Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that 10 people, accused in post-poll violence cases in West Bengal following the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, have been arrested.The ten arrested accused individuals include Kader Molla, the most trusted aide of Sheikh Shahjahan, the notorious and now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. Shahjahan is currently in jail after the CBI identified him as the mastermind behin…
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Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Two female leaders of the Trinamool Congress, who are closely associated with the arrested party’s strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, have been apprehended in Sandeshkhali, located in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in relation to the violent assault on ED officials that occurred in 2024.This action comes after the police stepped up the investigation in the Sandeshkhali case following a change of government in the state.Among those arrested are Sandeshkhali-I Panch…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Jubilant scenes were witnessed across parts of Kolkata and other regions of West Bengal on Monday as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrated early trends showing the party taking a lead in the Assembly election results.Outside several counting centres in Kolkata, large numbers of BJP workers, including women and youth, gathered with party flags, dancing to music and raising slogans as initial trends pointed towards a strong performance by the party. Members of th…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) With law-and-order situation in West Bengal under question in the ongoing Assembly election, the rape and murder at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and the Sandeshkhali exploitation and repression in North 24 Parganas district have re-emerged as major campaign issues ahead of the second phase of polls to be held on Wednesday.Opposition parties in the state have been raising the episodes to underscore allegations of intimidation, violence, and crime aga…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that standing with and nominating the mother of the R.G. Kar rape-murder victim as a party candidate in the West Bengal Assembly elections has proved the Bharatiya Janata Party’s commitment towards women’s safety in the state.Swapna Debnath, the mother of the woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata who was raped and murdered within the hospital premises in August 2024, is the BJP candida…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, kept her eyes closed when women in different pockets of the state were being tortured and shamed by goons backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday.“The entire country was ashamed over the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital. At Sandeshkhali, the Trinamool Congress goons had exploited and shamed women. Infiltrators have becom…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, rejected the bail plea of Sheikh Shahjahan, the suspended Trinamool Congress leader from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and the principal accused in the case of the assault on the Enforcement Department (ED) officials in January 2024.The ED officials and their escorting Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel were attacked and severely assaulted by Shahjahan’s supporters when …
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Sandeshkhali issue is back in the Calcutta High Court, with the BJP filing a petition in which it claims that its party workers and supporters are being falsely implicated in cases.The party has alleged that the police have filed FIRs against BJP workers, including Gangadhar Koyal, in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas district.The petition was admitted on Wednesday, and a hearing is likely to take place on Thursday.The BJP’s allegations include the filing of arms cases ag…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A political slugfest has surfaced in West Bengal over the appointment of former additional director general (South Bengal), Supratim Sarkar as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, which was officially announced by the West Bengal Police Directorate on Friday.Top BJP leaders from West Bengal claimed that Sarkar was gifted with the post by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government for managing the tension at Sandeshkhali, a conglomeration of islands in North 24 Parga…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will introduce the One District, One Product (ODOP) policy in West Bengal if the party comes to power in the state Assembly elections scheduled later this year.”Every district of West Bengal has its own speciality. The common people here have intelligence, talent, and ability. BJP will prepare a plan for each district. As a result, the people of the district concerned will benefit the most. If th…