Tag: Poll Violence In West Bengal

Kolkata: Amid widespread violence, including the attack on a Union Minister, clashes outside polling booths, hurling of bombs and EVM snags, over 76 per cent of the electorate voted till 5 p.m. in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Monday. Long queues of men and women were seen outside the […]

Kolkata: One person was stabbed to death while several others were injured as political violence continued in West Bengal on Sunday, the police said. Reports of houses being ransacked and activists of both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Trinamool Congress sustaining injuries surfaced through the day. A 36-year-old man, said to be […]

Kolkata: Alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was spreading rumours about violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the saffron party of plotting a conspiracy to topple her government. “There is no point sending me behind bars. If the BJP thinks it can stop me from opposing them by shutting […]

Kolkata: A fresh flare-up of violence at Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district claimed two lives and left four others injured while the police had to open fire on Thursday, prompting the administration to impose prohibitory orders in the affected areas. “Two persons have died… the officers are deciding on the further course […]