Kaliachak Police Station

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.

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...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh could later this month visit West Bengal's Malda district, where one lakh protesters went on the rampage on Sunday in a town called Kaliachak, setting fire to a police station and damaging vehicles.

The Union Home Ministry has asked the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for a report on the mob violence on Sunday, during a protest march at Kaliachak, a town near Malda which is the headquarter of the district of the same name. Protesters had set fire to a police station and damaged vehicles.

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.

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...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh could later this month visit West Bengal's Malda district, where one lakh protesters went on the rampage on Sunday in a town called Kaliachak, setting fire to a police station and damaging vehicles.

The Union Home Ministry has asked the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for a report on the mob violence on Sunday, during a protest march at Kaliachak, a town near Malda which is the headquarter of the district of the same name. Protesters had set fire to a police station and damaged vehicles.