West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose arrives at Islampur Circuit House in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday to meet the family members of the four children, who died allegedly after a mound of soil caved in during drainage expansion near the India-Bangladesh border in the Chopra area.
"Yesterday, the hearing took place for the whole day. All the options were discussed... We are leaving after receiving the court's order... We hope that we don't need to go to court for the third time. One to two senior officers called me in the morning and asked me to come (to Sandeshkhali)
A 'peace home' has been opened at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata from Monday to provide temporary refuge to the victims of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has condemned the attack on media freedom in West Bengal, where a TV journalist reporting on Sandeshkhali horrors was 'taken away' by West Bengal Police late Monday evening.
The situation in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali sparked a war of words between the ruling and opposition parties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleging atrocities against women there and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the BJP of fomenting trouble in the area.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Legislative Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said that he would visit the violence-hit Sandeshkhali on Tuesday and meet the families of victims.
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Calcutta High Court has taken cognisance in the matter relating to the alleged sexual assault of women living in village Sandeshkhali in West Bengal and refused to entertain a plea seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or Special
Coming down heavily on CM Banerjee over the events in North 24 Parganas' Sandeshkhali, the NCW Chairperson said that the former should visit the affected area without any post to understand the pain of the victims.
Commenting on the recent cases of violence and sexual harassment cases across the country, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national Spokesperson Shashi Panja hit out at the National Commission for Women Chairperson Rekha Sharma, who is set to visit Sandeshkhali on Monday to take stock of the situat
West Bengal officials including senior police officials on Monday did not appear before the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee over the complaint of BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day stayed the Privileges Committee proceedings against West Bengal senior officials