The rally was held without any political banners and colours and a large number of students, residents and even political leaders, including CPM’s Sujan Chakraborty, also joined in.

Dhankhar, who has been at loggerheads with the state government over a range of issues, said the silence of authorities over what happened at Jadavpur University is “painfully worrisome”

Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday questioned if the injuries sustained by JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh were genuine and demanded a probe to clear the air.

Seeking a stern action on the “misconduct” and “criminal offences” allegedly committed by the father and son, Khemka has written to the state government, explaining the “modus operandi” of the “fraud”.

A police officials said "we cannot confirm rape till we get the postmortem report. However, a case of gangrape has been registered on the basis of her family's complaint and the accused have been arrested."

Union minister Babul Supriyo launched the campaign from the state BJP headquarters in Kolkata, while state party president Dilip Ghosh started the drive with East Bardhaman district’s Katwa.

“One of the injured persons died at 2.35 am, while the other is out of danger,” said Dr Amitava Saha, Deputy Superintendent of Burdwan Medical College Hospital.

Police, however, are yet to file an FIR against Hazra, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, who denied the allegations.

“Noor Hossain was arrested from Amdanga area in the district and a suo motu case of unintentional murder along with other sections has been registered against him,” a senior police officer said.

A case has been lodged at Park Street Police station on the basis of the complaint of the victim, who is a resident of the Howrah district.

Three fire engines were pressed into service to douse the blaze and Rapid Action Force personnel were deployed to bring the situation under control.

According to railway officials, the portion of the building that collapsed was old and construction work was underway.

Police will continue to carry out block raids till January 1. Besides, police personnel in plainclothes will monitor shopping malls and Metro stations across the city.

Trinamool Congress leader and former MLA Tajmul Hussain led a delegation to visit the families in Harishchandrapur of Malda district on Tuesday and assured them of all legal and financial help.

Cold wave is likely to abate from several parts of West Bengal, predicted the weather department, however, the conditions will continue to remain same in Purulia, Bankura, Birbhum,West Burdwan, Murshidabad, Malda and North and South Dinajpur districts.

Hundreds of priests under ‘Paschim Banga Sanatan Brahmin Trust’ gathered around the Mahatma Gandhi statue on Mayo Road here and raised anti-CAA and anti-NRC slogans, demanding peace in the state and country, which had witnessed incidents of violence during protests.

Ghosh also accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of supporting those who carried out violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act to secure her vote bank.

However the houses have to be on G+3 (ground plus three floors) pattern and the Licenced Building Surveyors (LBS) will be solely responsible for approval of such plans.

Addressing a rally during a 5-km protest march in Purulia against the new citizenship law, she once again asserted that her Trinamool Congress government would not allow updation of National Population Register (NPR) and that is way she had stayed the process in the state.

While the first decade of the 21st century saw the emergence of Trinamool, the last year of the second decade saw the party facing a new challenger.

The BJP, however, denied any links with those arrested, identified as Buban Pradhan (40), Utpal Pradhan (32) and Swapan Burman (30), and blamed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the incident.

“Divisive politics will not have any way in West Bengal. We are giving (TMC chief and Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee a golden chance to come back again in 2021... I follow Netaji’s ideology, "Chandra Kumar Bose said.

The mother-daughter duo was arrested for attacking a 35-year-old woman, they said, adding the accused women are residents of Purbasthali in Purba Bardhaman district.

The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of state-run universities, on Sunday evening wrote to JU Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das and asked him to organise special convocation and ignore the EC resolution, failing which there will be serious consequences.