West Bengal CM Mamata Bannerjee on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) double-engine government of violence against migrant workers in their respective states. Her remarks come amid rising reports of mob lynching incidents in Bihar.
Rescue and search operations resumed on Tuesday at the site of the devastating fire in Arki town of Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, even as investigators recovered smaller human bodily remains from the debris, officials said.
Vipin Kumar, Arki's Tehsildar and local revenue officer, old ANI, "We received information about the incident around 2:30-3 am. Nearly 10-15 shops were gutted in the fire. We immediately deployed SDRF, Home Guards and fire services during the night itself. One child was rescued but later
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury questioned the intent behind the TMC protests held on Friday in the national capital against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid on the I-PAC office in Kolkata
Raising the issue of alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers, Banerjee questioned the BJP's narrative on illegal immigration. "For speaking Bengali, people are branded as Bangladeshis and sent to jail. Then why should Suvendu Adhikari, Khagen Murmu, Dilip Ghosh not be sent
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is set to visit Sambalpur in Odisha today to raise concerns against alleged violence against migrant workers hailing from West Bengal.
The ministry said 96 people were rescued and seven bodies recovered after the accident on Wednesday. The boat involved in the accident was found on a sandbank.
He said this after the Karnataka BJP delegation visited the Kogilu Fakir Colony, where houses were recently demolished during an anti-encroachment drive.
In preparation for the 2026 Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a strategic meeting with the BJP's core group and migrant workers in West Bengal.