Sandeshkhali violence
- India
NHRC chief invokes Sandeshkhali case at foundation day event
New Delhi: NHRC’s acting Chairperson Vijaya Bharathi Sayani on Friday invoked the case of alleged sexual harassment of women at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, as she recalled some of the strong words…
- India
Sandeshkhali’s voter turnout may be hit with most men working in other states
Kolkata: Amidst the hustle for survival, the riverine island of Sandeshkhali in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district finds itself at a crossroads. As men from almost every household chase livelihood…
- India
Sandeshkhali: CBI slaps attempt to murder charges against Shahjahan Sheikh
New Delhi: The CBI has charged suspended TMC leader Shahajahan Sheikh, his brother and five others with criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder in connection with a mob attack on an Enforcement…
- India
Sandeshkhali: CBI files charge sheet against Shahjahan Sheikh
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against suspended TMC leader Shahajahan Sheikh and six others in connection with the January 5 attack on an Enforcement Directorate team at Sandeshkhali,…
- India
Viral Sandeshkhali video: HC bars police from taking coercive action against BJP leader
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday barred the West Bengal Police from initiating a probe or adopting coercive action in connection with a sting operation involving a…
- Kolkata
Woman surrenders in court in Sandeshkhali case, sent to judicial custody
Barasat: A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday remanded Piyali Das, a woman BJP worker to judicial custody after she surrendered before it over a criminal case lodged…
- India
Shahjahan collected Rs 260 cr through illegal land-grabbing: ED
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told a special PMLA court here that suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan earned Rs 260 crore through illegal land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s…
- India
Modi accuses TMC of intimidating women of Sandeshkhali to protect culprits
Barrackpore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the TMC was “threatening the tormented women” of Sandeshkhali and “trying every trick” to protect the culprits, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said…
- India
Sandeshkhali: New video claims 70 women received money to protest
Kolkata: In a purported video that surfaced from Sandeshkhali, a local BJP leader was heard saying that over 70 women had received Rs 2,000 each for taking part in protests against local…
- India
TMC stands for ‘tushtikaran, mafia, corruption’: Amit Shah
Majdia: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted that the Trinamool Congress stood for “tushtikaran (appeasement), mafia and corruption”, while criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for “remaining silent” on…
- India
Women ‘deceived’, Sandeshkhali rape charges fake: TMC files EC complaint
In a surprising twist of events, a woman from Sandeshkhali has come forward claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) BJP forced her to sign a blank paper during their visit to…
- Kolkata
BJP hatched conspiracy, defame Bengal through fake reports on Sandeshkhali: Mamata
Hooghly: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to snatch away school jobs and said she is now relieved that…
- Kolkata
Abhishek Banerjee accuses BJP of falsehood in Sandeshkhali for votes
Mangalkot: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday alleged that the BJP resorted to falsehood in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali to garner votes in the Lok Sabha elections. He also claimed that…
- India
BJP trashes TMC claims on Sandeshkhali video, says will move HC
Kolkata: Amidst controversy over a video alleging that women in Sandeshkhali filed harassment complaints against TMC leaders under BJP’s direction, the saffron party announced on Sunday its intention to contest the accusations…
- India
Sandeshkhali ‘mistruth’ spread by BJP, PM should stop crocodile tears: Mamata
Bolpur: Alleging that the “mistruth” about Sandeshkhali was spread by the BJP using money, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop “shedding crocodile…
