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Woman’s family alleges TMC men assaulted her, admits attackers include relatives embroiled in land dispute.

NHRC report on Bengal violence has become the latest flashpoint. The Indian Express tracks down four illustrative incidents, an alleged murder, rape, arson and social boycott. How political fault-lines — and the state’s response — play on the ground.

More than 11 years after the tragedy, the 16 families to which the 18 'missing' passengers belong, continue to await closure, running from courtrooms to government offices in a desperate attempt to procure death certificates.

The NHRC team, which was recording videos of some houses allegedly damaged in the post-poll violence, was reportedly surrounded by around 20-25 people, including men and women.

Among the people who received ‘fake’ vaccines at the camps organised by Debanjan Deb are Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, students and professors of City College Kolkata, and residents from across the city.

A 36-year-old Chinese national Han Junwe was apprehended by the BSF along the India-Bangladesh border without valid documents. Who is he, and how did he enter India? Is he a Chinese spy?

The state Health Department has drawn up a blueprint and is in the process of putting the requisite infrastructure in place.

The 36-year-old Chinese national, who has been identified by his passport as Hun Junwei, was found carrying an Indian Aadhaar card, a bank ATM.

State BJP president Dilip Ghosh, while talking to reporters, said he was not sure if the BJP would lose anything from Roy's decision, given that he was “unsure whether we gained anything” from his entry three-and-half years back.

Sources in the police said that the flat was rented in the name of one Sumit Kumar through a broker, and all the documents submitted at the maintenance office of Sharpoorji Housing Complex was in Kumar's name.

Jaipal Singh Bhullar and Jaspreet Singh -- wanted in several cases of murder and extortion as well as drug smuggling -- had rented a flat in Sukhabristi Apartment in New Town, officials said.

The incident took place around 3:30 pm at Shapoorji Housing Complex.The alleged criminals were residing on rent in Block B of the said complex.

Eleven deaths were recorded in Hooghly, nine in Murshidabad, four in the two Medinipur districts, two in Bankura and one in Nadia. Most of those who died were labourers working out in the open on fields.

PM Modi addressed 18 public meetings in Bengal, in as many constituencies. TMC won 10 of those on Sunday.

As many as six Assembly constituencies in Malda ( Part 2), 11 in Murshidabad (part 2), 7 in Kolkata North and 11 in Birbhum will go to the polls.

According to EC sources, 114 of show-cause notices have so far been issued and 76 FIRs lodged for non compliance of Covid guidelines.

Kajal Sinha was undergoing treatment at Beleghata I.D and B.G Hospital ever since he tested positive for Covid. He passed away at 9.45 am today after being on ventilator for three days.

The government said retailers would have to sell oxygen cylinders at MRP to Covid-19 patients in home isolation, provided they have a prescription from a registered doctor.

At Titagarh Arya Vidyalaya, another polling station, of the 45-odd people standing in the queue for voting, only four had received both the shots of Covid vaccine, while 15 said that they were waiting for the second dose.

At least one person was injured in police firing in Bagda (SC) Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district. “Three rounds of firing took place in Bagda. One person was injured and another one's injury is being verified,” Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab said.

Meanwhile, the Covid-19 caseload of West Bengal, where an eight-phase assembly election is underway, soared to 6,59,927 as the state registered its highest single-day spike of 8,419 fresh infections on Sunday, a health bulletin said.

The Congress has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for holding political rallies amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the country.

This morning, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also suspended his campaign in Bengal owing to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country

While masks and sanitisers were at hand, social distancing was virtually non-existent at booths across the state where more than 78% cast their ballots by 5 pm for 45 constituencies.