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MUMBAI: Social activist Anjali Damania reinforced self-styled godman Ashok Kharat's links with the rich and powerful on Friday a she presented call records between Kharat and several key political figures in the state, apart from former state women's commission chief Rupali Chakankar, who resigned from the post after her association with Kharat came to light. She claimed deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde received 17 calls from the rape-accused last year and made 7 calls; one of the calls last ...Read More >
Malda: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of a large number of police personnel - around 2,185 - by the West Bengal government to provide personal security to ruling Trinamool Congress leaders, as well as party supporters, ahead of the announcement of the assembly polls. The ECI has directed West Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta to conduct a strict professional review within the next two to three days in a fair and equitable manner, people in the know tol ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Malda violence has triggered a major political showdown, with the arrest of alleged mastermind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkarul Islam by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) drawing sharp reactions from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, while Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee defended her government. The West Bengal CID arrested advocate Mofakkarul Islam, identified as the alleged mastermind of ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 4 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Mofakkerul Islam, accused of leading the protests in Malda on April 1 that resulted in the gherao of seven Special Intensive Revision (SIR) judicial officers for over nine hours, was produced before the court on Friday. He was arrested by the West Bengal CID yesterday at Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district. Speaking to reporters here, Islam said, "I did not say anything provocative. My movem ...Read More >
A 35-year-old woman was arrested along with two others for allegedly killing her 13-year-old daughter in a 'sacrificial' ritual in Kushumbha village under Bishungarh police station of Hazaribagh district, officials said on Thursday. Those arrested include victims' mother Reshmi Devi, 55-year-old Shanti Devi, an occultist, and 40-year-old Bhim Ram, all of them from the same village. The matter concerns the recovery of the girl's mutilated body from a village field on March 25. Reshmi had subseq ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 3 (ANI): Naxalite leader Prashant Bose, who carried a bounty of one crore rupees and was lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Jail, passed away on Thursday. The top CPI Maoist leader breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, authorities said. Also Read | Global Food Prices Set to Surge Further if West Asia Conflict Persists Beyond 40 Days, Warns FAO. According to RIMS Superintendent Dr. Hiren Birua, the 82-year-old Bose ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the large number of police personnel deployed by West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police to provide personal security to Trinamool Congress leaders at various levels in the state. The Commission has also flagged an allegedly biased approach in the selection of leaders for state-provided security cover, with ruling party leaders enjoying disproportionately high security, sources in the Commission sai ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 3 (ANI): Naxalite leader Prashant Bose, who carried a bounty of one crore rupees and was lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Jail, passed away on Thursday. The top CPI Maoist leader breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, authorities said. According to RIMS Superintendent Dr. Hiren Birua, the 82-year-old Bose was suffering from multiple ailments and was being treated in jail. When his condition worsened, he was moved ...Read More >
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday exhorted his party cadre to work at the booth level with their full strength to ensure the party's victory in the 2027 UP assembly polls, saying, "it is an election to save the Constitution." Yadav further said his party's objective was to win the 2027 polls and better SP's 2024 Lok Sabha polls performance. Addressing workers from various districts at the SP's state headquarters in Lucknow, he said: "It (2027 UP polls) is an election to safegu ...Read More >
PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is expected to resign on April 13. He was elected to the Upper House of the parliament on March 16 and is likely to be sworn in as a Rajya Sabha member on April 10. Sources said that he would visit New Delhi on April 9 and is likely to take oath as a Rajya Sabha member the next day. During his visit to the national capital, he is also expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Nitish is likely to resign as ch ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
Malda (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrived at the Block Development Officer's (BDO) office in Malda in connection with the recent incident, where thousands of people on April 1 blocked the two gates of the Kaliachak-II BDO, holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Earlier in the day, the anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Calling the Malda violence "unfortunate and condemnable," Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday held the central government responsible for the incident, while also alleging that the Election Commission of India is no longer impartial or independent. Speaking to ANI, Prasad said, "The Malda violence is unfortunate and condemnable. This is the government's strategy to end democracy. In the last monsoon session, our leader Akhilesh Yadav, along with all th ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Calling the Malda violence "unfortunate and condemnable," Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Friday held the central government responsible for the incident, while also alleging that the Election Commission of India is no longer impartial or independent. Speaking to ANI, Prasad said, "The Malda violence is unfortunate and condemnable. This is the government's strategy to end democracy. In the last monsoon session, our leader Akhilesh Yadav, along with all th ...Read More >
Malda: Following Supreme Court's intervention in the protests in Malda that led to the gherao of seven judicial officers on Wednesday, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe has been ordered by the ECI and its team has already departed for the district. On the other hand, the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested the alleged mastermind of the protests from Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri on Thursday night, a senior official said. The alleged mastermind, identified as Mo ...Read More >
