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The seized items might have been brought by CBI in a car, said Mamata Banerjee (FILE) Kulti/Ushagram (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said there was “no evidence” of recovery of arms and ammunition in Sandeshkhali and claimed that CBI teams conducted searches without keeping the state police in the loop. Expressing…
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A voter goes through the elections procedure to cast her vote at a polling station during the second phase of the Lok Sabha Polls, in Bhagalpur on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Lok Sabha polls | About 61% turnout in Phase II; polling largely peaceful Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in…
A voter goes through the elections procedure to cast her vote at a polling station during the second phase of the Lok Sabha Polls, in Bhagalpur on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Lok Sabha polls | About 61% turnout in Phase II; polling largely peaceful Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in…
Local women protested against Rekha Patra’s nomination Kolkata: Handwritten posters appeared in a few places in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali denouncing the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll nominee Rekha Patra, an alleged victim of torture at the hands of arrested and now-suspended Trinamool leader Shajahan Sheikh and his aides. The BJP pointed to the TMC for the posters,…
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Kolkata: The BJP, determined to meet party chief JP Nadda’s target of 35 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, has come up with a mixed bag from Bengal, which contains a High Court judge, an erstwhile royal, and a woman from Sandeshkhali. Added to this is the usual celebrity component that adds to the sheen…
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The six women demanded justice in their memorandum to the President. New Delhi: Six women from West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali met President Droupadi Murmu here on Friday and demanded that central security force personnel be deployed in the area for the protection of women. Addressing the media shortly after meeting the President, one of the women…
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The Enforcement Directorate today conducted raids at several locations in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali over land grabbing allegations against Trinamool Congress strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his associates. The probe agency, along with paramilitary forces, conducted raids at four locations today. The raids comes just days after Shahjahan, who also faces allegations of sexual abuse, was arrested…
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The court directed that Sheikh Shahjahan be produced before it again on March 14. (File) Basirhat: A court in West Bengal’s Basirhat on Sunday extended the CBI custody of Shahjahan Sheikh, key accused in a mob attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, by another four days on a prayer by the central agency. The Central…
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Seamstress Tove Lycke works on NATO flags, at the flag manufacturer Flagghuset, in Akersberga, outside Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS INS Kolkata assists two merchant vessels hit in Gulf of Aden Indian Naval destroyer INS Kolkata responded to two instances of missile/drone attacks on merchant vessels in the last few days. On…
Kolkata: Adding a new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court today set a new deadline for the Bengal cops to hand him over to the central agency. A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now…
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