Kolkata: In a fresh escalation of political tensions in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan, accusing her of neglecting the serious issues faced by women in Sandeshkhali. The area has recently witnessed clashes between the police and BJP workers protesting against alleged sexual …
It was the winter of 2014, at the fag end of the UPA 2 regime, when victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots in Uttar Pradesh were trying to get rehabilitated away from their homes. As many as 34 children reportedly died in temporary shelters after failing to withstand the bitter cold that swept the region. But, …
Kolkata: Union Minister Smriti Irani today slammed the Mamata Banerjee government over the allegations of women in south Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, declaring that “young Hindu married women” are being targetted by Trinamool Congress goons. The state has been in the eye of a political storm over the allegations of women, who have accused a local Trinamool …
Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, in the news for protests demanding the arrest of TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan, is essentially an island, one of the many in the Sunderbans region. To reach it, one has to cross a river. And Sheikh Shajahan is known as the ‘betaj badshah’ (or brazen king) of …