Veteran actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty strongly condemned the Sandeshkhali incident on Friday, describing it as "disgusting" and emphasizing the need to transcend political differences in addressing such atrocities.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Souvik Bhattacharya, son of Trinamool Congress leader Manik Bhattacharya, in the alleged teacher recruitment irregularities case.
The 6-member BJP delegation constituted by the party national president, JP Nadda, to visit Sandeshkhali was stopped by the police in West Bengal on Friday.
The Supreme Court on Friday assured that it will consider listing for early hearing on public interest litigation seeking transfer of investigation and subsequent trial outside West Bengal in connection to the alleged sexual assault of women living in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.
The West Bengal State Higher Secondary Exams for Class XII students kick off today in Siliguri, North Bengal. A total of 1.59 lakh students are set to undertake the examinations.
A team of the Enforcement Directorate is conducting raids on close associates of former West Bengal education minister and jailed ruling Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata, as per sources.
The Parliament Committee of Privileges on Thursday directed the top police officials of West Bengal to appear before them over a complaint from the state BJP chief and MP Sukanta Majumdar on February 19.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the BJP state president lost consciousness during a scuffle that broke out between security forces and party supporters while he was leading a sit-in protest against the prevailing situation in Sandeshkhali.
An advocate moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of investigation and subsequent trial outside West Bengal in connection with the alleged sexual assault on women in Sandeshkhali.
The Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha on Thursday issued a notice to senior police officers in West Bengal on a complaint filed by the BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar, alleging misconduct, brutality and life-threatening injuries during a scuffle with uniformed personnel amid a protest against