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Violent clashes erupted in Basirhat area of the district after a Class X student updated a controversial picture on Facebook. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

WB: 3 BJP MPs detained on way to riot-hit Basirhat

On Friday, the BJP, Left and the Congress delegations were prevented from visiting riot-hit areas in Basirhat by the police.

08 Jul 2017 3:07 PM

BJP leader Roopa Ganguly and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary were stopped from entering Basirhat. (Photo: ANI)

TMC MLA removed as Basirhat in-charge; BJP leaders arrested

Barsirhat and Baduria in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal have been witnessing violence following an ‘objectionable’ post on Facebook.

07 Jul 2017 1:31 PM

Visuals from booth no. 152 and 153 of Dumka parliamentary constituency in Jharkhand.

Polling in seventh phase ends, exit polls to follow

Voting concludes in the seventh poll bringing the election exercise to an end; results of exit polls to be out soon

19 May 2019 7:13 AM

Heavy security forces have been deployed in and around the area in the wake communal violence that broke out in Baduria and Basirhat areas of North 24 Parganas district over a Facebook post last week. (Photo: ANI)

WB: Ex-judges dub Basirhat violence TMC conspiracy in letter to Rajnath

Earlier on Friday, TMC MLA Deependu Biswas was removed as the in-charge of the Basirhat area.

07 Jul 2017 9:29 PM

Violent clashes erupted in the Basirhat area of the district after a Class X student updated a controversial picture on Facebook. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Basirhat violence: Home Ministry refutes Mamata's 'uncooperative Centre' remarks

According to the sources, the Centre had already sent 11 companies of personnel to Darjeeling to quell the unrest.

08 Jul 2017 6:57 PM

BJP and Trinamul Congress supporters clash at R.G. Kar Hospital on Thursday over the death of a man injured in Baduria violence. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Tension in Basirhat, teargas shells used to control mob

Police and BSF teams immediately rushed to the area to bring the situation under control, he said.

07 Jul 2017 2:40 AM

West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh. (Photo: File)

BJP leaders try to enter riot-hit areas, arrested

Roopa Ganguly, Locket arrested Basirhat IC ousted.

08 Jul 2017 6:41 AM

Mamata further said that the law would take it own course against those who had planned the incident. (Photo: PTI)

Centre responsible for Basirhat riot, wants to impose Prez rule: WB CM

Mamata said there would demand for a judicial enquiry into the violence that occurred over a Facebook post.

08 Jul 2017 4:17 PM

Echoing similar sentiments another BJP leader Satyapal Singh said that Banerjee is encouraging communal forces. (Photo: PTI)

West Bengal on verge of becoming another Kashmir, people no more safe: BJP

Violent clashes erupted in the Basirhat area of the district after a Class X student updated a controversial picture on Facebook.

09 Jul 2017 5:18 PM

In Picture: Border Security Force (BSF) and paramilitary personnel in the violence hit areas. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

WB: Fresh clash in Basirhat after 1 dies; Amit Shah constitutes panel, seeks report

Communal clash broke out in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas over an 'objectionable' post on Facebook.

06 Jul 2017 2:28 PM

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA H Raja Singh waded in controversy by appealing to the Hindu community in the state to respond the way Hindus in Gujarat reacted in 2002. (Photo: ANI)

Respond like Hindus reacted in 2002 Gujarat riots: BJP MLA to community

By mentioning Gujarat riots, BJP leader is trying to claim that Modi govt's persecution in Gujarat was justified, Congress said.

09 Jul 2017 2:48 PM

As the troubled spot in West Bengal is adjacent to Bangladesh, there is a possibility that ‘outsiders’ were involved in this violence, Kailash Vijayvargiya said. (Photo: Facebook)

Facebook post sparks communal violence in WB’s Basirhat; 4 BSF companies deployed

An IPS officer was also injured when he was attacked by an angry mob that ransacked his car as well.

04 Jul 2017 8:28 PM

A delegation from the state Congress and the state Left Front will also visit the areas that have seen violence. (Representational image)

65-year-old stabbed to death in West Bengal riots

BJP state president claimed Ghosh was the ward president of the party in Basirhat.

07 Jul 2017 5:25 AM

Army redeployed after fresh violence erupted in Darjeeling hills where Gorkhaland supporters torched a police outpost, a toytrain station and clashed with the police at two places in Darjeeling. (Photo: AP)

Darjeeling crisis: Army called as violence rises

The ruling Trinamul Congress has accused the BJP of instigating violence in both Darjeeling and Basirhat.

09 Jul 2017 1:24 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Mamata Banerjee orders judicial probe into Basirhat riots

Meanwhile, the three MPs, Meenakshi Lekhi, Om Mathur and Satyapal Singh, were stopped from visiting Basirhat.

09 Jul 2017 4:10 AM

Asked if she would visit the Cyclone Bulbul-hit areas in her constituency if she gets a scope Jahan elaborated, 'It is not about scope. It is about will. If there is a will, there is away. It is not that I will go if I get a scope. I will go wherever and whenever needed.' (Photo: File)

I visited my constituency more than my predecessor: TMC MP Nusrat Jahan

Jahan informed that she has many welfare plans for the people of Basirhat .

22 Nov 2019 8:02 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Governor threatened me, cries Mamata over reports of Bengal communal clashes

I was hurt so deeply that I thought I would quit my post, said Mamata Banerjee.

04 Jul 2017 7:53 PM

CPI (M) leader Prakash Karat slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led state government for failing to control the situation in Baduria. (Photo: PTI)

TMC, BJP creating polarisation over communal politics in WB: CPI (M)

CPI (M) leader Prakash Karat demanded that instead of politics over violence, normalcy should be restored.

06 Jul 2017 4:14 PM

Using the opportunity to target West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her remarks against state Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, Vijayvargiya said she is making such comments out of frustration. (Photo: PTI)

Mamata unable to control law and order, should resign: BJP on Bengal violence

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said the anti-social elements are working as Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in the state.

06 Jul 2017 7:02 PM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses mediapersons at Nabanna. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

West Bengal pays price as Didi plays Muslim card

Mobs spread out, burnt down buildings, damaged public property and targeted Hindu houses.

09 Jul 2017 12:18 AM

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