Tag: West Bengal
West Bengal Governor Visits Clash-hit Areas
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Saturday visited the strife-torn areas of Raniganj and Asansol in West Bardhaman district and held a meeting with the police officials and the local administration.....
5.5-magnitude Quake Hits Assam
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Guwahati and its adjoining areas on Wednesday, the Met said. No damage was reported. ....
Sporadic Violence During BJP-called Bengal Shutdown
Sporadic incidents of violence and vandalism were reported from some West Bengal districts on Wednesday during the BJP sponsored 12-hour shutdown in the state.....
8-year-old Boy Killed In Bengal Blast
An eight-year-old boy was killed and at least nine persons were injured in a crude bomb blast in Dumdum in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said.....
HC Denies Permission For BJP's Cooch Behar Rally, State Party Chief's Vehicle Attacked
Political temperatures soared in West Bengal on Thursday after an attack on the state BJP president's vehicle by miscreants, even as the Calcutta High Court refused permission to the party "at this stage" to hold a rally in northern West Bengal's Cooch Behar that was slated to be flagged off by party chief Amit Shah on Friday.....
Calcutta HC Gives Conditional Nod To BJP's Rath Yatra
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rath Yatra rallies, saying the organisers will be liable for any untoward incident or damage to public property.....
Tens Of Thousands Attend Bengal's Mega Anti-BJP Rally
Tens of thousands of enthusiastic workers and supporters, including a man on a wheelchair, attended the mega anti-BJP rally at the historic Brigade Parade ground here on Saturday raising their voices against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.....
Mamata Is Behaving Like 'Talibani Didi', Says BJP
The BJP on Tuesday came down heavily on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after buses, in which party workers were returning from Amit Shah's rally in East Midnapore, were vandalised.....
Modi Urges Trinamool To Support Citizenship Bill
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress to support the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament to give the refugees living in India the right to citizenship.....
Centre To Use Technology To Seal Borders With Bangladesh: Rajnath
The Central government has decided to use a new technology to seal India's international borders with Bangladesh passing through Assam and West Bengal by putting in place a comprehensive integrated border management system, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Saturday.....
