Basirhat Communal Riots

The BJP on Thursday launched its "Save Bengal" campaign from Rajghat in Delhi in the wake of the Basirhat communal riots, and alleged that there was a "constitutional breakdown" in the state due to the "appeasement politics" of the Mamata Banerjee government.

Residents of Magurkhali, Hindus and Muslims, had lived together, peacefully, for as long as they can remember. A communal riot was unheard of in the small village in Bhaduria block of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. But late into the night last Sunday, it was rife with murderous rage -- rage that locals say found its way into the hamlet t...

The Kolkata Police has said they have arrested a person for sharing an image from a Bhojpuri film and passing it off as one from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas that has been hit by communal violence leaving at least one dead.

"What Bengal thinks/does today, India thinks/does 20 years hence" was the common refrain one used to hear not long ago, but the happenings in the recent years in the state have brought about an altogether different perception which can safely be paraphrased to say that "What Kashmir did to Hindus 20 years ago, West Bengal is doing now."

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.

After about half a day of calm, violence erupted again late on Thursday afternoon in Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, after the police used batons on angry crowds who alleged that cops were detaining only Hindu youth for the last three days since riots began. The area's legislator Dibyendu Biswas, of the ruling Trinamool Congress was present d...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upbraided for the third day in a row by the state's Governor, who said she is obliged to "maintain peace without caste creed or community bias", referring to riots in a part of the North 24 Parganas, barely 60 kms from the state capital of Kolkata.

A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.

The BJP on Thursday launched its "Save Bengal" campaign from Rajghat in Delhi in the wake of the Basirhat communal riots, and alleged that there was a "constitutional breakdown" in the state due to the "appeasement politics" of the Mamata Banerjee government.

Residents of Magurkhali, Hindus and Muslims, had lived together, peacefully, for as long as they can remember. A communal riot was unheard of in the small village in Bhaduria block of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. But late into the night last Sunday, it was rife with murderous rage -- rage that locals say found its way into the hamlet t...

The Kolkata Police has said they have arrested a person for sharing an image from a Bhojpuri film and passing it off as one from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas that has been hit by communal violence leaving at least one dead.

"What Bengal thinks/does today, India thinks/does 20 years hence" was the common refrain one used to hear not long ago, but the happenings in the recent years in the state have brought about an altogether different perception which can safely be paraphrased to say that "What Kashmir did to Hindus 20 years ago, West Bengal is doing now."

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.

After about half a day of calm, violence erupted again late on Thursday afternoon in Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, after the police used batons on angry crowds who alleged that cops were detaining only Hindu youth for the last three days since riots began. The area's legislator Dibyendu Biswas, of the ruling Trinamool Congress was present d...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upbraided for the third day in a row by the state's Governor, who said she is obliged to "maintain peace without caste creed or community bias", referring to riots in a part of the North 24 Parganas, barely 60 kms from the state capital of Kolkata.

A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.