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As Islamists unleash violence against Hindus in Murshidabad, here’s how even after 14 months, women in Sandeshkhali continue to live in Sheikh Shahjahan’s terror

Shraddha Pandey - 14 April, 2025

The incident sparked a nationwide outrage, especially after West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a woman herself, downplayed Sandeshkhali rape cases passing them off as ‘minor incident’.

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‘Houses burnt, livelihoods destroyed, rape threats and more’: 12 videos where Hindus narrate the horror unleashed by Muslims in Murshidabad

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2025

One Hindu woman said that bombs were being hurled in Murshidabad, prompting her to flee her home. Another woman said, “They told us that Modi passed the Bill (Waqf Amendment), and so we will not allow any Hindus to live here.”

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“Sipping tea while Bengal burns,” BJP criticises Trinamool MP Yusuf Pathan for his social media post amid unrest in Murshidabad

ANI - 13 April, 2025

BJP has lashed out at Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan for posting photos of him sipping "good chai (tea)" in "calm surroundings".

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Murshidabad violence: Hindus demand President’s rule, permanent BSF camp, say police didn’t help when their houses and shops were vandalised by Muslim mob

ANI - 13 April, 2025

After violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad following the amended Waqf law, locals have demanded President's rule in stating that their homes and shops were vandalised

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Hindus flee Murshidabad after targeted attack by Muslim mobs, brings back memories of exodus of 80000 victims after West Bengal post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2025

Hundreds of Hindus were seen leaving Dhuliyan in urshidabad on a boat across the Ganga river to the town of Par Lalpur in Kaliachak III subdivision of Malda district.

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Violence continues in Murshidabad over Waqf Act, two people shot after hospital, shopping mall and other establishments vandalised by mob

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2025

Two people were injured after being shot during the violence protests against the Waqf act in Murshidabad, West Bengal

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Murshidabad: How Muslim mobs selectively targeted Hindus in the garb of protests against Waqf law, attacked temples, homes, shops and businesses

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2025

An eyewitness confirmed to India Today that Muslims set fire to an ambulance and assaulted the driver of the vehicle. "We were scared and sitting inside our homes. I had kept my parents, wife and children at home," he narrated.

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West Bengal: Violence erupts again in Murshidabad against Waqf Act after Friday prayers, mob torched vehicles, pelted stones and blocked trains, several cops injured

OpIndia Staff - 11 April, 2025

Massive violence erupted in Murshidabad in West Bengal as a Muslim mob protesting against the Waqf Amendment Act clashed with police, set vehicles on fire, threw stones at trains and vandalized railway stations

As Tamil Nadu, Bengal declare opposition to Waqf Amendment Act, Muslims in Kerala ask govt to do the same: Read how such resolutions have...

Rukma Rathore - 11 April, 2025

Muslim organizations in Kerala have asked both the Left government and opposition parties to adopt a unified resolution stating that the Waqf Amendment Act will not be enforced in the state

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