Ravik Bhattacharya

While the BJP accused the state police of not inspecting the structures set up at the rally venue properly, the TMC said the organisers’ negligence led to the incident.

Referring to the cut-outs of the Chief Minister near his meeting venue, Modi took a swipe at Banerjee: “I am grateful that she is folding her hands, it seems she is welcoming me.”

The incident led to a stampede among people trapped under the scaffolding while PM Modi, who was still speaking on stage, tried to calm down the situation. Modi later visited the hospital and met the victims.

The TMC is planning a counter-rally on the same grounds, a few days after Modi’s speech, and has already put up large cutouts and banners of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee all across the town.

This comes after the district administration wrote to the state school education department, accusing the teachers of “trying to stir up unrest” in the Hills, and requested their transfer to Presidency, Midnapore or Burdwan divisions.

Met with criticism, officials cite complaints of ‘noise’, ‘filth’

In a “first-of-its-kind initiative”, the North Dinajpur district administration has decided to observe one day each week as “no vehicles day” as part of an austerity drive

On July 14 (Rath Yatra) and September 2 (Janmashtami), the state will see hundreds of rallies and programmes, courtesy of organisations such as the RSS and VHP.

Police estimate this to be just the tip of the iceberg, saying student leaders, including those affiliated to political parties, have been charging Rs 10,000 to Rs 1 lakh promising admissions.

On December 7 last year, Shambhulal Regar, 36, killed 51-year-old Afrazul, burnt his body, and circulated videos of the incident — purportedly recorded by his 14-year-old nephew — on social media.

CPM politburo and Lok Sabha member Md Salim says, “Students have always been anti-establishment, anti-tyranny and anti-terror. Seniors have baggage and compulsions. Students have only ideology, enthusiasm and conviction."

The legislator cites lack of development in his area, Congress says he surrendered to the terror tactics of Trinamool

As per the latest data of the state finance department, of the total of 3,354 gram panchayats in the state, 716 (21%) are not covered under the banking system.

According to senior party leaders, Amit Shah came down heavily on state leaders and urged them to have a result-oriented approach in Bengal.

Under the banner of ‘Paschim Banga Griha Paricharika Samity’, which was recently recognised as a trade union by the government, the workers gathered near Sealdah railway station and marched to Rani Rashmoni Road.

Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to depart for Beijing at 11.50 PM on Friday. Besides Beijing, she would visit Sanghai and interact with the industrialists there with the hope of attracting investments.

Those who participate in the “vigil” say they are from right-wing groups — some from the Bajrang Dal, some from the BJP. Despite the police claiming that at least one of the deaths was a suicide, these workers believe their colleagues were murdered.

In his letters to Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind on May 7, Banerjee said the EC had passed a resolution saying the next senior most professor should become the officiating V-C and directed Sen to hand over the charge.

On May 30, Trilochon’s body was found along with a message, written on his T-shirt as well as on a paper attached to it, saying he was killed for daring to join the BJP. He had gone missing the evening before.