Kolkata Crude Bombs

As many as 19 crude bombs were seized from an abandoned auto-rickshaw near a children's home in Kolkata's Haridevpur area, prompting the police to investigate whether the explosives were a part of a terror plot, a senior officer said on Saturday.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) logged a 63.37% voter turnout till 5 pm today despite incidents of violence, including cases of bombings at two poll booths.

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres, even as a voter turnout of 36.78 per cent was recorded till 1 PM on Sunday.

BJP leader Firoze Kamal Gazi alias Babu Master received splinter injuries when unknown persons attacked his car in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said.

Two persons were killed and another seriously injured after crude bombs, which were kept in a shanty, exploded in Kamarhati in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Sunday, the police said.

Crude bomb explosions were heard till late on Monday night in the troubled pockets of Bhatpara and Kakinada in north Kolkata, which comes under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

Violence flared up in Bengal again, in which two persons died and three were injured today. The location was Bhatpara, barely 30 km from Kolkata, which saw massive violence during the recent Lok Sabha election. It is not known what triggered the clash but locals said crude bombs were thrown and gunshots fired. The police used tear gas shells and fi...

Crude bombs were flung in Bengal's Bhatpara as two groups clashed and elsewhere, three BJP candidates claimed they came under attack on the last day of polling in the state. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for the presence of Central forces in the state till the counting of votes gets over.

The Bengal BJP chief today warned Kolkata Police of "stripping" them of their uniforms if the party comes to power, accusing policemen of filing false complaints against BJP workers. Taking on the state police force, he said the cops were "not worthy" of their uniforms.

On the eve of the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, several crude bombs were found from different parts of the city during security check by Kolkata Police.

Minutes before a football match was due to begin at a school near Kolkata, a ball placed on the playground exploded. A former student who had come to watch the tournament was injured.

A crude bomb blast in a local train in West Bengal's Titagarh early this morning left six people seriously injured and hospitalised. One of them was a 18-year-old, who had his hand blown off and is suspected to have bene the one carrying the bomb.

One person was killed and three grievously injured in an explosion in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said today.

One person was injured in West Bengal's Malda district today after a crude bomb went off. The injured man, Jiten Bhakat, was walking towards a bus stand at Alal Chowringhee at Gajol in the district when the tripped over something and fell down.

A minor crude bomb today exploded in the busy Chandni Chowk area of Central Kolkata creating panic in the locality during peak office hours.

As many as 19 crude bombs were seized from an abandoned auto-rickshaw near a children's home in Kolkata's Haridevpur area, prompting the police to investigate whether the explosives were a part of a terror plot, a senior officer said on Saturday.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) logged a 63.37% voter turnout till 5 pm today despite incidents of violence, including cases of bombings at two poll booths.

Sporadic incidents of violence marred the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres, even as a voter turnout of 36.78 per cent was recorded till 1 PM on Sunday.

BJP leader Firoze Kamal Gazi alias Babu Master received splinter injuries when unknown persons attacked his car in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said.

Two persons were killed and another seriously injured after crude bombs, which were kept in a shanty, exploded in Kamarhati in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Sunday, the police said.

Crude bomb explosions were heard till late on Monday night in the troubled pockets of Bhatpara and Kakinada in north Kolkata, which comes under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

Violence flared up in Bengal again, in which two persons died and three were injured today. The location was Bhatpara, barely 30 km from Kolkata, which saw massive violence during the recent Lok Sabha election. It is not known what triggered the clash but locals said crude bombs were thrown and gunshots fired. The police used tear gas shells and fi...

Crude bombs were flung in Bengal's Bhatpara as two groups clashed and elsewhere, three BJP candidates claimed they came under attack on the last day of polling in the state. Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for the presence of Central forces in the state till the counting of votes gets over.

The Bengal BJP chief today warned Kolkata Police of "stripping" them of their uniforms if the party comes to power, accusing policemen of filing false complaints against BJP workers. Taking on the state police force, he said the cops were "not worthy" of their uniforms.

On the eve of the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections, several crude bombs were found from different parts of the city during security check by Kolkata Police.

Minutes before a football match was due to begin at a school near Kolkata, a ball placed on the playground exploded. A former student who had come to watch the tournament was injured.

A crude bomb blast in a local train in West Bengal's Titagarh early this morning left six people seriously injured and hospitalised. One of them was a 18-year-old, who had his hand blown off and is suspected to have bene the one carrying the bomb.

One person was killed and three grievously injured in an explosion in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said today.

One person was injured in West Bengal's Malda district today after a crude bomb went off. The injured man, Jiten Bhakat, was walking towards a bus stand at Alal Chowringhee at Gajol in the district when the tripped over something and fell down.

A minor crude bomb today exploded in the busy Chandni Chowk area of Central Kolkata creating panic in the locality during peak office hours.