In a major disciplinary crackdown following its worst-ever electoral performance, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Saturday suspended its senior spokesperson Dr Riju...
Fresh incidents of post-poll violence erupted in West Bengal on Thursday as rival political workers clashed in Shibpur’s Chaurabasti area of Howrah district, leaving...
Police officials said the attackers appeared to have carried out the murder in a planned manner. A senior officer said, “It’s a planned murder. Because after he shot Rath, the killer waited for him to die.”
The outgoing Chief Minister has refused to resign. Short on numbers, Banerjee has accused the BJP of ‘rigging’ and claimed that the TMC has won the elections ‘morally’.
A team of police officials, along with central forces, was carrying out routine night patrols when they were suddenly targeted. The attackers opened fire, injuring several personnel.
Several foreign media publications covered the BJP’s thumping victory, though not without peddling propaganda about the victorious party’s ‘Hindu nationalist’ ideology, ‘Muslim minority under threat’ bogey and falsehoods about the pre-poll SIR exercise.