Topic: West bengal
Bengal: BSF personnel brutally torture Muslim man in custody: Rights activist moves NHRC
In a recent incident, Johirul Islam, a 30-year-old man, was illegally apprehended from his house by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and was brutally tortured in their custody.
ISF MLA Nawsad Siddique sent to police custody for protests against TMC violence
Indian Secular Front (ISF) legislator Nawsad Siddique and 17 other party workers were remanded to police custody on Sunday by Kolkata’s Bankshall Court till February 1 in connection with the protests against violence unleashed by ruling Trinamool Congress against ISF activists.
Unable to pay for ambulance, West Bengal man carries mother’s body on shoulders
A man identified as Ram Prasad Dewan carried his mother’s body on his shoulders for a couple of kilometres in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal after he was unable to pay Rs 3,000 for ambulance service.
Angered by ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chants, CM Mamata Banerjee stays away from dais
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday refused to come on stage during the inauguration of the Vande Bharat Express at the Howrah railway station after supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party shouted “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.
“They killed my husband”: Muslim man died in custody in West Bengal
Sheikh Sabir Ali who was arrested by West Bengal Police six months ago in a drug case and have been languishing in Dum Dum Central Jail, breathed his last on Monday night at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.
“Should I fall at your feet and beg?” Mamata attacks PM Modi over dues to state
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if the Union government does not clear dues that it owes to the state, it may have to stop paying the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
