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Congress, BJP move court over WB panchayat polls
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] April 5 (ANI): The West Bengal units of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday moved Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court respectively in connection with upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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WB: BJP worker died after being thrashed by TMC cadres
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 5 (ANI): A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker died on Wednesday after allegedly being thrashed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres in West Bengal's Bankura district.
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WB violence: NHRC issues notice to Mamata Govt.
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): As violence continued unabated in Asansol-Raniganj area of West Bengal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government.
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Owaisi takes on WB chief minister, governor over Asansol violence
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned Mamata Banerjee government's "secular" credentials and West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi's "constitutional" conduct in connection with the Asansol communal vi
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WB Panchayat polls to be held in three phases in May
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Mar. 31(ANI): Panchayat general elections in 20 districts of West Bengal are scheduled to take place in three phases in May, announced the state election commission on Saturday.
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WB clash: Amit Shah constitutes committee to recce violence-hit areas
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Friday constituted a four-member committee to visit the violence-hit areas in West Bengal's Asansol and submit a report in the regard.
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Hansraj Ahir blames WB, Bihar governments for violence
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir on Friday blamed the West Bengal and Bihar governments for communal violence in the state on Ram Navami while saying that it was their responsibility to maintain law and order.
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WB violence: Governor's Durgapur visit stalled
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kolkata [West Bengal] [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing row between the Mamata Banerjee government and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the West Bengal violence, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi's plans to visit the Burdwan district was stalled after the state government d
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Baloch people are victims of Pak war crimes: Activist
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], Mar 28 (ANI): World Baloch Women's Forum (WBWF) president and prominent Baloch activist Professor Naela Quadri Baloch has said that the people of Balochistan are victims of all forms of Pakistani war crimes.
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Ram Navami clashes: Sec 144 imposed in WB city
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], Mar. 28 (ANI): Following continued violence and clashes over Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal's Asansol, Section 144 has been imposed in the vicinity.
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Over 4 lakh beggars in India, WB tops chart
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Union Minister for Social Justice Thawar Chand Gehlot on Wednesday said West Bengal has the highest number of beggars and vagrants in India.
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Telangana CM meets WB counterpart
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Friday.
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