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Congress activist bombs son’s house for supporting TMC, arrested
Kolkata: A 62-year-old Congress activist was arrested in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Sunday for allegedly bombing the house of his son who is a TMC member, police said. Zahiruddin Sheikh hurled…
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75 trains cancelled as rail blockade by Kurmis continue in Bengal
Kolkata: Train services were disrupted in three tribal-dominated districts of West Bengal — Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore — following continued rail-blockade agitation by the Kurmi community on Saturday. As many as…
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Communal clashes on Ram Navami in West Bengal ‘state sponsored’: BJP leader
Indore: Communal clashes during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal were “sponsored” by the Trinamool Congress government in the state, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday. He…
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88 trains cancelled, hundreds of vehicles stranded amid protest for ST status
Jhargram: Eighty-eight trains were cancelled, and hundreds of vehicles remained stranded as different organisations of the Kurmi community continued their rail and road blockade in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Thursday,…
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Following HC order, Bengal decides to deploy paramilitary forces in 3 districts
Kolkata: Following the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the West Bengal government on Wednesday decided to deploy paramilitary forces in three districts of Hooghly, Barrackpore and Kolkata during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations,…
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WB: Post Ram Navami violence, VHP to hold 500 Hanuman Jayanti events
Kolkata: Amid the furore over violence during celebration of Ram Navami in West Bengal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to conduct 500 Hanuman Jayanti programmes across the state on Thursday.…
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OIC expresses ‘deep concern’ on Ram Navami violence; Indian govt hits back
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has followed with ‘deep concern’ the acts of violence and vandalism targeting the Muslim community in several states in India during the…
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Bengal BJP chief stopped by police on way to violence-hit area for 2nd day
Dankuni: The BJP’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday was stopped for the second consecutive day from visiting the riot-hit areas of Hooghly district by the police citing prohibitory orders. The…
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Man brandishing pistol during Ram Navami rally in Howrah arrested
A 22-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after a video of him brandishing a pistol during a Ram Navami procession in Howrah, West Bengal, went viral. According to police, the accused- Sumit…
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Plea moved in SC against violence during Ram Navami
New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to various state governments — West Bengal, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Telangana — to assess the loss…
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West Bengal: Clashes in Hooghly’s Rishra during Ram Navami rally, BJP says MLA injured
Rishra: Clashes broke out between two groups during a Ram Navami procession in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday evening, police said. BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who was in the procession, told…
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‘Hindus are in danger’: Mahua Moitra’s tweet post Howrah violence
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday for peddling the “Hindus are in danger” story, even as the governing TMC and the opposition party trade blame for…
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Irani accuses West Bengal CM of protecting those who pelted Hindu procession with stones
New Delhi Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence during a Ram Navami procession in Howrah and accused her of protecting those…
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Ram Navami clashes: Bengal Guv summons chief secy after call from Shah
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose sprang into action on Friday regarding the clashes in Howrah district on Thursday over a Ram Navami procession after receiving a call from Union Home…
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West Bengal: More clashes in Howrah a day after Ram Navami violence
New violence was recorded in West Bengal’s Howrah, where communal clashes and violence occurred during a Ram Navami parade on Thursday. Despite heavy police presence in the neighbourhood, including a riot control…
