The recent terror attack in Pahalgam, in which innocent tourists were gunned down, is not just another grim episode of violence in Kashmir ~ it is a direct consequence of the reckless rhetoric emanating from Pakistan’s military establishment.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain petitions seeking independent probe into the violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district during a protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and asked the two advocates to withdraw their pleas and file better petitions.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP are responsible for instigating communal violence in the state.
A three-member delegation from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the Parlalpur camp on Friday. The team arrived at Malda town station around 10.30 a.m. by the Vande Bharat Express and headed straight to the camp.
Acting on the directives of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, administrative officials from Malda and Murshidabad districts jointly visited a relief camp at Parlalpur High School in Malda on Thursday to build confidence among families displaced by recent communal unrest.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday requested Governor C V Ananda Bose to postpone his planned visit to the violence-affected Murshidabad district.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the three victims of violence in Murshidabad during protests against the Waqf Act.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) West Bengal president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, along with senior party leaders, including former TMC MLA and now BJP leader Tapas Roy, led a protest outside the state police headquarters at Bhabani Bhavan on Wednesday evening.
Amid the violence in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal since last week during protests against the newly-promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday hold a meeting with the imams, muezzins, and religious leaders from the Muslim community in the state.
Tension in Murshidabad’s Jafrabad area subsided, said police but there were fresh reports of sporadic violence on Monday.
