Kolkata, April 4 Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir on Saturday termed the arrest of a former candidate of his ally AIMIM for the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda as "unjust and politically motivated".He claimed that the police had actually arrested the person who "helped...
Kolkata, April 4 Senior CPI(M) leader Md Salim defended the gherao of judicial officers in Malda, saying that "when injustice becomes law, resistance is the only way out".Speaking to
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Kolkata, April 3 The West Bengal Police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri on Friday, a senior officer said.The accused, identified as lawyer Mofakkarul Islam, was arrested while he was attempting to...
New Delhi, April 2 The Election Commission handed over the investigation into the gherao of judicial officers adjudicating cases of Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal's Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday.A spokesperson for the poll authority said an NIA team...
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Kolkata, April 2 The Election Commission of India handed over the investigation into the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, to the NIA on Thursday, following a directive from the Supreme Court.Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarized state," the Supreme...
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Kolkata, April 2 Police arrested at least 17 people on Thursday, including a poll candidate, for their alleged involvement in the gherao of seven judicial officials in Malda district, West Bengal, over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls, a senior officer said.Maulana Shahjahan Ali...
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In New Delhi, the Supreme Court strongly criticized the West Bengal administration for its handling of the recent events, particularly the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the electoral rolls revision process. The court directed a CBI or NIA...
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New Delhi, April 2 BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj on Thursday criticised the TMC over the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and asserted that SIR is not a political exercise but a constitutional necessity...
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Sagardighi (WB), Apr 2 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the Election Commission for "failing to protect" judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in West Bengal's Malda district and demanded Union Home Minister's resignation over the large-scale transfer of officers in the...
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Lucknow, February 17 Police on Tuesday detained several Congress leaders and workers, and allegedly used force to prevent them from marching to gherao the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Bhavan (Legislative Assembly) over the scrapping of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and...
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New Delhi, February 10 The Indian Youth Congress held a protest here on Tuesday, alleging that the central government has remained silent on serious issues, including references made in the unpublished "memoir" of retired Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.The demonstrators alleged a...