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Violent turn to electoral battle in Bengal
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
(Analysis) Kolkata (ANI) May 15 (ANI): Continuing political violence in West Bengal before and during the Lok Sabha election is making political pundits wonder whether it demonstrates nervousness of the ruling Trinamool Congress or desperation on the part of BJP to make inroads into
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Escaped safely only because CRPF was there: Amit Shah on Kolkata violence
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): A day after his mega road show in Kolkata was marred by violence, BJP president Amit Shah held Mamata Banerjee accountable for it, asserting that he wouldn't have been able to escape if CRPF was not deployed in the area. Shah alleged that West Bengal Polic
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Protest allowed in democracy, not stone pelting: Roopa Ganguly
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly on Wednesday criticised All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) for allegedly creating disruptions during BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata saying, a protest is allowed in a democ
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Suspend government in West Bengal or impose President rule: Yogi Adityanat
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Gorakhpur/Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday condemned the attack on BJP chief Amit Shah's rally and requested the President to suspend the West Bengal government immediately citing lack of law and order situation in the state.
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Frustrated TMC goons attacked roadshow : Amit Shah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah condemned the violence at his roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday and accused the TMC goons of resorting to violence due to frustration.
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WB: Amit Shah holds roadshow in Mamata's turf, clashes break out
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): It was a sea of saffron in Kolkata on Tuesday when BJP president Amit Shah held a roadshow taking the battle against arch-rival TMC to Mamata Banerjee's den.
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WB govt writes to EC, asks to reconsider decision of not having local offi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Monday wrote a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Aariz Aftab, asking for the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the state for 7th phase of Lok Sabha elections. The government further req
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Kolkata: BJP alleges posters, flags removed by TMC ahead of Shah's rally
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that its party posters and flags were removed by TMC workers and police ahead of party president Amit Shah's roadshow in the city.
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SC grants bail to BJP activist Priyanka Sharma, asks her tender apology af
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook, and asked her to tender a written apology after rele
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SC grants bail to BJP activist Priyanka Sharma, waives apology condition
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to West Bengal BJP functionary Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested on May 10 for allegedly posting a morphed picture of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook, after waiving its earlier condition that she t
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Police raid BJP worker's house after TMC accuses him of distributing money
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): West Bengal Police on Monday raided home of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker on complaint of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar in Basarat, North 24 Parganas district.
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Sudan: 5 killed as violence flares up
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], May 14 (ANI): At least five persons including a soldier were killed in violence that erupted in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Monday after Transitional Military Council (TMC) and opposition reached a deal to run the country.
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