Tag: West Bengal
India
BJP leader questions marital status of Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan
Nusrat Jahan got married to businessman Nikhil Jain in Bodrum of Turkey in 2019 after she made her political debut, winning the Lok Sabha elections in the same year
India
Bengal house of horror: More post-poll violence victims speak up
The state government had said it did not get an opportunity to pursue the 3,423 complaints before the West Bengal Legal Services Authority on 10 June
India
NHRC panel to probe post-poll violence in West Bengal a whitewash?
The NHRC is, however, unlikely to make any progress in fact-finding, given that NCM's Atif Rasheed and WBSHRC's PK Panja are its constituents
India
Calcutta High Court dismisses Mamata govt’s plea
Citing affidavits filed by petitioners, the Culcutta HC expressed concern that people who had returned home were compelled to withdraw complaints
Elections
BJP taunts Mamata for appealing against Nandigram result
Amit Malviya, head of the IT cell of BJP, exclaimed she was so eager to lose an election twice that she has challenged a people’s verdict
India
Mamata stands with Twitter as union fights assault on India
Drawing a parallel, the West Bengal chief minister said that the union government had been meting out the same treatment to her government
India
Mithun Chakraborty grilled by police for election rhetoric
Mithun had quoted lines from his films 'marbo ekhane, lash porbe soshane' and 'ek chhobole chhobi' during a rally at Brigade Parade Ground
India
Bengal extends Covid lockdown till 1 July
The West Bengal government on 14 June extended the period of Covid-19-related restrictions in the state but also announced some relaxations