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  1. FM Sitharaman requested to stop misuse of developmental funds in Bengal: Leader of Opposition

    The opposition leader also submitted a communiqué to the Finance Minister in which he pointed out how the alleged diversion and misuse of welfare funds is being used to delay the upcoming financial meltdown in the state.West Bengal is heading towards widespread financial recession after...
  2. Calcutta High Court extends stay on punitive police action against 47 BJP workers

    Earlier, on June 26, a single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha had restrained the state police from taking any coercive action against these 47 BJP workers till further orders of the court and the next date of hearing.The matter came up for hearing in his bench on Tuesday afternoon and at...
  3. "No one has the right to commit violence against women": Adhir Ranjan Choudhary

    Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Reacting to the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the West Bengal government and said attacks on women are "unacceptable", adding that such incidents are not witnessed anywhere in the...
  4. 'Taliban rule' has been established in West Bengal: BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad

    New Delhi [India], BJP MP and member of the party's investigation team formed to probe post-election violence in West Bengal, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Friday alleged that the 'Taliban Raj' has established itself in West Bengal.He also alleged that there is complete violation of women's rights...
  5. West Bengal BJP forms team to investigate alleged attack on minority woman in Cooch Behar

    Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar has constituted a seven-member team to investigate the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar.The seven-member team includes BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, MLA Sikha Chatterjee...
  6. Suvendu Adhikari wrote letter to NCW, NHRC; Urge to send team to West Bengal to investigate alleged post-poll violence

    Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], West Bengal opposition leader and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote a letter to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), National Commission for Women (NCW). and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and urged the Commission to send a team to...
  7. RSS affiliated organization takes out protest rally in Kolkata against post-poll violence in Bengal

    The rally started from Wellington Square and ended at Rani Rashmoni Road, with hundreds of people taking part.The organizers claimed that it was an apolitical rally as they asked people to raise their voice against the ongoing post-poll violence in the state.“There are many people who have...
  8. Bengal LOP seeks permission from Calcutta HC to hold protest near DGP office

    The matter is likely to come up for hearing before a single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha on June 25. Earlier, the officer had sought permission to stage a protest in front of the Raj Bhavan in central Kolkata.After not getting police permission, he approached Justice Sinha's bench...
  9. Our party leader beaten by TMC goons in West Midnapore BDO office: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari

    West Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], West Bengal Opposition leader and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday accused TMC goons of seriously injuring party leader Moumita Sinha inside the West Midnapore Block Development Office.He also said that post-poll violence is on the rise in West...
  10. BJP issues show cause notice to Abhijit Das, who contested against Trinamool's Abhishek Banerjee

    Das's membership in the party has also been temporarily suspended.Insiders in the state BJP unit said that on Tuesday, when the party's central fact-finding team was visiting various parts of Diamond Harbor that were affected by post-poll violence, they faced opposition from a section of local...
  11. Bengal LOP rejects police 'offer' to hold protest near Raj Bhavan

    This protest is to be held against the reports of post-poll violence coming out from different parts of the state after the Lok Sabha elections.According to the official, on June 13 they had sent the first mail to the Kolkata Police Commissioner's office seeking permission to hold the protest...
  12. Trinamool will not remain in power forever in Bengal: Biplab Deb

    Biplab Deb was in West Bengal as part of the BJP's four-member central fact-finding team to review the situation arising out of post-poll violence from different parts of the state.The fact-finding team also included former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, former DGP of Uttar Pradesh and...
  13. "Women are being threatened in Sandeshkhali that if they..." then action will be taken against them: Ravi Shankar Prasad

    North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], BJP MP and member of the fact-finding team on post-poll violence in West Bengal, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday alleged that women in Sandeshkhali were threatened with action if they filed complaints Is going. Against anything.She also alleged that BJP...
  14. Post-poll violence: No reservation if central forces' stay extended in Bengal, Home Ministry tells HC

    Kolkata: The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday informed the Calcutta High Court that it has no objection to increased deployment of central forces in West Bengal if the situation demands in view of allegations of post-poll violence in the state.The court directed the Center and the West Bengal...
  15. BJP's central team on Bengal tour had to face opposition from party workers in Diamond Harbor

    Kolkata: A central BJP team visiting West Bengal on Tuesday faced opposition from its own party workers, who claimed that when they were displaced from their homes due to alleged post-poll violence in the state, seniors Leaders did not show sympathy, party sources said.The incident took place...
  16. BJP's fact-finding committee meets victims of post-poll violence in South 24 Parganas

    South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fact-finding committee constituted to investigate the post-poll violence in West Bengal met the victims of post-poll violence in South 24 Parganas district and Listened to his words. Complaints.Members of the...
  17. Post-poll violence: Bengal government submits situation report to Calcutta HC

    The report presented before the division bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda and Justice Apurba Sinha Roy said that the office of the Director General of Police received 560 complaints of post-poll violence from June 6 to June 12.Based on those complaints, Bengal Police registered 107 FIRs.The...
  18. BJP's central team in Bengal is facing opposition from party workers.

    Kolkata: BJP's four-member central team visiting West Bengal to assess the situation following alleged violence against party workers after the Lok Sabha elections faced opposition from its own party workers who claimed that saffron Senior party leaders did not show sympathy. They were displaced...
  19. Post-poll violence in West Bengal: Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses TMC worker of attempting to rape SC woman, targets Mamata Banerjee

    Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of the four-member committee formed to investigate the post-poll violence in West Bengal, Ravi Shankar Prasad fiercely targeted the Trinamool Congress (TMC). The government on Monday alleged that a Scheduled Caste...
  20. "TMC created an atmosphere of violence in West Bengal": Tripura CM Manik Saha

    Agartala (Tripura) [India], Following incidents of violence from several parts of West Bengal following the announcement of Lok Sabha 2024 results, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state and claimed that after Wale has created an...