Basirhat News
While talking to PM Modi, Rekha Patra narrated the ordeals faced by women in Sandeshkhali.
West Bengal currently has 23 districts
The Chief Minister will begin her three-day tour of the mangrove area of Sundarbans from Monday
The state had to bear a cost of at least ₹ 200 crore to create each district, the official said
A Kolkata local court on Friday granted National Investigation Agency (NIA) the custody of a 21-year-old Lashkar-e-Toiba operative arrested by the West Bengal STF from Basirhat in the North 24 Pargana district in March this year.
The accused Ruhul Amin Dhali was arrested on Thursday and was produced before a court at Basirhat, West Bengal the next day to obtain a transit remand.
BJP and TMC continue to trade charges after workers from both political parties clashes in West Bengal's Basirhat.
After the violence in Basirhat that saw the Centre express 'deep concern', Bengal Police reportedly stopped a BJP delegation from leading a hearse of deceased BJP workers at Malancha Road. Watch this video to know more.
In view of tension prevailing in the area, the district administration shut down internet services for an indefinite period in Basirhat.
BJP claims 5 party workers killed by TMC in Basirhat. To know more watch the video
BJP Yuva Morcha's protest in Kolkata on Basirhat violence
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Watch PM Modi addressing a rally from Basirhat, West Bengal
Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Sunday alleged that his security personnel's vehicles were attacked with stones by Trinamool Congress (TMC) "goons" near West Bengal's Basirhat.
Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Basirhat Lok Sabha Constituency of West Bengal.
At least 1,162 state police personnel, including RAF and four companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), were deployed in the sub-division, which was hit by communal clashes in the first week of July.
Tension gripped the town when a minor boy allegedly posted 'offensive' picture of the Kedarnath shrine on Facebook.
As the communal clashes in North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, that broke out over an objectionable post on Facebook, refuse to fall down even after days, the central government on Saturday sent four Border Security Force (BSF) companies to violence-hit areas.
On Friday, BJP MP Roopa Ganguly and 19 other leaders had also been detained for trying to visit the area.
Amit Shah on Thursday formed a three-member delegation of MPs to look into incidents of communal violence in Bengal.
Four companies of the Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed at Baduria, Swarupnagar and Degangatame to tame the communal tension.
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