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Thursday, May 9, 2024
TopicSandeshkhali

Topic: Sandeshkhali

TMC accuses BJP of ‘scripting’ Sandeshkhali row citing ‘sting video’ of mandal president

Abhishek Banerjee says TMC will seek legal advice on next course of action, while West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari terms 'sting video' a case of 'truth being twisted'.

Trinamool shielded Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali case because of his name, says Modi

At a rally in West Bengal, the prime minister accuses the Trinamool Congress of treating Hindus as ‘second-class citizens’ in the state.

CBI finds foreign-made pistols, police revolver & suspected IEDs in Sandeshkhali, robots used for raid

Raids relate to January assault on ED officials in Bengal village. Friday’s recoveries were made from 2 premises near house of local TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan.

CBI registers 1st case against 5 TMC ‘strongmen’ in Sandeshkhali after receiving 50 emails from women

CBI had created dedicated email ID for women to send their complaints to without fear. Individuals named in FIR are accused of grabbing land & sexually abusing women, it is learnt.

For ‘mahila’ voters in Bengal, making ends meet is priority & Mamata ‘didi’ their main benefactor

Despite BJP's ‘nari shakti’ poll plank in Bengal in backdrop of Sandeshkhali sexual harassment case, allegedly involving TMC leaders, Mamata's grip on women electorate continues.

‘Women gangraped at TMC office, one asked by cops to compromise’: NHRC’s report on Sandeshkhali

Report names 3 TMC leaders — Shibu Hazra, Uttam Sardar and Amir Ali Ghazi — as accused. All are currently in jail. TMC's Kunal Ghosh dismisses report, says 'NHRC is a BJP cadre'.

Modi ‘exploring legal options’ to ensure money seized by ED from ‘the corrupt’ reaches the poor

BJP puts out details of PM's phone conversation with Krishnanagar candidate Amrita Roy, during which he told her to 'take my message to the people that I sent this message for Bengal'.

Sandeshkhali violence victims meet President Droupadi Murmu, seek intervention in the matter

According to the Memorandum, the Sandeskhali victims urged the President's intervention to safeguard the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe community in Sandeskhali.

As Sandeshkhali’s women roar, why there’s barely a whimper from Bengal’s ‘educated elite’

The majority of ‘enlightened’ Bengalis—who otherwise never miss a chance to protest real or alleged injustices—have remained spectacularly silent on Sandeshkhali.

CBI gets custody of Trinamool’s Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan after HC deadline expires

Calcutta High Court had ordered Tuesday that the case regarding the attack on ED officers in January, in which Shahjahan stands accused, be transferred to CBI.

On Camera

If the Congress were truly a democratic party, Sam Pitroda would be a nobody

It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.