Bengal Violence
(Search results - 43)ViewsMay 16, 2019, 4:13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee and team must be stopped before further damage is caused to Bengal
West Bengal is not exactly new to political violence. In the 1960s, the Left and Congress workers used to have a go at each other on the streets of the state. Left goons were notorious for their high-handed ways. But Mamata Banerjee came to power promising 'poriborton' (change.) The events all through the election season, however, have proved that there is no real break from the past
PoliticsMay 16, 2019, 3:51 PM IST
West Bengal violence: Stalin accuses Election Commission of being partial; AIADMK asks him to get facts right
Just after the Election Commission of India had ordered that campaigning in nine parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal must end by 10PM (Thursday, May 16), MK Stalin, chief of DMK, took to Twitter to express his displeasure. The BJP and the AIADMK have asked him to check for facts.
IndiaMay 16, 2019, 1:50 PM IST
PM Modi promises panchdhatu statue for Vidyasagar, Bengal's man of metal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed electorates in Uttar Pradesh's Mau, but his target was Mamata Banerjee. He spoke about the recent violence in Bengal and the clashes at Kolkata's Vidyasagar college on Tuesday
IndiaMay 15, 2019, 1:59 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee: I can capture BJP headquarter in Delhi, your houses in one second
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on BJP president Amit Shah. The Trinamool chief reportedly asked whether Shah is any God that no one can protest against him.
ViewsMay 15, 2019, 12:30 PM IST
A violent Trinamool shows BJP has made strong inroads in Bengal
The BJP has been systematic in its approach, and was never in a hurry in the eastern zone, say longtime political watchers. It began earnestly in the late 1990s, and it went about its task with the sincerity of a monk, says a Bengali journalist
IndiaMay 12, 2019, 10:48 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections phase 6: 1 BJP cadre killed, 3 injured in Bengal
BJP's state general secretary of Bengal Subrato Chattopadhyay has alleged Trinamool’s hand behind this attack.
ElectionsMay 4, 2019, 2:20 PM IST
Bengal so violent, central forces' deployment increased from 50 to 100 %; 578 cos despatched
My Nation was the first to break that the Election Commission decided last Tuesday to post paramilitary and central forces at each and every booth in Bengal for the remaining phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
ElectionsMay 1, 2019, 12:03 PM IST
EC tightens noose around Trinamool goons: More central forces deputed, state police neutralised
According to the new guidelines, the state police were relegated only to the middle of the three-cordon set up at polling booths. The outer and the inner would be manned by central forces.
ElectionsMay 1, 2019, 11:55 AM IST
Election Commission reins in Trinamool goons: 7 scariest developments that led to more central forces' deployment
The decision was taken after sporadic incidents of violence and disruption marred the past phases in 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bengal. The BJP too had complained to the EC in this regard on numerous occasions.
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