Given freehand to state police to probe violence in Panchayat polls: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: As West Bengal witnessed a blood bath in the recently concluded Panchayat elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she has given full powers to the state police to find the culprits behind the violence, media reports.
Violence hits Panchayat polls in West Bengal, 12 die
Kolkata: Violence rocked West Bengal during the single phase three-tier Panchayat polling as 12 people, who were owing allegiance to both the ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition, lost their lives in different parts of the state on Saturday.
Kolkata: Various parts of rural West Bengal remained in turmoil even on the last day of submission of nomination papers for the July 8 Panchayat elections.
Mamata Banerjee meets Guv Jagdeep Dhankar after spat over Birbhum violence
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday finally went for the long-pending meeting with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar over the law and order situation in the state.
Install CCTV camera at scene of crime: Calcutta High Court directs state govt over Birbhum Violence
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court while adjudicating upon the suo moto petition related to the the incident of Rampurhat violence in Birbhum on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to immediately install CCTV cameras with adequate storage facilities covering all angles of the scene of the arson in the presence of the District Judge.
Large-scale post-poll violence in Bengal claims lives as Oppn alleges 2011 re-run
Kolkata: Even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed for calm, West Bengal is roiled by large-scale post poll violence claiming at least a dozen lives so far while the opposition parties' leaders and workers are being attacked and their property looted, according to media reports and the opposition parties.
PM Modi dials Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over post-poll violence
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing "anguish" and "concern" over the prevailing post-poll violence in the state.
On a day when BJP-led delegation visits Bhatpara, fresh violence erupts
Kolkata, June 22 (IBNS): A day-when a Bharatiya Janata Party-led delegation visited West Bengal's Bhatpara to assess the situation in the violence-hit region, fresh clashes erupted in the area on Saturday.
Violence in West Bengal: BJP announces "Lalbazar Abhiyan" on June 12
Kolkata, June 9 (IBNS): Amid violent clashes in West Bengal which claimed three lives, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced that it will hold ''Lalbazar Abhiyan'' on June 12.
Bengal Lok Sabha violence: Apex court puts ball in HC
New Delhi, May 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL filed by an independent candidate Ramu Mandi against the Election Commission of India appointment of two retired bureaucrats, Vivek Debey and Ajay Nayak, as special observers in the Lok Sabha election in Bengal, which was marked by violence, bloodshed and mayhem.
India votes in final phase of Lok Sabha polls, violence and rigging mars Bengal balloting
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): India voted in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday as violence and electoral malpractices were once again reported from West Bengal where the key battle is between the state's ruling Trinamool Congress and the emerging force that is Bharatiya Janata Party.
Lok Sabha election: One killed in Bengal violence as nation votes in third phase
New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr 23 (IBNS): The third and largest phase of the national election on Tuesday recorded 63.24 percent voters' turnout with West Bengal witnessing massive violence in which at least one person was killed.
Amid violence in Bengal, 2nd phase of LS poll records 66 pct turnout across India
New Delhi, Apr 18 (IBNS): The second phase of the Lok Sabha election witnessed a turnout of 66 percent on Monday though it was partly marred by sporadic clashes in West Bengal and Tripura.
BJP holds ‘Save Bengal’ campaign in Mumbai, Delhi after Basirhat riots
Mumbai, July 9 (IBNS): ‘Save Bengal’ is a campaign that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been running since last year when they staged protest against the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in Kolkata. In the wake of communal clashes, has decided to repeat the exercise in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru et al.
Centre provoked external forces to create Basirhat riots: Mamata
Kolkata, July 8 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attacked the Centre over the spiralling communal violence in state's Basirhat area and said the Centre provoked external forces to create the situation along the sensitive Bangladesh border.