Kozhikode: A controversy over 'Kaumile Kutti' (Kaum in Arabic means persons belonging to Islam) mike announcement from an LDF campaign vehicle in Perambra has intensified with UDF leaders accusing the Left of running a communal campaign against its candidate Fathima Thahliya. However, LDF candidate and convener T P Ramakrishnan dismissed the allegation as baseless and said the front would cooperate with any investigation into the incident.Ramakrishnan said clear instructions had been given to ca ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a major success for law enforcement, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissionerate apprehended notorious criminal Subham aka Raja Sahani (39) from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand after an intensive, six-month-long inter-state manhunt. According to Commissionerate Police, Raja Sahani, a resident of Lohiyanagar village under Muffasil police station in Begusarai district of Bihar, had escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack on the night of October 3, 2025, along with his co-accused Madh ...Read More >
Kolkata: An All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader, Mofakkerul Islam, has been arrested for allegedly masterminding protests in Malda that led to the hostage-taking of seven judicial officers. The arrest was made at Bagdogra Airport as he was reportedly attempting to flee the state. Hostage Crisis Triggered by Voter List Dispute The incident occurred during protests linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted by the Election Commission of India ahead of the West Be ...Read More >
Harirampur (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): In a high-stakes political environment as the state prepares for Assembly elections on April 23 and 29, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the BJP of conspiring to create unrest in Malda, alleging they brought in outsiders to provoke violence. She alleged that the recent incident in Malda, where seven judicial officers, including three women, were held hostage by villagerson Wednesday, was a pre-planned conspiracy orches ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Friday condemned the Malda hostage crisis, where seven judicial officers were held by villagers, expressing concern that West Bengal is being pushed toward a cycle of election violence. Speaking to ANI, the RJD MP asserted that if elections become marred by violence, the nation's leaders must engage in self-reflection. He warned that the damage to national harmony cannot be easily compensated. "What has happened is co ...Read More >
Protests erupt in Malda over alleged voter roll deletions, highways blocked and police vehicle vandalised, driver injured, 10 cases filed as security is tightened Tensions flared across parts of West Bengal's Malda on Thursday, with protesters blocking highways, vandalising a police vehicle and clashing with security forces over alleged discrepancies in voter rolls, sources told News18. In the Jadupur Bypass area of English Bazar, a police vehicle was attacked after a group of protesters attem ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, April 3: Dr Kuladhar Saikia on Thursday joined as the editor of Assamese literary magazine Gariyoshi, marking a significant addition to the State's literary landscape. Dr Saikia, a Sahitya Akademi Award winning litterateur and former DGP of Assam, has authored 26 short story collections, six plays, a novel and two telefilms. If a River and Painting of the Sky and Other Stories are two of his short story collections in English. Some of his books have been published by Sahitya Akademi a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Russia's First Deputy Chairman Denis Manturov reaffirmed that Russian companies have the capacity to steadily increase supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Indian market amid the energy crisis due to the conflict in West Asia, underlining deepening energy cooperation between the two countries during his official visit to the country. According to a statement issued by the Russian Embassy in India on Telegram on Thursday, Manturov highlighted t ...Read More >
KOLKATA/MALDA: The Bengal police on Friday arrested former AIMIM candidate and lawyer Mofakrul Islam from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri in connection with the violence and hostage situation occurred in Malda district.Mofakrul Islam was allegedly trying to board a flight and flee.Investigators have termed him a key conspirator in the Kaliachak gherao of judicial officers, as the case snowballed into a major law-and-order and political flashpoint ahead of the West Bengal elections. Islam, who conte ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) formally referred the matter, sen ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Police Flag Day ceremony for Karnataka was observed on Thursday at the KSRP 3rd Battalion Ground in Koramangala, Bengaluru. The event brought together senior state leaders and police officials to honour the service and contributions of the Karnataka Police force. Chief Minister Shri Siddaramaiah, Home Minister Dr. G Parameshwara, and Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department) Tushar Girinath participated in the ceremony, joined by senior police officers. The announcement from ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament Pramod Tiwari on Friday condemned the recent violence in West Bengal's Malda, stating that democratic elections must remain free from any form of intimidation or fear. Speaking to ANI, Tiwari accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of "misusing" the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. "In a democracy, elections should be fair, without any fear or intimidation. In Bengal, the BJP is misusing the entire ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. Also Read | Airline Seat Policy Rollback: Govt Suspends 60% Free Seat Selection on Flights After FIA and A ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started probe by registering a "preliminary enquiry" into Malda violence case in which thousands of people on Wednesday blocked the two gates of the Kaliachowk-2 Block Development Office (BDO), holding staff including seven judicial officers "hostage" for hours before they were rescued after midnight. The anti-terror agency initiated the preliminary enquiry late on Thursday after the Election Commission of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The election commission on Thursday evening directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the gherao of seven judicial officers assigned to hear appeals against deletions from West Bengal final rolls, by certain "anti-social elements" in Maldah district of the state.This came hours after the Supreme Court instructed EC to entrust the inquiry/ investigation into the incident to an independent agency, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation ...Read More >
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