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Uphold law and order, HC tells Adhikari govt after Mamata argues in post-poll violence case
May 15, 2026 4:36 am
The bench directed the state to file affidavit within three weeks and granted a window of an additional two weeks to file an exception to it, while keeping the question of maintainability of the TMC's PIL open.
Post-poll violence: PIL filed in Calcutta HC over use of bulldozer to raze shops
May 08, 2026 3:48 am
The petition has sought the court’s intervention in the use of bulldozers in Hogg Market as well as incidents of post-poll vandalism and political violence in various parts of the state.
‘He was getting calls from unknown numbers’: Suvendu aide Chandranath Rath was worried days before murder, says cousin
May 07, 2026 5:16 pm
West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday condemned the ‘cold-blooded and planned murder’ of Chandranath Rath, saying his only crime was that he was his assistant.
Commission to probe atrocities in Bengal: BJP
May 07, 2026 5:49 am
On post-poll violence in the 2021 elections, Adhikari said, “BJP made 355 safe houses in 2021. 1,10,000 were forced to leave their homes.
Security forces to stay back amid post-poll violence fears in Bengal
May 05, 2026 5:15 am
The scale of deployment was unprecedented. The EC had sent more than 2.5 lakh personnel from (CAPFs) to the state — a significant commitment given that the total strength of CAPFs is just over 9 lakh, with roughly a third engaged in border duties.
Heavy bandobast for Bengal polls: Over 2,300 CAPF companies deployed, surveillance from air and on roads
April 29, 2026 5:08 am
EC tells NIA to ensure bombs are not used by miscreants
Stray violence marks polling: BJP candidate chased away, Kabir’s men clash with TMC
April 24, 2026 3:08 am
EC says voting ‘largely peaceful’, none were ‘major law and order incident’
Top court agrees to consider plea linked to 2021 post-poll violence
April 02, 2026 2:48 am
The bench recalled that the investigation in some of these post-poll violence cases were handed over to the CBI and asked the Sangsad to make the Central probe agency a party to its petition.
2021 West Bengal post-poll violence: Absconding rape accused held in Ghaziabad
August 13, 2025 3:47 pm
The accused, Usman Ali was granted bail last year by the Calcutta High Court. The CBI challenged the order at the Supreme Court, later claiming that Ali did not appear before the court
CBI names TMC MLA, councillors in murder chargesheet of Bengal BJP worker
July 03, 2025 4:39 am
Family says ‘partial win’, seeks death sentence
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