Bengal Violence

2 Dead In Violence Near Kolkata, BJP Plans Report To Amit Shah: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday June 20, 2019

Violence flared up in Bengal again, in which two persons died and three were injured today. The location was Bhatpara, barely 30 km from Kolkata, which saw massive violence during the recent Lok Sabha election. It is not known what triggered the clash but locals said crude bombs were thrown and gunshots fired. The police used tear gas shells and fi...

BJP Worker Shot Dead In Bengal, Party Says "Trinamool Goons" Behind It

India News | ANI | Friday June 14, 2019

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, named Saraswati Das, was allegedly shot dead by miscreants in Basirhat in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 14, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah of encouraging his party workers to create communal tension in the state.

After Clash At BJP's Kolkata Rally, Governor Plans Round-Table: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday June 12, 2019

Kolkata witnessed an unprecedented pitched battle between the BJP workers and the police today as the party attempted to hold a rally to Lalbazar, the state police headquarters in the heart of the city. Following the violence, during which the police used batons, tear gas and water cannons and the party retaliated with stones, Governor Kesari Nath ...

Mamata Banerjee Provoking Violence In West Bengal, Says Babul Supriyo

India News | ANI | Wednesday June 12, 2019

Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of provoking violence in the state and employing her party workers and police for the same.

2 Dead In Bomb Attack In Bengal's Kankinara That Saw Clashes During Polls

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Tuesday June 11, 2019

Two people were killed and several people were severely injured when bombs were thrown last night at a neighbourhood in Bengal's Kankinara in North 24 Parganas district that saw clashes during the national elections last month.

BJP Says Will Defy Bar On Political Party Programmes In West Bengal

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 10, 2019

On a day West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid political violence in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it is not demanding President's rule there but asserted that it will "defy" the Mamata Banerjee government's bar on its political programmes, including victory processions.

Centre, BJP Trying To "Create Riots" In Bengal, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 10, 2019

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today accused the Centre of trying to cause riots and bring down her government, saying it was because she was protesting against the BJP's misdeeds. The Chief Minister -- who was hailed as a "tigress" yesterday by Shatrughan Sinha -- also issued a veiled warning to the BJP, saying "an injured tiger is more dan...

Bengal Governor Briefs PM, Amit Shah On "Ground Situation"

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 10, 2019

Bengal Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi discussed the ground situation in Bengal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in Delhi today. The Centre has expressed deep concern over the situation in the state, which witnessed several instances of violence since the national elections, in which the BJP posted massive gains.

"Shot In The Eye In Front Of Me": Killed BJP Man's Wife Blames Trinamool

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday June 9, 2019

Incidents of violence between BJP and Trinamool workers have increased after a bitterly fought election in which the saffron party ended up winning 18 of 42 Lok Sabha seats - only four behind the Trinamool's 22. Mamata Banerjee's party claimed 34 in the 2014 polls

Bengal Unrest Flares Up, BJP Aborts Highway Cremation Of Killed Workers

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday June 10, 2019

Political violence in Bengal took a dramatic turn on Sunday as the state BJP, following a face-off with the police, prepared to cremate the bodies of the workers who died in Saturday's clash on the Basanti highway. Hundreds of agitated workers gathered at the spot and preparations had started for a funeral pyre. But the party reversed the decision ...

Day After Bengal Violence, Home Ministry Asks Mamata Banerjee For Action

India News | Anindita Sanyal | Sunday June 9, 2019

The centre has expressed deep concern over the continuing violence in Bengal even after the national elections and issued an advisory to Mamata Banerjee's government, sources said. The state BJP had approached home minister Amit Shah, claiming three of its workers were killed by Trinamool Congress workers in the North 24 Parganas. This was the thir...

Top Court Grants BJP Bengal Candidate Protection From Arrest For 5 Days

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Supreme Court on Wednesday granted protection from arrest till May 28 to Arjun Singh, a BJP candidate from Barrackpore constituency in West Bengal, in various criminal cases lodged against him by the state police.

"Mamata Didi" Now ''Mamata Dadagiri'', Says Manoj Tiwari On Bengal Violence

India News | ANI | Monday May 20, 2019

Coming down heavily on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over poll-related violence in the state, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Monday dubbed TMC chief as "Mamata dadagiri."

Crude Bombs, Lathicharge in Bengal, Minister Wants Central Forces To Stay

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 19, 2019

Crude bombs were flung in Bengal's Bhatpara as two groups clashed and elsewhere, three BJP candidates claimed they came under attack on the last day of polling in the state. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for the presence of Central forces in the state till the counting of votes gets over.