political violence

Lucknow, February 26 Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati accused the Samajwadi Party of engaging in "political theatrics" by proposing to observe a 'PDA Day' on the birth anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram, and alleged that the Akhilesh Yadav-led party has historically been opposed to Dalits...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to send one central observer to each of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to oversee the pre-poll nomination phase.Sources from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that all the...

New Delhi, February 22 – Pakistan has long been accused of using transnational repression to silence dissidents living abroad, with the frequency of such incidents rising since General Asim Munir took command of the army in November 2022, according to a media report.Several analysts and global...

Kolkata, February 22 A Trinamool Congress legislator on Sunday alleged that miscreants hurled crude bombs and fired at his vehicle in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said.MLA Saokat Molla claimed the attack took place on Saturday evening in Bhangar while he was returning...

Bhopal/Indore, February 21 – Several people, including media and police personnel, were injured when workers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress allegedly engaged in a violent clash and pelted stones at each other.The violent clash occurred during a...

Hyderabad, February 21 Tension gripped the town of Kamareddy after Congress and BJP workers, chanting slogans, gathered at the office of BJP legislator Venkata Ramana Reddy.Earlier, BJP MLA and Advisor to the Telangana Government, Mohammed Ali Shabbir, had made allegations and...

Jaipur, February 19 A man who allegedly posted a video threatening to shoot Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 25 other opposition party MPs was detained by police in Kota, Rajasthan, on Thursday, a senior official said.The man, who identified himself as Raj Singh, spokesperson of the right-wing...

New Delhi, February 19 The Congress on Thursday flagged a purported video of a man claiming to be from the Karni Sena issuing death threats to Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and "25 other MPs," and said the RSS-BJP ecosystem is a "Godse factory."The opposition party also alleged that...

Chandigarh, February 18 Opposition parties in Punjab on Wednesday attacked the Bhagwant Mann government over the murder of an AAP sarpanch in the Tarn Taran district, saying it exposes the "shocking collapse" of law and order in the state.Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sarpanch Harpinder Singh was shot...

Hyderabad, February 17 Congress leader and Telangana Labour Minister G Vivek Venkataswamy's convoy was allegedly attacked with stones in the Mancherial district on Tuesday, police said.A police constable was injured in the incident, which occurred when the minister and other Congress leaders...

Kolkata, February 17 – Kasturi Goswami, the daughter of former Left Front government minister Kshiti Goswami, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, along with former National Security Guard (NSG) commando Dipanjan Chakraborty and retired Central Reserve Police Force officer Biplab...

New Delhi, February 17 Will the Supreme Court monitor every murder or violent incident that occurs in West Bengal, the Supreme Court asked on Tuesday while hearing a plea concerning the alleged killing of three BJP workers after the 2018 local body elections in the state.A bench of justices...

Washington, February 16 – Citing the recent election results in Bangladesh, a report has highlighted how Gen-Z protests, which have proliferated in various regions, failed to translate demonstrations into political success at the ballot box or in policymaking.Writing for the American think...

Hyderabad, February 16 A case has been registered here following an alleged assault on AIMIM party workers from Maharashtra, police said on Monday.The incident took place in the Lal Darwaza area on Sunday night when some individuals stopped the vehicle in which the party workers were...

The 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh mark a return to "genuine multiparty politics" after years of contested or largely one-sided elections, accompanied by a referendum that endorsed sweeping constitutional reforms. However, the victorious Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) now faces...

Kolkata, February 14 Asserting that the BJP is not against Muslims, the party's West Bengal unit president, Samik Bhattacharya, accused the ruling TMC on Saturday of using the community as a vote bank without ensuring their economic development.Addressing members of the party's Minority Morcha...

Dhaka, February 14 – A bomb explosion and a clash claimed three lives in Bangladesh on Friday and Saturday, following the country's national parliament elections on Thursday, according to police.At least two people were killed and three others were injured in an explosion that occurred early...

The BNP appears to be in a strong position in the upcoming general elections, with its candidates leading in over 175 constituencies. This contrasts with the Jamaat-e-Islami, which is leading in only 30.Election officials and news reports indicate that the BNP's early lead is significant...

Over 32% of the electorate voted by noon in the crucial parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, which were marred by sporadic incidents of violence.Voting continued at all centers despite isolated incidents in different parts of the country, Bangladesh Election Commission Senior Secretary...

Dhaka, Feb 12 Voting began on Thursday morning in Bangladesh's crucial general election – the first since the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests two years ago, amid sporadic violence.The Election Commission reported that 32.88 per cent of votes had been cast...