Explosives found at Jalpaiguri rly station

Nearly 300 explosive detonators were recovered by Railway police at New Jalpaiguri station — a gateway to the North East — this mo...

Nearly 300 explosive detonators were recovered by Railway police at New Jalpaiguri station — a gateway to the North East — this morning, causing a stir in the area.

Army experts examined the explosives which were said to be quite powerful. According to markings on the explosives, the detonators might have arrived from Hyderabad.

CPM tense as Didi backs PDS bandh

Kolkata: In West Bengal, Friday’s 12-hour bandh call by the CPI(M)’s own breakaway group, the Party for Democratic Socialism (PDS), is keeping the government on tenterhooks with the Trinamool Congress now lending ‘‘moral support’’ to it.

‘‘The issues are important and we feel the bandh call is justified,’’ Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said today, adding that ‘‘if CPI(M) tries to force in any trouble, we cannot guarantee peace nor remain passive spectators.’’

‘Grave insult to wounded people’: Cong lashes out at PM Modi amid his first Manipur visit

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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Manipur for the first time since ethnic violence hit the state in May 2023, the Congress on Saturday called it a “farce, tokenism, and a grave insult to a wounded people”.

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