Bengal communal Violence

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Police strength less, now is the time to hire more: HC to govt on Murshidabad violence

May 16, 2025 1:30 am

After single bench, Division bench also release plea seeking CBI probe into murder of father-son duo

Christian leaders to send memorandum to President Murmu, PM Modi and Mamata against communal violence

April 04, 2024 11:01 am

They drafted a memorandum, addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging their intervention to stop such activities. 

Looking back, Bengal fights ‘Communal’ tag: Basirhat riots lead the pack, social media ‘menace’ under police scanner

December 31, 2017 8:49 am

Bengal saw its biggest riot of the year at Baduria in North 24 Parganas in July, when a Class XI student posted an “objectionable image’’ linked to the Prophet and Kaaba Sharif in Mecca on Facebook. The tension eventually spread across the Basirhat sub-division, claiming a 65-year-old man

TMC spread thin

July 20, 2017 12:00 am

Communal violence tests the limits of its populist politics that cannot think beyond the immediate

West Bengal Governor writes to President Pranab Mukherjee over Mamata Banerjee's allegation

July 05, 2017 10:47 pm

The BJP State President Dilip Ghosh has demanded President rule in the state alleging disruption of law and order situation in the state

West Bengal: After communal violence, war of words between Mamata Banerjee and Keshari Nath Tripathi

July 04, 2017 10:59 pm

"The way he spoke taking the side of BJP, I felt insulted. I have told him that he cannot talk like this," Banerjee said

Communal violence in West Bengal over 'objectionable' Facebook post, Centre rushes paramilitary troops

July 04, 2017 9:02 pm

Communal violence broke out in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday over a Facebook post prompting Centre to rush 300 paramilitary personnel to the spot to pacify the situation. 

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