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Union minister ‘throws slipper’ on Sikh man, BJP says it was paper cutting
Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against Union minister Sukanta Majumdar at a police station in Kolkata, alleging he threw a slipper at a Sikh man which hit his turban, the ruling…
- India
Arrested Pakistani national in Kolkata secured EPIC card, voted twice; ED probes
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate have started tracking the sources of the documents based on which Azad Mullick, the Pakistani citizen whom ED arrested in Kolkata in April, secured an EPIC card, with…
- India
Backwardness only benchmark to decide OBC status, not religion: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday told the state Assembly that backwardness is the only benchmark to decide the OBC status of people. Maintaining that a disinformation campaign is…
- India
Missing Wajahat Khan arrested in Kolkata in hate speech case
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Monday evening, June 9, arrested Wajahat Khan, who had lodged a complaint against social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli for allegedly uploading a video with communal comments, in…
- India
Man on whose complaint influencer Sharmishta Panoli was held is now missing
Wajahat Khan, on whose complaint the Kolkata police arrested social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli for speaking provocative and insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam, has allegedly gone missing after multiple FIRs were…
- India
CM Banerjee seeks appointment with PM Modi next week
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought time to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi next week to discuss pending central dues to the West Bengal government under various centrally-sponsored…
- India
Violence erupts in Bengal over beef transport; VHP observes 24-hour bandh
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), on Monday, June 2, observed a 24-hour bandh in West Bengal’s Siliguri district, following an attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker on Saturday, May 31.…
- India
West Bengal: Man kills sister-in-law, parades severed head in Basanti
Kolkata: In a gruesome incident in Basanti, South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a man killed his sister-in-law by beheading her with a sharp weapon on Saturday morning. He then roamed…
- India
Rajasthan: Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants taken to West Bengal for deportation
Jodhpur: A first batch of 148 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants rounded up by police in Rajasthan under a special drive were sent to West Bengal on Wednesday by a special flight to continue…
- Opinions
Mamata has an edge in ‘Temple War’; while BJP pitches for “Jai Shri Ram,” Mamata focuses on “Jai Jagannath”
There is a growing conflict and temple war in West Bengal surrounding the inauguration of the Jagannath temple in Digha, a significant event that opened on April 30 during the auspicious occasion…
- India
West Bengal police arrests man who forced vendors to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
Two Muslims were allegedly attacked and harassed to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by a man in West Bengal’s Howrah city. Police have arrested the attacker, Amit Dutta, a resident of Mainakpara in…
- India
Mamata Banerjee to visit violence-hit Murshidabad on Monday
Kolkata: 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…
- Kolkata
2 held for pasting Pakistani flag at Bengal railway station to stir communal tension
Kolkata: West Bengal Police has arrested two persons for allegedly pasting an image of Pakistani flag on the wall of a railway station in North 24 Parganas district and writing ‘Hindustan Murdabad’…
- India
24-year-old farmer killed by BSF troops in Cooch Behar, villagers cry foul
A 24-year-old Muslim man was allegedly shot dead by two Border Security Force (BSF) troops in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district. The incident took place on April 3. Jahanur Haque, a migrant…
- India
Murshidabad violence: NCW urges Bengal govt to address grievances of riot-hit people
Kolkata: Calling upon the West Bengal government to act urgently to address the grievances of the riot-hit people of Murshidabad district, particularly women, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on…