The election campaign in the next few months will demonstrate if the man whose body language reeked of arrogance and inexplicable confidence just after his arrest is an asset for TMC or a liability.
Sheikh, main accused of sexual abuse and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali, was arrested early Thursday from a house in Bamanpukur, after being absconding for 55 days.
The protest by the SC/ST women should be seen as a radical arrival of the periphery to the mainstream. However, they are yet to shake the conscience of privileged urban bhadralok spaces.
Senior police officers & RAF personnel have secured Basirhat district court where Shahjahan is being kept. Police also investigating charges of sexual assault against him & his aides.
Group of former judge, bureaucrats & journos was slated to visit Sandeshkhali to also probe alleged incidents of TMC leaders grabbing residents’ land to convert into fish farm.
Complainants told a three-member NCST team, led by its Vice-Chairperson Ananta Nayak, that the West Bengal Police allegedly 'protected' Shahjahan and his accomplices.
Latest case is of land grab. After he disappeared early January, local residents have accused Shahjahan and his aides of seizing their land and even sexual assault.
Perhaps an arrest could take place before PM Modi lands in Bengal, which would certainly take much wind out of his sails. The one-man show cannot afford that and risk a 2021 redux.
Mamata Banerjee hasn’t demonstrated empathy and urgency in dealing with the allegations and is accusing BJP of politicising the issue. BJP, too, is more interested in cornering TMC.
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, has been shortlisted in the Best International Feature Film category for the 98th Academy Awards.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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