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Railway Tracks Blocked As Protests, Violence Break Out In Parts Of Bengal Over Waqf Act
There was tension in at least two pockets of West Bengal on Friday afternoon following protests by members of a community against the recently promulgated Waqf Amendment Act.
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After Reports Of Communal Tension, Internet Suspended In Bengal's Asansol
Internet services have been suspended till July 30 in the West Bengal's Asansol after communal tensions flared in the area. In two separate incidents this week, three Muslim men were allegedly asked to chant "Jai Shri Ram".
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
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.
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Fine With "Jai Shri Ram" Slogan, But Not How BJP Uses It: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said in a Facebook post that she does not have a problem with the slogan Jai Sri Ram but the manner in which it is being used by BJP workers to "create unrest in West Bengal by mixing religion with politics". The clarification comes at a time when members of the opposition party have been increasingly ...
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Bengal Top Cop Visits Barrackpore After Trinamool-BJP Clashes
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.
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Bengal Government Denies Permission To Amit Shah's 'Rath Yatra'
The West Bengal government has refused permission to BJP president Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause "communal tension", the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court today.
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West Bengal Government Will Foil Attempts To Divide People, Says Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would foil any attempt to divide people during the coming religious occasions.
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I Covered The Bashirhat Riots. 'They Are Coming,' They Kept Saying
Trouble had erupted in Baduria, just three days before July 4, after a blasphemous social media post about the Prophet by a 17-year-old. The road from Kolkata leading up to Deganga was deserted, shops shuttered, unease in the air.
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Attacking Governor To Shift Focus From Riots 'New Low' For Trinamool: BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that the West Bengal government has "stooped to a new low" by trying to "malign" the office of the governor in order to "divert" attention from its own failures.
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Trinamool Protest Against Tripura Governor For Backing Bengal Counterpart
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.
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Railway Tracks Blocked As Protests, Violence Break Out In Parts Of Bengal Over Waqf Act
There was tension in at least two pockets of West Bengal on Friday afternoon following protests by members of a community against the recently promulgated Waqf Amendment Act.
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After Reports Of Communal Tension, Internet Suspended In Bengal's Asansol
Internet services have been suspended till July 30 in the West Bengal's Asansol after communal tensions flared in the area. In two separate incidents this week, three Muslim men were allegedly asked to chant "Jai Shri Ram".
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
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.
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Fine With "Jai Shri Ram" Slogan, But Not How BJP Uses It: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said in a Facebook post that she does not have a problem with the slogan Jai Sri Ram but the manner in which it is being used by BJP workers to "create unrest in West Bengal by mixing religion with politics". The clarification comes at a time when members of the opposition party have been increasingly ...
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Bengal Top Cop Visits Barrackpore After Trinamool-BJP Clashes
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.
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Bengal Government Denies Permission To Amit Shah's 'Rath Yatra'
The West Bengal government has refused permission to BJP president Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause "communal tension", the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court today.
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West Bengal Government Will Foil Attempts To Divide People, Says Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would foil any attempt to divide people during the coming religious occasions.
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I Covered The Bashirhat Riots. 'They Are Coming,' They Kept Saying
Trouble had erupted in Baduria, just three days before July 4, after a blasphemous social media post about the Prophet by a 17-year-old. The road from Kolkata leading up to Deganga was deserted, shops shuttered, unease in the air.
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Attacking Governor To Shift Focus From Riots 'New Low' For Trinamool: BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that the West Bengal government has "stooped to a new low" by trying to "malign" the office of the governor in order to "divert" attention from its own failures.
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Trinamool Protest Against Tripura Governor For Backing Bengal Counterpart
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.
