The villagers barricaded roads with logs and also set them on fire to block the entry of police vehicles into the Jhupkhali area of Sandeshkhali.
Mahua Moitra's plea against the leakage of 'sensitive' information to the media in relation to an Enforcement Directorate probe against her under FEMA was rejected by the Delhi High Court on Friday.
PM Modi's visit to West Bengal has been scheduled ahead of the Lok Sabha elections which are due to be held in few weeks. The polling dates for the general elections are yet to be announced.
A series of raids were carried out at multiple locations connected to Shahjahan Sheikh and his associates, covering six different sites.
Sandeshkhali violence: The Commission has observed that the recent incidents in Sandeshkhali, as have been reported in various print and electronic media, "indicate prima facie violation of human rights, shocking the conscience".
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been alleging that the BJP-led central government was deactivating the Aadhaar cards of SC, ST and minority community people of the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as a precursor to bring in NRC.
The resurfacing of a distressing video depicting a woman being assaulted on live TV, falsely linked to recent protests in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, was debunked by India TV's Fact Check team.
The TMC leader has been called for questioning today in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case. However, she skipped the summons issued against her.
Mamata stressed that her government will not implement NRC in Bengal and said that TMC is ready to "give our blood" but "not going to exclude any person from West Bengal".
Some villages in Sandeshkhali community development block II in North 24 Parganas district have been witnessing protests over allegations of sexual abuse of women by some local TMC leaders and their associates and also land grabbing from villagers.
The Congress delegation spearheaded by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, encountered initial hindrance from police officials at Sarberia and subsequently at Rampur, along the path to Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
The TMC leader has been called for questioning in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) contravention case.
Several women in the Sandeshkhali accused the local TMC strongman Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters of land-grab and sexually assaulting them under coercion. Shajahan has been absconding after a mob attacked ED officials who has gone to search his premises in connection with a corruption case.
The protest against allegations of sexual harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali for the sixth consecutive day cast its shadow in other regions of the state, with agitating BJP supporters clashing with police personnel in another part of North 24 Parganas district.
The local women have been protesting in Sandeshkhali alleging that the local TMC leader Sheikh Shajahan and his “gang” captured swathes of land by force, and also sexually harassed them.
The elections are scheduled to take place on February 27, with the votes being counted on the same day. The term of office for 56 members is set to expire upon their retirement in April 2024.
The Chairman said that Article 351 of the Constitution provides that it shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asserted that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s abrupt return to the BJP-led NDA was “good riddance” for the opposition INDIA bloc in which many leaders were now “heaving a sigh of relief”.
The Trinamool Congress had been upset with Chowdhury's repeated attacks on Banerjee. The Congress leader recently called the West Bengal chief minister an "opportunist" and said that his party would fight the polls alone.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the Nyay Yatra first faced problems in BJP-ruled Assam and it is now facing problems in TMC-ruled West Bengal. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered West Bengal on Thursday and took a two-day break.
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