West Bengal

West Bengal Police have arrested three people including two Trinamool Congress leaders for kidnapping a Delhi-based businessman for ransom

The Calcutta High Court’s stay exposes how West Bengal’s revised OBC list risks turning caste-based affirmative action into a vehicle for religious appeasement.

A Muslim mob resorted to violence against Hindus in Maheshtala, Kolkata on June 11. The centre of this violence was a Shiva temple which was vandalised. More than 60 people were injured, including policemen.

Hindu women reportedly had to remain vigilant throughout the night to defend their honor against jihadis.

A Shiva Mandir and nearby shops were vandalised, police attacked by a mob in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal after Hindus objected to encroachment of temple land

The recent data from the West Bengal government shows that a staggering 86 per cent of new OBC additions are Muslims—a fact that not only goes against constitutional morality but also challenges concept of equality that proponents of Islam routinely invoke.

"He (Newton Das) must be a voter in Bangladesh. He was born there. He had come to India after Covid-19 outbreak to settle some land disputes. I do not know where he lives now. I don't know how he became a voter here," the accused's brother Tapas Das told TV9 Bangla.

The legal impasse regarding OBC commenced when the Calcutta HC annulled 1.2 million OBC certificates in May 2024.

Days after an audio clip of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal abusing a police officer appeared on social media, West Bengal Police has termed the recording of the phone call illegal, and seized the victim cop’s phone

The Supreme Court has recently slammed Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers and cancelled the bail of five person who were accused of targeted families for supporting BJP during the 2021 in West Bengal, saying such incidents were "grave attacks on the roots of democracy".