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.
In an extraordinary move, IFB Agro notified NSE about an attack on its South 24 Parganas plant. Opposition leaders say this is just ‘tip of the iceberg’.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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.
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