Tag: Bengal
Karnataka: Rebel Congress MLA Baig Detained At Bengaluru Airport
Rebel Congress legislator and former state minister R. Roshan Baig was detained at the Bengaluru airport and prevented from taking off in a chartered aircraft, police said.....
Help Me Change State Name To 'Bangla': Mamata To Modi
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, after a spell of 15 months, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday amid speculation about the agenda for the meeting.....
NRC Not Needed In Bengal: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met Home Minister Amit Shah in his North Block chambers and raiseds concerns over the National Register of Citizenship (NRC) that aims to identify genuine Indian citizens.....
Mamata Expresses Shock Over Bengal Labourers' Killing In Kashmir
Expressing shock at the killing of five workers from West Bengal in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her government would extend all help to the bereaved families.....
BJP Bypoll Candidate Assaulted In Bengal, TMC Under Fire
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Karimpur Assembly by-election in Bengal Jay Prakash Majumdar was assaulted allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers during the voting, on Monday.....
Anti-CAA Protests Scald Bengal, Trains, Buses Torched
West Bengal was scalded by escalating violence against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which spread to more areas on Saturday as mobs torched buses, trains and railway stations, set afire government property and blocked roads and railway tracks, disrupting train and vehicular movements.....
IPS Officer Injured In Bomb Attack At Bengal CAA Protest
An IPS officer and two other police personnel were injured when bombs were hurled at them during an anti-CAA procession in Sankrail of West Bengal's Howrah district on Tuesday.....
Two Visva-Bharati Students Injured In Attack, Two Held
Two students, having allegiance to the Left students unions of Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, were allegedly beaten up with rods, following which two arrests were made on Thursday.....
Rebel MP Cong MLAs Locked Down In Bengaluru Resort
The 19 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs were locked down at a new resort in the city's northern suburb under heavy security after they could not leave for Bhopal ahead of the Assembly session on Monday, according to a party leader on Sunday.....
Mamata Pays Surprise Visit To Markets, Pulls Up Police
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday paid surprise visits to markets, pulling up police officers for shutting shops selling essentials and marking circles to denote how people should queue up in markets and before retail and wholesale outlets to maintain social distance amidst the ongoing lockdown to prevent spread of Covid-19.....
