West Bengal Clashes

Incidents of violence were reported in several parts of West Bengal during polling on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. A clash broke out between BJP and Trinamool Congress workers in Durgapur.

West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, who arrived in Sandeshkhali for the second consecutive day, said that the chief role of the police is to establish "rule of law" in the troubled island.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a women's rally in Barasat in West Bengal on March 7, amid a political row over allegations of sexual assault of women by members of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress in Sandeshkhali.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village.

Dramatic scenes played out in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali this afternoon as BJP workers clashed with cops in their attempt to visit women who have accused Trinamool Congress leaders of sexual abuse

The BJP on Friday took potshots at the Congress claiming the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to deny permission to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state to "humiliate" Congress.

4 Fissures appear to have emerged in the INDIA alliance as its two key allies, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, on Thursday clashed over seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.

A 24-year-old Trinamool Congress activist was killed on Sunday after a clash allegedly broke out between two factions of the ruling party in West Bengal in North 24 Parganas district, police said.

The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.

The Trinamool Congress rejected allegations of election violence as a distortion of reality, claiming that opposition parties and certain media outlets were "marketing violence" to discredit the elections.

West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday said that political violence in the state must come to an end, after visiting Bhangore, where supporters of two political parties clashed a day before leaving three dead.

A day after assuring "effective and corrective action" on violence ahead of the civic body polls, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose today visited violence affected Bhangar in the South 24 Parganas district.

At least two people are feared dead as violence marked the last day of filing nominations for the panchayat elections in West Bengal on Thursday.

Violence rocked parts of West Bengal over the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat poll as activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition parties clashed, prompting the police to use force to disperse the mob.

Several incidents of clashes were reported from different parts of West Bengal, as unidentified people allegedly attacked opposition leaders while they were on their way to file nomination papers for the panchayat polls, a senior official said.

Incidents of violence were reported in several parts of West Bengal during polling on Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. A clash broke out between BJP and Trinamool Congress workers in Durgapur.

West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, who arrived in Sandeshkhali for the second consecutive day, said that the chief role of the police is to establish "rule of law" in the troubled island.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a women's rally in Barasat in West Bengal on March 7, amid a political row over allegations of sexual assault of women by members of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress in Sandeshkhali.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village.

Dramatic scenes played out in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali this afternoon as BJP workers clashed with cops in their attempt to visit women who have accused Trinamool Congress leaders of sexual abuse

The BJP on Friday took potshots at the Congress claiming the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to deny permission to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state to "humiliate" Congress.

4 Fissures appear to have emerged in the INDIA alliance as its two key allies, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, on Thursday clashed over seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.

A 24-year-old Trinamool Congress activist was killed on Sunday after a clash allegedly broke out between two factions of the ruling party in West Bengal in North 24 Parganas district, police said.

The panchayat elections in West Bengal, though marred by violent clashes between rivals, also featured bizarre acts by candidates desperate to win and unwilling to accept defeat.

The Trinamool Congress rejected allegations of election violence as a distortion of reality, claiming that opposition parties and certain media outlets were "marketing violence" to discredit the elections.

West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose on Friday said that political violence in the state must come to an end, after visiting Bhangore, where supporters of two political parties clashed a day before leaving three dead.

A day after assuring "effective and corrective action" on violence ahead of the civic body polls, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose today visited violence affected Bhangar in the South 24 Parganas district.

At least two people are feared dead as violence marked the last day of filing nominations for the panchayat elections in West Bengal on Thursday.

Violence rocked parts of West Bengal over the filing of nominations for the July 8 panchayat poll as activists of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition parties clashed, prompting the police to use force to disperse the mob.

Several incidents of clashes were reported from different parts of West Bengal, as unidentified people allegedly attacked opposition leaders while they were on their way to file nomination papers for the panchayat polls, a senior official said.