Sandeshkhali row: Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha panel summons to West Bengal officials
Feb 19, 2024, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday put a hold on the Lok Sabha panel's summons to West Bengal top officials on a complaint filed by parliamentarian and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar, media reports said.
Sandeshkhali row: West Bengal Police arrests absconding TMC leader Shibu Hazra
Feb 18, 2024, at 02:20 am
Sandeshkhali (West Bengal): After evading arrest for nearly 44 days, Trinamool Congress leader Shibaprasad Hazra alias Shibu Hazra has been apprehended by the West Bengal Police on charges of gang rape and making murder threats.
PIL filed in Cal HC seeking deployment of Central armed forces at restive Sandeshkhali
Feb 17, 2024, at 11:01 pm
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking judicial intervention for the deployment of the central armed forces in the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's bordering district of North 24 Parganas, court sources said on Saturday.
PIL filed in Cal HC seeking deployment of Central armed forces at restive Sandeshkhali
Feb 17, 2024, at 09:26 pm
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking judicial intervention for the deployment of the central armed forces in the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's bordering district of North 24 Parganas, court sources said on Saturday.
After BJP's team, now Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury stopped from reaching Bengal's Sandeshkhali
Feb 16, 2024, at 08:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After the fact-finding team of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was stopped by police on his way to Sandeshkhali, where women have accused men linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan of sexually harassing them.
Sandeshkhali incident: Police stop BJP's fact-finding team from reaching spot
Feb 16, 2024, at 07:22 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The police stopped Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s six-member fact-finding team comprising union ministers and MPs from reaching West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, where women have accused men linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan of sexually harassing them.
Sandeshkhali incident: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking probe into sexual harassment allegations
Feb 16, 2024, at 06:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an impartial probe into the allegations of land grabbing and sexual harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali by the aides of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, media reports said.
Bengal police deny Amit Malviya's allegation on Sandeshkhali, calls it 'most shameful'
Feb 16, 2024, at 03:35 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police Thursday dubbed BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya's allegation that police have forcibly taken away a few women from Sandeshkhali as fake.
West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari heads towards trouble-torn Sandeshkhali
Feb 15, 2024, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata: After a sit-in-dharna outside the West Bengal Assembly against the suspension of five BJP MLAs, Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday left for Sandeshkhali, the trouble-torn area of North 24 Parganas.
Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar hospitalised after sustaining injury during a protest march
Feb 14, 2024, at 11:15 pm
BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar was on Wednesday admitted to a hospital after sustaining injury following a fall from a car bonnet while addressing a protest march at Taki ( North 24 Parganas) on Sandeshkhali issue, official sources said.
Sandeshkhali row: Calcutta HC cancels prohibitory order, opposition intensifies movement
Feb 14, 2024, at 06:02 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The oppositions-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI(M) and Congress-on Tuesday intensified their movement separately on the Sandeshkhali issue in Bengal where the women were allegedly being tortured by some TMC local leaders, even as Calcutta High Court set aside the prohibitory order imposed by the state administration under section 144 Cr PC at the troubled-torn area in North 24 Parganas, official sources said.
Suvendu Adhikari, five other BJP MLAs suspended from West Bengal Assembly
Feb 12, 2024, at 10:26 pm
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and five other BJP MLAs were suspended for the remaining budget session of the West Bengal Assembly on Monday by Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay, official sources said.
Bengal Guv Ananda Bose expresses concern over situation in Sandeshkhali
Feb 12, 2024, at 10:21 pm
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday assured the people of this trouble-torn area, especially the women, that he was with them and would do whatever could be done to alleviate their "sufferings", official sources said.
Feb 12, 2024, at 06:43 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose reached West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, where local women resorted to violent protests against absconding Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh last week, media reports said.
Former CPI(M) MLA Nirapada Sardar arrested over Sandeshkhali violence case in West Bengal
Feb 12, 2024, at 04:40 am
Police on Sunday arrested former CPI(M) MLA Nirapada Sardar, accused of fomenting violence at Sandeshkhali in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari seeks West Bengal Governor's intervention to restore peace in Sandeshkhali
Feb 11, 2024, at 03:34 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday sought Governor C V Ananda Bose's intervention into the volatile situation at Sandeshkhali in South 24 Parganas district and served a 24-hour ultimatum, saying if the internet services were not restored and Section 144 of CrPC not withdrawn, the BJP workers would hold a protest march on Monday.
Feb 10, 2024, at 06:51 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Internet services have been snapped and an assembly of more than four people have been banned in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas after a protest against absconding Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides turns violent, media reports said.
Bengal: ED begins raid at TMC leader Sahjahan Sheikh's house at Sandeshkhali
Jan 24, 2024, at 07:26 pm
Kolkata/UNI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday began raids at TMC leader Sahjahan Sheikh's house at Sarberia,Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, aided by a company of armed central forces, in connection with alleged PDS scam.
'800-1000 mob intended to cause death': Enforcement Directorate on Bengal attack
Jan 06, 2024, at 06:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Giving chilling details about the attack on its officials in Bengal's Sandeshkhali during a raid, allegedly by supporters of a Trinamool Congress leader, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said the mob consisted of 800-1,000 people and that there was an "intention to cause death".
BJP observing 'Black Day' in West Bengal today
Jun 10, 2019, at 09:16 am
Kolkata, June 10 (IBNS): As political tension prevails in West Bengal following the killing of BJP workers during clashes in Sandeshkali area, the party is observing a 'Black Day' across the state on Monday.
Violence in West Bengal: BJP announces "Lalbazar Abhiyan" on June 12
Jun 09, 2019, at 07:02 pm
Kolkata, June 9 (IBNS): Amid violent clashes in West Bengal which claimed three lives, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced that it will hold ''Lalbazar Abhiyan'' on June 12.