Bhatpara

Clashes broke out between BJP and Trinamool supporters in Bhatpara near Kolkata on Sunday as stones were allegedly hurled at Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh when he was attending a programme to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office and some shops in Ghoshpara road of Bhatpara in Bengal were allegedly vandalised and at least 13 crude bombs were thrown in the area today.

The police recovered bombs, bomb-making equipment, gun powder and bullets in the Madral Joychanditala area of Bhatpara in West Bengalon Saturday.

Unidentified men fired shots in the air near the residence of BJP MP Arjun Singh at Bhatpara in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday, police said.

Crude bomb explosions were heard till late on Monday night in the troubled pockets of Bhatpara and Kakinada in north Kolkata, which comes under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party was acting like a "terrorist organisation" and "importing goons" from other states to spread unrest in West Bengal, drawing a sharp retort from the party, which accused the TMC of trying to "convert Bengal into Pakistan".

Violence broke out again in West Bengal's Bhatpara, barely 30 km north of Kolkata, on Saturday soon after a team of BJP leaders visited the violence-hit town. Several people were injured in the clashes.The three-member BJP delegation visited Bhatpara to review the situation after two people were killed and severalinjured in political clashes on Thu...

A day after two people were killed and several others injured in political clashes that erupted in West Bengal's Bhatpara, the BJP today announced that it will send a three-member delegation led by former Union Minister SS Ahluwalia to review the situation on Saturday.

A day after clashes erupted between two groups in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, the situation remained tense with prohibitory orders in force and huge police deployment in the area, officials said on Friday.

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...

Two persons have been killedand three injured in West Bengal's violence-hit Bhatpara, just north of Kolkata, in clashes between unidentified people on Thursday morning. The state police chief, the Chief Secretary and other top officials are holding an emergency meeting after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's instructions.

The BJP Tuesday took control of the Bhatpara Municipality, its first civic body in West Bengal, after a majority of its Trinamool Congress councillors switched over to the BJP days after the Lok Sabha polls results are announced.

The Election Commission on Monday imposed prohibitory orders in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, following violence in the area during the assembly by-election on Sunday, a senior official said.

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.

About 64.15 per cent people - 1 percent more than 2014 - cast their votes in the seventh and the last phase of elections, held on 59 seats across eight states today. Bengal witnessed crude bombs, lathicharge and claims of attacks on the BJP candidates. Rival groups threw crude bombs at Bhatpara and were brought under control only when the police us...

Clashes broke out between BJP and Trinamool supporters in Bhatpara near Kolkata on Sunday as stones were allegedly hurled at Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh when he was attending a programme to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office and some shops in Ghoshpara road of Bhatpara in Bengal were allegedly vandalised and at least 13 crude bombs were thrown in the area today.

The police recovered bombs, bomb-making equipment, gun powder and bullets in the Madral Joychanditala area of Bhatpara in West Bengalon Saturday.

Unidentified men fired shots in the air near the residence of BJP MP Arjun Singh at Bhatpara in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday, police said.

Crude bomb explosions were heard till late on Monday night in the troubled pockets of Bhatpara and Kakinada in north Kolkata, which comes under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party was acting like a "terrorist organisation" and "importing goons" from other states to spread unrest in West Bengal, drawing a sharp retort from the party, which accused the TMC of trying to "convert Bengal into Pakistan".

Violence broke out again in West Bengal's Bhatpara, barely 30 km north of Kolkata, on Saturday soon after a team of BJP leaders visited the violence-hit town. Several people were injured in the clashes.The three-member BJP delegation visited Bhatpara to review the situation after two people were killed and severalinjured in political clashes on Thu...

A day after two people were killed and several others injured in political clashes that erupted in West Bengal's Bhatpara, the BJP today announced that it will send a three-member delegation led by former Union Minister SS Ahluwalia to review the situation on Saturday.

A day after clashes erupted between two groups in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, the situation remained tense with prohibitory orders in force and huge police deployment in the area, officials said on Friday.

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...

Two persons have been killedand three injured in West Bengal's violence-hit Bhatpara, just north of Kolkata, in clashes between unidentified people on Thursday morning. The state police chief, the Chief Secretary and other top officials are holding an emergency meeting after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's instructions.

The BJP Tuesday took control of the Bhatpara Municipality, its first civic body in West Bengal, after a majority of its Trinamool Congress councillors switched over to the BJP days after the Lok Sabha polls results are announced.

The Election Commission on Monday imposed prohibitory orders in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, following violence in the area during the assembly by-election on Sunday, a senior official said.

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.

About 64.15 per cent people - 1 percent more than 2014 - cast their votes in the seventh and the last phase of elections, held on 59 seats across eight states today. Bengal witnessed crude bombs, lathicharge and claims of attacks on the BJP candidates. Rival groups threw crude bombs at Bhatpara and were brought under control only when the police us...