Kaliachak

Amid the grave law and order situation at Kaliachak in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal in the wake of the alleged rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl, the BJP on Thursday alleged that one of its workers was shot dead by the state police.

A man was allegedly assaulted by four persons in a moving train in West Bengal, after he failed to reply to their queries on the prime minister and the national anthem, police said today.

One person was arrested for trying to deposit fake notes of Rs 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 49,000 at a bank branch in Kaliachak in Malda district on Monday.

A man was allegedly trying to smuggle cough syrup to Bangladesh was killed in firing by BSF personnel in Kaliachak area of Malda district, BSF officials said today.

A Class IX girl and her mother were severely beaten up along with a local Gram Panchayat member when they protested the harassment of the girl by a local man at Manikchak in West Bengal's Malda district today.

Malda, which made national headlines in January this year after violence in Kaliachak, was the first stop for Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her campaign for the West Bengal Assembly Elections. And it has already flared a war of words.

No time frame was set for it. Nor, whether the Home Ministry would probe the incident. But, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the real culprits behind the communal violence at Kaliachak, in Malda in Bengal on January 3, would be exposed, caught and punished.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government over the Malda attack, accusing it of not taking action against the perpetrators and "sheltering criminals".

In Kaliachak block of West Bengal's Malda district, where a lakh-strong mob set fire to the local police station earlier this month, authorities are working to destroy large tracts of poppy fields.

The political heat generated by the mob violence in Malda's Kaliachak has boosted BJP hopes ahead of the coming assembly elections in West Bengal. Though the party has been a marginal player in the state so far, its leaders say they expect considerable gains in and around Malda, traditionally a Congress stronghold.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya today alleged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is running her government in an "undemocratic manner" and curfew-like situation prevailing in violence-hit Malda district, where efforts are on to destroy evidence of "riots".

West Bengal BJP today attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress for not giving permission to a rally of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Malda, which was hit by violence recently, forcing it to shift the gathering to neighbouring South Dinajpur district.

Top BJP leaders, including party president Amit Shah, will hold rallies this month in West Bengal as the BJP raises the pitch of its attack on the Mamata Banerjee government on the recent mob violence in Kaliachak town of the state's Malda, sources have said.

In the second such incident today, a CPI(M) delegation was denied permission to visit violence-hit Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district hours after a BJP team was stopped from going to the area by district authorities citing prohibitory orders.

Three BJP parliamentarians sent by party chief Amit Shah on a "fact-finding" mission to West Bengal's Malda, which was hit by mob-violence last week, were stopped at the railway station and forced to take a train back to Kolkata on Monday. The same evening, CPM leader Mohammed Salim and his team, who were also on way to Malda, were stopped by the p...

Amid the grave law and order situation at Kaliachak in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal in the wake of the alleged rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl, the BJP on Thursday alleged that one of its workers was shot dead by the state police.

A man was allegedly assaulted by four persons in a moving train in West Bengal, after he failed to reply to their queries on the prime minister and the national anthem, police said today.

One person was arrested for trying to deposit fake notes of Rs 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 49,000 at a bank branch in Kaliachak in Malda district on Monday.

A man was allegedly trying to smuggle cough syrup to Bangladesh was killed in firing by BSF personnel in Kaliachak area of Malda district, BSF officials said today.

A Class IX girl and her mother were severely beaten up along with a local Gram Panchayat member when they protested the harassment of the girl by a local man at Manikchak in West Bengal's Malda district today.

Malda, which made national headlines in January this year after violence in Kaliachak, was the first stop for Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her campaign for the West Bengal Assembly Elections. And it has already flared a war of words.

No time frame was set for it. Nor, whether the Home Ministry would probe the incident. But, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the real culprits behind the communal violence at Kaliachak, in Malda in Bengal on January 3, would be exposed, caught and punished.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government over the Malda attack, accusing it of not taking action against the perpetrators and "sheltering criminals".

In Kaliachak block of West Bengal's Malda district, where a lakh-strong mob set fire to the local police station earlier this month, authorities are working to destroy large tracts of poppy fields.

The political heat generated by the mob violence in Malda's Kaliachak has boosted BJP hopes ahead of the coming assembly elections in West Bengal. Though the party has been a marginal player in the state so far, its leaders say they expect considerable gains in and around Malda, traditionally a Congress stronghold.

Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya today alleged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is running her government in an "undemocratic manner" and curfew-like situation prevailing in violence-hit Malda district, where efforts are on to destroy evidence of "riots".

West Bengal BJP today attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress for not giving permission to a rally of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in Malda, which was hit by violence recently, forcing it to shift the gathering to neighbouring South Dinajpur district.

Top BJP leaders, including party president Amit Shah, will hold rallies this month in West Bengal as the BJP raises the pitch of its attack on the Mamata Banerjee government on the recent mob violence in Kaliachak town of the state's Malda, sources have said.

In the second such incident today, a CPI(M) delegation was denied permission to visit violence-hit Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district hours after a BJP team was stopped from going to the area by district authorities citing prohibitory orders.

Three BJP parliamentarians sent by party chief Amit Shah on a "fact-finding" mission to West Bengal's Malda, which was hit by mob-violence last week, were stopped at the railway station and forced to take a train back to Kolkata on Monday. The same evening, CPM leader Mohammed Salim and his team, who were also on way to Malda, were stopped by the p...