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'Tarique Rahman assures steps against post-poll violence': Bangladesh Jama
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer (party leader) Shafiqur Rahman said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has assured them of taking action to curb the post-poll violence in the country.
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Bangladesh braces for historic February 12 polls: First vote since Hasina
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Bangladesh holds crucial parliamentary polls and a referendum tomorrow after Sheikh Hasina's ouster. Over 12.77 crore voters will decide 299 seats amid high security and hopes for democratic reform. Minorities fear post-poll violence in some areas.
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CBI arrests absconding accused in Avijit Sarkar murder case
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested, on Friday, an absconding accused in connection with the murder of Avijit Sarkar, as stated in a release.
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West Bengal: Court award life imprisonment to rape accused in post-poll vi
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The Learned Additional District and Sessions Judge of the 2nd POCSO Court in Malda, West Bengal, rendered a sentence of life imprisonment to the defendant in a case involving rape.
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First conviction in West Bengal post-poll violence: Malda Court convicts a
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A special court in Malda has convicted an individual accused for the rape of a nine-year-old girl, marking the first conviction in the post-poll violence cases of West Bengal investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), said a statement from the agency.
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CBI names TMC MLA, councillors in murder chargesheet of BJP worker Avijit
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Paresh Pal and two city councillors, among 18 accused in its supplementary chargesheet in a case related to the death of BJP leader Avijit Sarkar, a resident of Sitala Tala Lane, Kolkata, who was killed in post-
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WB post poll violence: "Grave attacks on the roots of democracy", says SC
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court has recently slammed Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers and cancelled the bail of five person who were accused of targeted families for supporting BJP during the 2021 in West Bengal, saying such incidents were "grave attacks on the roots of democracy".
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BJP labels Mamata Banerjee 'a disgrace to Bengal' as protests mar her Oxfo
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly faced protests by Bengali Hindus where she was questioned regarding the RG Kar College case and post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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Pak's 2024 democracy ranking drops to 2.84 amid poll violence, political c
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has reported that Pakistan's democracy ranking dropped from 3.25 in 2023 to 2.84 in 2024 amid political chaos and election upheavals.
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"Assam BJP worker killed by goons of Congress," alleges CM Himanta Biswa S
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday alleged that a BJP Assam karyakarta (worker) from Samaguri was "killed by Congress goons" and slammed Congress for "orchestrating poll violence and undermining democracy".
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West Bengal post-poll violence: Victim's family moves SC to cancel accused
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The family of a victim of West Bengal's 2021 post-poll violence has appealed to the Supreme Court, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that granted bail to two accused individuals, Rahul Dey and Saurav, on August 5, 2024.
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"Depressed to know post-poll violence was initiated by govt in some cases,
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said, "I am getting a series of complaints from the victims of violence. This is not the first time. Last occasion when the victims of post-poll violence came to meet me as governor, they were prevented by the police."
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