuesday, accusing it of either surrendering to the Bajri mafia or being in deep collusion with them. “It seems the BJP government in Rajasthan has either completely surrendered to the Bajri … Read more