"We met Governor...he has told that doors are always open for victims till the post-poll violence ends...," Adhikari said speaking to reporters on Sunday.
"I have to say only one thing. Elections are held in the whole country, why is there violence only in Bengal after the elections? ...There was violence during the Gram Panchayat elections and Vidhan Sabha elections too. Today again there are reports of violence," Prasad said speaking to r
"TMC is doing this to try to destroy the opposition before the next elections. They do not have enough mandate," Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly said speaking to reporters in Siliguri on Saturday.
Unidentified bike-borne gunmen fired several shots at a car owned by a businessman in West Bengal's Belgharia area on Saturday, a senior police official said.
Addressing media persons, the BJP leader said, "I have submitted a letter to the Commissioner of Police and sought permission to stage a demonstration in front of Raj Bhavan over post-poll violence in the state. Tomorrow evening, I will be meeting the Governor with 100 victims of post-pol
The committee includes party MPs Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar with Deb as its convener who will take immediate stock of the situation and report further.
The Mortal remains of deceased Dwarikesh Pattanayak, who died in Kuwait fire incident, reached at Kolkata airport on Saturday morning. Pattanayak was a resident of the Paschim Medinipur district of the state.
Due to recent heavy rain and landslides in Sikkim, many tourists from West Bengal have been stranded in Sikkim. In order to assist the stranded tourists, a Tourist Facilitation Help Desk has been opened at Rangpo, an order by the Office of the District Magistrate of Kalimpong said.
"Yesterday, I gave permission to the victims of violence in the field who came from various parts of Bengal to meet me in the Raj Bhavan and air their grievances. I was shocked to find that for one reason or another, they were all prevented from exercising their democratic rights," Govern
According to IMD, East Uttar Pradesh experienced widespread severe heat, while parts of Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, south Uttarakhand, and north Odisha faced heatwave to severe heatwave conditions.