Amid polling in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal during the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha Election on Saturday, reports of poll-related violence and tension surfaced from several pockets, including Sandeshkhali and Bhangar. The violence reportedly started late Friday night and continued till the polling process began on Saturday. Sandeshkhali under Basirhat Lok …
Kolkata: A recent twist in the Sandeshkhali incident has thrown the political arena into turmoil as a ‘sting video’ has emerged, sparking heated debates and accusations between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The controversy ignited when the Trinamool Congress asserted that a ‘sting video’ had brought to light the BJP’s …
In a fresh row over the Sandeshkhali incident, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday released a purported video featuring a BJP leader who claimed that women had filed sexual harassment complaints at the behest of Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari. While Adhikari denied the allegations and called the video a “TMC conspiracy”, …
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday released a video alleging that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari hatched the Sandeshkhali conspiracy and paid women villagers to frame local TMC leaders so that the BJP may get an advantage ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The Trinamool Congress released a 32-minute sting video of a …
The Trinamool Congress will on Sunday throw open its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls with a grand rally at Kolkata’s famed Brigade Parade Grounds. Party supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to galvanise supporters and set the tone for the general elections. The TMC’s ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ comes at a …
February 29 – Confident, assured, brazen even. March 6 – Tensed, muted, furtive. The body language of Shajahan Sheikh has undergone a 180-degree change a week since his first court appearance in the custody of Bengal Police to his appearance for a medical check-up in CBI custody. The suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader was handed …
Kolkata: Adding a new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court today set a new deadline for the Bengal cops to hand him over to the central agency. A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a group of women from Sandeshkhali on Wednesday. Sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the women “put forward their ordeal and PM heard them patiently like a father figure”. They told ANI that women became “very emotional with the fact that PM Modi understood their pain.” Women in …
Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates have been accused of sexual atrocities on women in Sandeshkhali. Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, main accused in Sandeshkhali case, has been arrested, police said.. The leader and his associates have been accused of sexual atrocities on women and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali. Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested around midnight …
Sheikh Shahjahan is a local Trinamool Congress leader (File). There is no order stopping Bengal Police from arresting Sheikh Shahjahan – the main accused in sexual assault and land grab allegations from Sandeshkhali – the Calcutta High Court has said. “We clarify there is no stay on arrest in any proceeding. There is only a …