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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.…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
‘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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- India
Violence over Ram Navami procession in Bengal’s Howrah
Howrah: Violence broke out between two groups when a Ram Navami procession was taken out in West Bengal’s Howrah city, where several vehicles were torched and shops were ransacked on Thursday evening.…
- Politics
Mamata sits overnight in ‘dharna’ against Centre, raises political temperature
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sat overnight in front of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar’s statue on Red Road in the heart of the metropolis, surrounded by a cohort…
- India
Those who secured jobs illegally are now agitating over DA: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that the state government employees who had secured jobs “illegally” and “unethically” during the previous Left Front regime are now holding demonstrations…
- India
If Rahul is disqualified, why not Modi for hurting women’s sentiment: TMC’s Abhishek
Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said if Rahul Gandhi can be disqualified for his comments about a community, then why similar action cannot be taken against Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
Mamata on two-day dharna to protest Centre’s ‘discrimination’ against Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two-day sit-in that she started here on Wednesday to protest the BJP-led Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state was on behalf…
