Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Almost a month after the communal violence broke out in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during protests over the Waqf Act, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a two-day visit to the district from Monday. As per the tentative schedule of the Chief Minister, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to visit Murshidabad district on Monday, following violent clashes, deaths and incidents of vandalism that erupted in the region during protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act. This marks Banerjee’s first visit to the district since the unrest … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced that the restoration, renovation, and rebuilding of temples demolished in the communal violence-hit and minority-dominated Murshidabad district will start from Wednesday, which coincides with the auspicious occasion of ‘Akshyaya Tritiya’. Incidentally, the … 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 14 (IANS) Amid the continuing tension in pockets of West Bengal, which witnessed violent protests against the Waqf Act, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose’s office has directed Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) to provide immediate relief to the people in the riot-affected areas, particularly in Murshidabad and Malda districts … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Imphal, April 6 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has provided Rs 217 crore as financial support in the last fiscal year (2024-25) for relief and rehabilitation measures for those people displaced due to the ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3, 2023, officials said here on Sunday. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Rewa, April 4 (IANS) The fragile peace in the Gadra village of Madhya Pradesh’s Mauganj district suffered a new blow when three bodies were discovered in a house on Friday, deepening the turmoil already burdening local police authorities. The grim discovery came to light after neighbours reported a foul odour … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Imphal, March 22 (IANS) A five-member team of Supreme Court judges, headed by Justice B. R. Gavai on Saturday, visited the camps for the ethnic violence affected in Manipur’s Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts and met displaced men, women and children sheltering there, officials said. Justice Gavai, who was accompanied by … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Nagpur, March 18 (IANS) State Revenue Minister and Nagpur district guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankuke on Tuesday rushed to the city. He will visit the violence-affected areas and hold a meeting with the police officials. Minister Bawankule, who held a marathon meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday night, will … Read more