Hearing a contempt petition, the high court had on Wednesday directed the SEC to requisition more than 82,000 central forces personnel within 24 hours.
The Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the progress of the East-West Metro project work and the newly built Metro tunnel under river Hooghly in West Bengal.
The District Magistrate Nitin Singhania said weighty rainstorms lashed Malda at night, during which seven individuals passed on.
CBI to investigate violent incidents involving the submission of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections.
West Bengal violence: TMC-ruled state is witnessing one of the worst streaks of violent incidents ahead of Panchayat election. The HC recently ordered the deployment of the Central forces in the every district to stop the ongoing violence.
The SC's move comes days after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose exuded confidence that the panchayat election will be held peacefully. The governor has been critical of the TMC government over pre-poll violent incidents.
The shocking incident in which 5 children got injured once again exposed the law and order situation in the state. The law and order situation in the state is already being criticised over pre-Panchayat election violent incidents.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday evening paid a visit to Canning in South 24 Parganas district to take stock of the situation following the death of a Trinamool Congress activist during sporadic violence there over filing of nomination papers for the panchayat election.
Union Minister of State (Home) Nisith Pramanik, who met the family of Das at his home on Sunday, said that the youth was killed by criminals who were protected by the Trinamool Congress.
Widespread violence over the filing of nominations for the upcoming panchayat polls has left five people dead and several injured in various parts of the state. Polling for nearly 75,000 seats in the three-tier Panchayati Raj system will be held on July 8.
Several incidents of clashes were reported from different parts of the state.
Bengal Panchayat polls: Incidents of pre-poll violence propelled the deployment of the Central Forces as the Opposition alleged that the police are unable to maintain law and order in the state.
Incidents of violence were also reported from Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, and Saithia in Birbhum district over the filing of nominations on the last day.
Black smoke covering the entire airport and passengers running in fear, according to reports, sparked panic and frenzy.
During the brawl that took place at Bhangar in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal between the ruling TMC and the ISF, a number of cars were damaged, and bombs were thrown in the presence of the police.
A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed the SEC to requisition central forces to work in tandem with the police force of West Bengal for the rural polls.
In the letter to the ED, Banerjee, who is regarded as the party's second-in-command, stated that in addition to preparing for the panchayat elections on July 8, he is traveling as part of the "Trinamool e Nabojowar" (New Wave in Trinamool) campaign.
West Bengal Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of a Congress worker that occurred at Murshidabad's Khargram on Saturday.
West Bengal Police arrested two individuals regarding the murder of the Congress worker at Murshidabad's Khargram on Saturday.
The West Bengal Election Commission will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in the state.
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