The death toll in the run-up to July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal climbed to 19 after one more person was allegedly killed in Murshidabad district late on Thursday night. Security personnel conduct a route march ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections Bengal has been witnessing incidents of violence since panchayat poll dates were announced on June 8. …
Adani row: In the latest development to the ongoing Adani row, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected a plea for a fast-track basis hearing of the PIL against the installation of high-tension electricity lines by an Adani Group-owned power plant at Farakka in Murshidabad district. The Adani Group-owned power station was the target of the petition because it planned …
A few weeks after several structures, including houses and a crematorium with a Kali temple, were washed away by the river Ganga, villagers at Pratapganj and Mahestolain Murshidabad’s Shamsherganj block organised an elaborate puja but to a deity they had never seen or worshipped in the past — a goddess dressed in all-white, seated on a gharial and fish. “We, …
Another deliberate attempt to spread fear and violence amidst polling in West Bengal was thwarted successfully by the security agencies. West Bengal: 14 crude bombs were recovered in Shamsherganj area of Murshidabad district yesterday. Illegal arms manufacturing unit busted in Bharatpur Vigilance across West Bengal has been intensified after multiple such raids led to the recovery of bombs and illegal …