West Bengal

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said that the decision by the West Bengal forest officials amounted to a direct assault on the religious beliefs of the Hindu community.

Mallick was the food supplies minister from 2011 to 2021 and was later appointed as the Minister of Forest Affairs and Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy.

"We have recommended that President's rule should be imposed in West Bengal over the situation there under Article 338 that aims to safeguard rights of SCs," the NCSC cheif said.

A confidential document stated that Ahmed Hasan Imran was the mastermind behind the anti-Hindu violence in Naliakhali village when an angry mob set fire to the homes of innocent Hindus and looted many homes.

SC lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava described the Sandeshkhali incident as highly unsettling and expressed a realistic concern that a free and fair investigation and trial of the instant case could not be conducted in West Bengal, and so the case should be transferred outside the state in the interests of justice

Mimi Chakraborty won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a TMC ticket from the Jadavpur seat in West Bengal.

Repeated incidents of rape and atrocities on women have become a matter of concern in West Bengal

Women in several areas in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal have been protesting, demanding the arrest of TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and others.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose submitted a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs over the Sandeshkhali protests.

The NCW chair's charge came shortly after the West Bengal police used a report by a mainstream media channel to dismiss the allegations of the victims.