Bengal Post Poll Violence

Violence that rocked West Bengal following last year's assembly elections is the theme of a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata with the Goddess shown as the mother of a dead child.

Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Pal appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday in connection with its probe into the murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar in post-poll violence in Kolkata.

Bengal Violence: The CBI today began questioningTMC's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with its investigation into the post-poll violence in West Bengal's Birbhum last year.

Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 Assembly elections, has been running away from the investigation in the murder case of a BJP worker, the CBI told the Supreme Court.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday claimed that the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri of Uttar Pradesh that left eight dead and the post-poll brutality in West Bengal cannot be compared as the former is an accident and the latter planned.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the fourth chargesheet in the ongoing probe into the post-poll violence cases in West Bengal, sources said on Saturday.

A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court today said former Chief Justice of this court Manjula Chellur will oversee the functioning of an SIT formed by it to probe alleged post-poll violence cases other than rape and murder.

The West Bengal government has appointed ten IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday.

The Bengal government has challenged a Calcutta High Court order for a CBI probe into post-poll violence in the state in the Supreme Court, saying the agency will not conduct a fair investigation.

The CBI has registered 10 more cases related to the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal, taking the total number of such cases to 31, officials said Tuesday.

The CBI has registered nine cases related to post-poll violence in West Bengal, sources said on Thursday.

Calcutta High Court today ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal and stated that Constitutional obligations of the state do not get vested in the Election Commission

The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into "heinous crimes of murder and rape" after the results of the West Bengal election was announced.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government cited several issues with a report by an NHRC panel, including bias and problematic credentials of its members. The report on the post-poll violence in the state has been submitted with the High Court.

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has alleged in an affidavit filed before the Calcutta High Court that the National Human Rights Council committee which probed incidents of post-poll violence in the state "was fraught with bias".

Violence that rocked West Bengal following last year's assembly elections is the theme of a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata with the Goddess shown as the mother of a dead child.

Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Pal appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday in connection with its probe into the murder of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar in post-poll violence in Kolkata.

Bengal Violence: The CBI today began questioningTMC's Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with its investigation into the post-poll violence in West Bengal's Birbhum last year.

Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 Assembly elections, has been running away from the investigation in the murder case of a BJP worker, the CBI told the Supreme Court.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday claimed that the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri of Uttar Pradesh that left eight dead and the post-poll brutality in West Bengal cannot be compared as the former is an accident and the latter planned.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the fourth chargesheet in the ongoing probe into the post-poll violence cases in West Bengal, sources said on Saturday.

A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court today said former Chief Justice of this court Manjula Chellur will oversee the functioning of an SIT formed by it to probe alleged post-poll violence cases other than rape and murder.

The West Bengal government has appointed ten IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday.

The Bengal government has challenged a Calcutta High Court order for a CBI probe into post-poll violence in the state in the Supreme Court, saying the agency will not conduct a fair investigation.

The CBI has registered 10 more cases related to the alleged post-poll violence in West Bengal, taking the total number of such cases to 31, officials said Tuesday.

The CBI has registered nine cases related to post-poll violence in West Bengal, sources said on Thursday.

Calcutta High Court today ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal and stated that Constitutional obligations of the state do not get vested in the Election Commission

The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into "heinous crimes of murder and rape" after the results of the West Bengal election was announced.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government cited several issues with a report by an NHRC panel, including bias and problematic credentials of its members. The report on the post-poll violence in the state has been submitted with the High Court.

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has alleged in an affidavit filed before the Calcutta High Court that the National Human Rights Council committee which probed incidents of post-poll violence in the state "was fraught with bias".