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Topic: Murshidabad

Murshidabad violence: Father-son dragged, hacked to death in front of family, 13 named in charge sheet

Haragobindo and Chandan, were among three people killed in the communal violence that broke out during protests over Waqf (Amendment) Act in the Muslim-majority district in April.

BJP isn’t getting Bengal. Mamata keeps beating Modi-Shah in her Ludo game

Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok Hindus had no one to turn to.

Bangladesh’s Bhabesh to Murshidabad riots, Muslims must ask why violence keeps repeating

It’s as if a 90 per cent Muslim-majority country is telling itself it has no responsibility toward those who live differently, pray differently. And that’s the part that stays with me.

‘As it is, SC accused of interfering with Executive, Legislature’s functions,’ says Justice Gavai

SC judge Justice BR Gavai made apparent reference to recent attacks on judiciary while hearing a matter over West Bengal violence.

‘Focus on protecting own minorities’—India to Bangladesh after Yunus govt condemns Murshidabad violence

Yunus’s press secretary had rejected attempts to link Bangladesh to the communal violence. In a sharp rebuttal, the MEA called the remarks ‘unwarranted’.

Uncertainty, disquiet, a pinch of mischief: Families displaced by Murshidabad violence at a relief camp

The communal violence, ignited in the wake of a new Waqf law, has left a trail of destruction. Several families crossed the Ganga in boats and found shelter in a school.

Betbona’s exodus: How Murshidabad violence turned a village to rubble & drove hundreds across Ganga

RSS, Ramakrishna Mission & Bharat Sevashram Sangha are conducting relief efforts for the displaced at a relief camp on a school compound in the neighbouring Malda district of West Bengal.

When Xi-mojis slide into your DMs & Trinamool ka Ooltah Chashmah

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Separated by faith, united in loss. Two families grope in dark after Waqf protest violence in Murshidabad

Most shops, commercial establishments, schools & colleges remain shut in Jafrabad. Local residents remain anxious & fearful of fresh attacks once media & cops leave their area.

Congress MP urges TMC to hold all-party meeting to tackle unrest in Bengal’s Murshidabad

Isha Khan Choudhury is the MP of Maldaha Dakshin constituency, a part of which is Murshidabad district’s Samserganj segment, one of the worst-hit areas by the violence.

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India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.