The clash took place when Kabir visited areas in Nowda where a crude bomb hurling incident had been reported a day earlier. Kabir claimed that irregularities were reported at two polling booths in Nowda.
After a prolonged tug-of-war, the West Bengal Police on Friday agreed to hand over the case diary in the recent Beldanga violence case in minority-dominated Murshidabad district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the matter following clearances from the Calcutta High Court as well as the Supreme Court.
Exercising its authority under Section 13CC of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, the Commission ordered the suspension of the officials and directed the Chief Secretary of West Bengal to promptly initiate disciplinary proceedings against them.
However, the FIR was registered almost 48 hours after the deadline set by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the same.
In a significant development, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday expressed serious concern over repeated incidents of violence in Beldanga, Murshidabad, and observed that the central government can order an NIA probe if needed.
There is a popular joke about apples in the district of Murshidabad. A middle-aged father asked his ailing son whether he was gaining in strength each time the latter finished a slice of apple offered to him during his recovery from fever.
The much-anticipated Murshidabad Heritage Festival 2025 commenced on 7 February with great enthusiasm, drawing a diverse group of delegates who arrived by train and bus.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is set to visit Malda on 21 January, following a public distribution programme in Berhampore, Murshidabad, on 20 January.
A woman severed her sleeping husband's genitals amidst growing marital tensions in the Pecherpara area within Domkal police station limits in Murshidabad on Saturday night, sending shockwaves through the community.
These 17 urban local bodies in the state are, Asansol, Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum, Burdwan, Siliguri, jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, West Midnapore, Murshidabad, Malda, Nadia, Hooghly, East Midnapore etc.
