After a wave of violence that claimed at least 10 lives in West Bengal during Panchayat polls on Saturday, a family member of 62-year-old Congress worker who allegedly killed in the Murshidabad demanded security.
A Delhi Court has framed charges against six persons accused of burning a Muslim youth named Shahbaz alive at Khajuri Pushta in the Karawal Nagar area during the Delhi riots on February 25, 2020. His body was identified after DNA analysis.
Following the violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced re-polling to be conducted in 697 booths spread across five districts on July 10.
Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Anticipating violence during the upcoming Bastille Day weekend, France has banned the sale, possession, and transportation of fireworks, reported CNN on Sunday (local time).
After violence during panchayat polls in the state, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will visit Delhi and is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday said that as many as ten people had lost their lives in the violence that broke on the Panchayat Polls day in the state.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday expressed deep concern over the election violence in West Bengal on the day of the Panchayat Polls.
West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress over deaths in separate incidents of violence that marred Panchayat polls across the state on Saturday.
Deputy Inspector General of BSF SS Guleria, while speaking to ANI said that no causality was reported at the places where the central forces were deployed.
According to a statement from the health ministry, the assault happened on Saturday in a residential area of Omdurman, the city next to the capital Khartoum. Unknown numbers of individuals were injured in the attack.
Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government over the widespread violence during the panchayet elections in West Bengal on Saturday, Union Minister Nishith Pramanik said the single-phased polls were not a festival of the republic but a festival of death.