




Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the SIT report on violence has "clearly" and "unambiguously" indicated that violence was carried out by targeting Hindus and TMC leaders were involved in it.
The protestors were raising anti-Pakistan slogans in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack where terrorists gunned down 26 civilians.
On ground zero, the BSF, which has been vilified by the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, is seen as a “saviour”
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The Governor will reach Malda first where he will visit refugee camps housing those displaced by the communal violence before proceeding to the violence-hit areas in Murshidabad.
Earlier, targeting the Bengal CM over the Murshidabad violence, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said "Bengal is burning" and its chief minister is "silent".
Banerjee, breaking her silence on the matter, alleged that the recent unrest in Murshidabad was deliberately engineered and slammed the Centre for failing to secure the border.
Banerjee said the law was made by the Centre and answers should be sought from it.
Addressing the issue of disabled candidates, the bench noted the high court held one Soma Das to continue on humanitarian grounds. Disabled candidates would be allowed to participate in the fresh selection process, if required, with age relaxation and other concessions.
Several of top Trinamool leaders, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, are in jail in connection with the case.
The apex court on Thursday invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal.
Reacting to the order by the apex court, the TMC chief said that she has the highest regard for the judiciary, but it is within her right to not accept a particular verdict. She further went on to say that her government is studying the judgement in a detailed manner.
The BJP took strong exception to Mamata's remarks in London and claimed that the Trinamool Congress chief had a problem with India becoming the world's largest economy.
A group of students - belonging to the UK unit of the CPI(M)'s Students' Federation of India (SFI), showed up with placards during her speech.
The party's Disciplinary Committee will take further action once they receive a list from the office of Speaker Biman Banerjee regarding lawmakers who requested leave.
Asked about the shifting of an IPL match on April 6 from Kolkata to Guwahati, he said that it was the decision of the organisers and it had not come to his attention
BJP leader Amit Malviya slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led government and claimed that under her rule, "West Bengal is increasingly resembling Bangladesh".
Led by BJP chief whip Shankar Ghosh, around 25 saffron party legislators also demonstrated outside the main gate of the assembly, claiming that an outsider in the black outfit - probably belonging to the special branch of police or a TMC goon -was present in the gallery.
Accusing the BJP of "influencing" the Election Commission of India, Mamata claimed that the saffron party won elections in Maharashtra and Delhi by "manipulating" the voters' lists in these states.