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TopicBirbhum massacre

Topic: Birbhum massacre

‘TMC leader instigated mob, delayed police response being probed’ — CBI files Birbhum chargesheet

18 accused including TMC’s Anarul Hossain & 2 juveniles named. Separate chargesheet filed on Bhadu Sheikh’s murder, after which violence claimed 10 lives in Bogtui village in March.

Political violence, internal factions — Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is its own opposition in Bengal

Opposition parties in West Bengal are so weak and demoralised now that they don't put up any meaningful resistance to the TMC. But that space has been filled by the TMC itself.

Birbhum killings: CBI report highlights ‘postmaster’ Bhadu Sheikh’s money power, slams police

CBI likely to question senior IPS officers in coming days. Calcutta High Court Friday ordered agency to also take up case of local TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh’s murder.

CBI makes first arrests in Birbhum killings case, nabs 4 suspects who had ‘fled’ to Mumbai

Six officers flew to Mumbai and arrested suspects early Thursday morning. CBI will seek custody after they are produced before Rampurhat court. Suspects yet to be identified.

BJP ‘fact-finding’ team blames ‘state-sponsored extortion’ for Birbhum arson, Mamata cries foul

The BJP team, comprising 5 members, submitted a report on its findings to national party president J.P. Nadda in New Delhi Wednesday. The team visited the site of violence on 24 March.

Mamata Banerjee calls for ‘unified and principled’ Opposition to fight ‘oppressive’ BJP

In a letter Tuesday, Mamata asked for a meeting of all ‘progressive forces’ to stop BJP’s attempts at influencing central agencies, judiciary.

Our take on Wang Yi’s New Delhi visit, Birbhum killings, Common entrance test – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Mob of over 100 ransacked homes, set ablaze houses to kill families’, says CBI’s Birbhum FIR

ThePrint accessed a copy of the FIR filed by the CBI in the Rampurhat violence, based on the local police’s FIR that details the sequence of events that claimed 8 lives last week.

Calcutta HC orders CBI to probe Bengal violence where 8 were burnt alive

The court overruled the state's investigation and asked the central agency to submit its report on April 7.

Mamata compensates for Birbhum mass deaths, but says violence a ‘big conspiracy’ against her

Governor Jagdeep Dhankar says Birbhum violence ‘shameful and an indelible scar on governance’; ‘govt should learn lessons and not offer defence’.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.