In a major setback to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court ordered the removal of prohibitory orders that were imposed under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the vicinity of the SP's office in Basirhat in view of the agitation by the BJP over allegati
"When I listened to my mothers and sisters there I could not believe that this could happen in Kabi guru Rabindranath Tagore's place," the Governor said.
"What I saw was ghastly shocking, shattering to my senses. I saw something which I should never have seen. I heard many things which I should never have heard. If you have tears, this is the time to shed those tears. If you have sighs to heave, heave them now. That is how horrible human life
In a no-holds-barred attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Sandeshkhali issue, Union Minister Smriti Irani alleged on Monday that the TMC chief is known for the 'genocide' of Hindus.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said Monday he has decided to cut short his Kerala trip and return to the state to visit the violence-hit Sandeshkhali.
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and alleged that, being a woman, she had failed to provide protection to ST women in Sandeshkhali violence.
Days after violence erupted in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday alleged that BJP, Congress and CPI-M are engaged in trying to provoke the situation as the region returns towards normalcy.
Days after violence erupted in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Arun Haldar labelled serious allegations against TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh.
In a recent incident in the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal, agitated villagers set fire to the poultry farm belonging to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shivprasad Hazra.
In a recent incident in the Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal, agitated villagers set fire to the poultry farm belonging to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shivprasad Hazra.
"Sandeshkhali is CPI(M)'s bastion. We have never won in this area. The violence is a result of the collective efforts of both the BJP and the CPI(M). Out of 14 anchals in the area, violence was orchestrated in one anchal. This isolated incident is being used to propagate that violence is