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After Reports Of Communal Tension, Internet Suspended In Bengal's Asansol
Internet services have been suspended till July 30 in the West Bengal's Asansol after communal tensions flared in the area. In two separate incidents this week, three Muslim men were allegedly asked to chant "Jai Shri Ram".
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah of encouraging his party workers to create communal tension in the state.
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Fine With "Jai Shri Ram" Slogan, But Not How BJP Uses It: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said in a Facebook post that she does not have a problem with the slogan Jai Sri Ram but the manner in which it is being used by BJP workers to "create unrest in West Bengal by mixing religion with politics". The clarification comes at a time when members of the opposition party have been increasingly ...
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Bengal Top Cop Visits Barrackpore After Trinamool-BJP Clashes
In an unusual move underlining the gravity of the situation, West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra on Friday visited the Jaggatdal police station area - 40 km from Kolkata - for a first-hand assessment of post-poll tensions bordering on the communal in the area.
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Bengal Government Denies Permission To Amit Shah's 'Rath Yatra'
The West Bengal government has refused permission to BJP president Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause "communal tension", the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court today.
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West Bengal Government Will Foil Attempts To Divide People, Says Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would foil any attempt to divide people during the coming religious occasions.
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Blog: I Covered The Bashirhat Riots. 'They Are Coming,' They Kept Saying
Trouble had erupted in Baduria, just three days before July 4, after a blasphemous social media post about the Prophet by a 17-year-old. The road from Kolkata leading up to Deganga was deserted, shops shuttered, unease in the air.
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Attacking Governor To Shift Focus From Riots 'New Low' For Trinamool: BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that the West Bengal government has "stooped to a new low" by trying to "malign" the office of the governor in order to "divert" attention from its own failures.
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Trinamool Protest Against Tripura Governor For Backing Bengal Counterpart
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.
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Three-Member BJP Committee To Visit Riot-Affected Bengal's North 24-Parganas
BJP President Amit Shah has formed a three-member committee which would visit the riot affected parts of North 24-Parganas district in West Bengal and submit a report on communal violence in the region.
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Rajnath Singh's Counsel Ignored, Mamata Banerjee Vs Governor Escalates
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upbraided for the third day in a row by the state's Governor, who said she is obliged to "maintain peace without caste creed or community bias", referring to riots in a part of the North 24 Parganas, barely 60 kms from the state capital of Kolkata.
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Central Troops Patrol West Bengal's Basirhat, Hit By Communal Riots
A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.
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Bengal Governor Says Mamata Banerjee 'Emotionally Blackmailing' People
West Bengal's Chief Minister and Governor were asked today to end a very public quarrel over communal tension in the state's North 24 Parganas district.
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Centre Asks Mamata Banerjee For Report On Communal Tension: 10 Points
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked West Bengal for a report on communal clashes in towns near Kolkata over a Facebook post. Mr Singh spoke to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this morning. Violence engulfed large parts of the North 24 Parganas district after a derogatory post on Prophet Mohammed by a 17-year-student of Baduria, who has been arrest...
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After Facebook Post, Communal Tension In Bengal, Centre Sends In Troops
The Centre on Tuesday sent in about 400 troops of the paramilitary Border Security Force or BSF to West Bengal after a request from the state government trying to control communal trouble near Kolkata.
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After Reports Of Communal Tension, Internet Suspended In Bengal's Asansol
Internet services have been suspended till July 30 in the West Bengal's Asansol after communal tensions flared in the area. In two separate incidents this week, three Muslim men were allegedly asked to chant "Jai Shri Ram".
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah of encouraging his party workers to create communal tension in the state.
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Fine With "Jai Shri Ram" Slogan, But Not How BJP Uses It: Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said in a Facebook post that she does not have a problem with the slogan Jai Sri Ram but the manner in which it is being used by BJP workers to "create unrest in West Bengal by mixing religion with politics". The clarification comes at a time when members of the opposition party have been increasingly ...
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Bengal Top Cop Visits Barrackpore After Trinamool-BJP Clashes
In an unusual move underlining the gravity of the situation, West Bengal Director General of Police Virendra on Friday visited the Jaggatdal police station area - 40 km from Kolkata - for a first-hand assessment of post-poll tensions bordering on the communal in the area.
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Bengal Government Denies Permission To Amit Shah's 'Rath Yatra'
The West Bengal government has refused permission to BJP president Amit Shah's proposed 'rath yatra' from Coochbehar on grounds that it might cause "communal tension", the state's advocate general informed the Calcutta High Court today.
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West Bengal Government Will Foil Attempts To Divide People, Says Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would foil any attempt to divide people during the coming religious occasions.
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Blog: I Covered The Bashirhat Riots. 'They Are Coming,' They Kept Saying
Trouble had erupted in Baduria, just three days before July 4, after a blasphemous social media post about the Prophet by a 17-year-old. The road from Kolkata leading up to Deganga was deserted, shops shuttered, unease in the air.
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Attacking Governor To Shift Focus From Riots 'New Low' For Trinamool: BJP
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that the West Bengal government has "stooped to a new low" by trying to "malign" the office of the governor in order to "divert" attention from its own failures.
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Trinamool Protest Against Tripura Governor For Backing Bengal Counterpart
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy was shown black flags by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday after he backed his West Bengal counterpart in the latter's stand-off with the Mamata Banerjee government. Mr Roy accused the Mamata Banerjee regime of hushing up the news of communal violence in Basirhat sub-division in Bengal.
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Three-Member BJP Committee To Visit Riot-Affected Bengal's North 24-Parganas
BJP President Amit Shah has formed a three-member committee which would visit the riot affected parts of North 24-Parganas district in West Bengal and submit a report on communal violence in the region.
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Rajnath Singh's Counsel Ignored, Mamata Banerjee Vs Governor Escalates
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upbraided for the third day in a row by the state's Governor, who said she is obliged to "maintain peace without caste creed or community bias", referring to riots in a part of the North 24 Parganas, barely 60 kms from the state capital of Kolkata.
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Central Troops Patrol West Bengal's Basirhat, Hit By Communal Riots
A burnt motorcycle lies bang in the middle of the road as you enter Basirhat, a town 100 km from Kolkata, that has borne the brunt of communal clashes that erupted on Monday, peaked on Tuesday and simmered to a very uneasy calm today after the BSF began patrolling the area.
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Bengal Governor Says Mamata Banerjee 'Emotionally Blackmailing' People
West Bengal's Chief Minister and Governor were asked today to end a very public quarrel over communal tension in the state's North 24 Parganas district.
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Centre Asks Mamata Banerjee For Report On Communal Tension: 10 Points
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked West Bengal for a report on communal clashes in towns near Kolkata over a Facebook post. Mr Singh spoke to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this morning. Violence engulfed large parts of the North 24 Parganas district after a derogatory post on Prophet Mohammed by a 17-year-student of Baduria, who has been arrest...
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After Facebook Post, Communal Tension In Bengal, Centre Sends In Troops
The Centre on Tuesday sent in about 400 troops of the paramilitary Border Security Force or BSF to West Bengal after a request from the state government trying to control communal trouble near Kolkata.
