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From calling Ramayana ‘cartoon’, making gaumutra jibes to harassing TMC critics with FIRs: Meet Nilanjan Das, the henchman of Mamata Banerjee who was thrashed...

Shraddha Pandey -
The TMC leader has an opprobrious record of threatening FIRs against anyone who criticized his party or Mamata Banerjee. Nilanjan Das is a close aide of TMC motormouth MP Mahua Moitra.
Crime

Baruipur rape-murder case: Leftists and locals accuse BJP worker of helping the accused; he actually helped in catching the accused, prevented mob lynching and...

OpIndia Staff -
Shantanu Mondal did not save or help free the accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case, but instead apprehended him and took him to the police station
Crime

West Bengal: Accused in Baruipur rape-murder case killed in police firing after he attacked cops and tried to flee, Mamata Banerjee faction of TMC...

OpIndia Staff -
"If there is even 1% negligence after the complaint was lodged, strict action will be taken," CM Adhikari vowed.
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Thousands are being sent back since BJP won Bengal: Financial Times whines over India’s strict push-back policy for illegal immigrants now finally being enforced...

Rukma Rathore -
No rational government would or could keep its borders open for anyone to enter its country. Open borders are impractical for any nation, including India and Bangladesh. There is a reason why nations like Egypt and Jordan resolutely refuse to accept displaced Palestinians, despite their overwhelming support for them
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West Bengal Assembly passes Public Safety Bill 2026, expands powers to curb organised crime and anti-social activities

OpIndia Staff -
The bills mark a significant development in the state's laws governing public order.
Editor's picks

West Bengal assembly passes two OBC amendment bills, removes OBC quota granted by the Mamata Banerjee govt to 77 Muslim communities

Divya Bharti -
The West Bengal Assembly has passed two amendment bills to implement a May 2024 Calcutta High Court order. The legislation reduces the state’s total OBC reservation to 7% and removes the OBC status previously granted to 77 Muslim communities.
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West Bengal: 20 injured after massive fire breaks out in naphtha-carrying pipeline at Haldia

OpIndia Staff -
A massive fire in a naphtha pipeline at Haldia Petrochemicals in West Bengal injured 20 people, leaving six critical.
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‘The time has come to teach such people a lesson’: Suvendu Adhikari gives stern warning to Humayun Kabir, who had threatened street violence by...

Dibakar Dutta -
On Monday (29th June), West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari issued a stern warning to Humayun Kabir in the State Assembly.' "The time has come...
News Reports

From preventive detention to the auctioning of properties of goons: Read about the 2 bills introduced by the BJP govt in West Bengal to...

Shriti Sagar -
The main objective of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, is to prevent organised crime before it takes place. The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes that people convicted of damaging public or private property during riots, unlawful assemblies, protests or other disturbances affecting public order can be made to compensate for the losses.
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ISKCON removes Vice President Radharaman Das from all responsibilities, directs him not to speak on behalf of the organisation

OpIndia Staff -
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata has relieved Radharaman Das of his position as Vice-President along with all other responsibilities in the...
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