The West Bengal CM slammed NHRC for 'disrespecting the court', pursuing 'political vendetta' of the BJP and not taking into account views of the state govt in its report.
NHRC-led committee, appointed by Calcutta HC to look into alleged political killings, is likely to submit its second report soon. Bengal Law Minister questions panel's integrity & neutrality.
The report by a civil society group, Call for Justice, claimed that many people have left West Bengal due to post-poll violence and taken shelter in Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Bengal was going to start the second phase of BJP’s Ashwamedha yagna covering territories where regional parties held sway. Now BJP is left ensuring its workers' safety.
The BJP claims 12 of the 17 killed were its workers in Bengal, where the violence has a pattern, with political ideology almost always pitting neighbour against neighbour.
BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha who was accompanying the Union minister claimed that the attack in West Midnapore took place despite the presence of the police personnel.
Long queues were seen outside most polling booths with security personnel asking everyone to adhere to Covid-19 safety protocols amid the surge in cases, an EC official said.
West Bengal CM Banerjee sustained injuries as she fell on the ground after she was allegedly pushed by unknown miscreants while campaigning for assembly elections in Nandigram.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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