West Bengal Communal Clashes

Hours after a fresh round of violence hit West Bengal's Rishra town, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said these were not communal clashes, but criminal acts by goons allegedly hired by the BJP.

Fresh violence has been reported in West Bengal's Howrah which saw communal clashes during a Ram Navami procession on Thursday. The incident was reported despite heavy police deployment - including riot control force - in the area.

Calm has returned to the Mominpore area after clashes between two communities on Saturday allegedly over putting up flags. Stone-pelting was reported and some houses were damaged

The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested one of the most wanted accused of Jahangirpuri communal clashes from West Bengal, sources said.

Communal clashes broke out in four states - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal - during processions yesterday to mark Ram Navami - the festival celebrating the birth of Hindu God Ram.

A local BJP leader was allegedly beaten to death during a clash between members of two community clubs in West Bengal's Coochbehar district on Wednesday, his family said.

Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally in the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march to the state secretariat at Howrah in West Bengal.

A total of 129 people have been arrested so far for their alleged involvement in clashes between two communities in Telinipara in West Bengal's Hooghly district, the state Home Department said on Thursday.

After relative calm for 24 hours, violence erupted at Telinipara in West Bengal's Hooghly district, with rival communities hurling bombs at each other in a continuation of Sunday's clash over people from one coronavirus containment zone allegedly entering another virus-hit zone to use public toilets.

Thirty-seven people have been detained after a clash between two communities in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday night. A huge police team had to be posted in the tense Telinipara area to ensure calm. There has been no further incident in the last 24 hours.

Orders against large gatherings have been imposed in three panchayat areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district after clashes between members of two communities triggered by "unnatural" death of a shopkeeper, police said on Thursday.

Clashes broke out between two communities during an Eid Milan programme in Dildarnagar area of West Bengal's Asansol on Wednesday night. Although the situation has now been brought under control, police personnel have been deployed there in large numbers to prevent any recurrence of violence.

In an unusual move underlining the gravity of the situation, West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra on Friday visited the Jaggatdal police station area - 40 km from Kolkata - for a first-hand assessment of post-poll tensions bordering on the communal in the area.

Keshari Nath Tripathi, the West Bengal Governor today reached Asansol that is turning into a political hotspot after communal clashes singed the town since Ram Navami on Sunday. "I have come with a message of peace," Governor Tripathi told NDTV. His first stop a community hall where Hindu 150-200 women and children were earlier put up. He took sto...

As security forces marched through troubled areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to keep the fragile peace in riot-hit Basirhat, the focus shifted to state capital Kolkata, 100 km away, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an offensive against the BJP, blaming it for the violence. Ms Banerjee also announced a judicial inquiry ...

Hours after a fresh round of violence hit West Bengal's Rishra town, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said these were not communal clashes, but criminal acts by goons allegedly hired by the BJP.

Fresh violence has been reported in West Bengal's Howrah which saw communal clashes during a Ram Navami procession on Thursday. The incident was reported despite heavy police deployment - including riot control force - in the area.

Calm has returned to the Mominpore area after clashes between two communities on Saturday allegedly over putting up flags. Stone-pelting was reported and some houses were damaged

The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested one of the most wanted accused of Jahangirpuri communal clashes from West Bengal, sources said.

Communal clashes broke out in four states - Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal - during processions yesterday to mark Ram Navami - the festival celebrating the birth of Hindu God Ram.

A local BJP leader was allegedly beaten to death during a clash between members of two community clubs in West Bengal's Coochbehar district on Wednesday, his family said.

Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally in the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march to the state secretariat at Howrah in West Bengal.

A total of 129 people have been arrested so far for their alleged involvement in clashes between two communities in Telinipara in West Bengal's Hooghly district, the state Home Department said on Thursday.

After relative calm for 24 hours, violence erupted at Telinipara in West Bengal's Hooghly district, with rival communities hurling bombs at each other in a continuation of Sunday's clash over people from one coronavirus containment zone allegedly entering another virus-hit zone to use public toilets.

Thirty-seven people have been detained after a clash between two communities in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Sunday night. A huge police team had to be posted in the tense Telinipara area to ensure calm. There has been no further incident in the last 24 hours.

Orders against large gatherings have been imposed in three panchayat areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district after clashes between members of two communities triggered by "unnatural" death of a shopkeeper, police said on Thursday.

Clashes broke out between two communities during an Eid Milan programme in Dildarnagar area of West Bengal's Asansol on Wednesday night. Although the situation has now been brought under control, police personnel have been deployed there in large numbers to prevent any recurrence of violence.

In an unusual move underlining the gravity of the situation, West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra on Friday visited the Jaggatdal police station area - 40 km from Kolkata - for a first-hand assessment of post-poll tensions bordering on the communal in the area.

Keshari Nath Tripathi, the West Bengal Governor today reached Asansol that is turning into a political hotspot after communal clashes singed the town since Ram Navami on Sunday. "I have come with a message of peace," Governor Tripathi told NDTV. His first stop a community hall where Hindu 150-200 women and children were earlier put up. He took sto...

As security forces marched through troubled areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district to keep the fragile peace in riot-hit Basirhat, the focus shifted to state capital Kolkata, 100 km away, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an offensive against the BJP, blaming it for the violence. Ms Banerjee also announced a judicial inquiry ...