Amid Bengal violence, Trinamool cites ‘evidence’ against BJP

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers engaged in violent clashes during Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party has claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” that BJP is responsible for the violence in rally. Read More
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TMC leaders change profile photos after Vidyasagar bust vandalization

Many TMC leaders, including party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, changed their profile photos on Facebook and Twitter to Vidyasagar’s to express their protest and anguish over the vandalization of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue. Read More
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Violence during Shah’s Kolkata rally, Vidyasagar’s bust destroyed

In West Bengal, amid the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, campaigning took a violent turn during BJP president Amit Shah’s roadshow in Kolkata as bottles, bricks and stones were thrown freely and a bust of Bengal icon Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was destroyed. Read More
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Morphed Didi photo: BJP worker granted bail, but must apologize

The Supreme Court granted bail to Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for sharing a morphed image of West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee. However, the bench also directed Sharma to tender an apology in writing for her act. Read More
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BJP youth leader arrested for posting Mamata Banerjee meme

Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma has been arrested for posting a morphed image of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her Facebook account, in West Bengal. Read More
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Chandrababu meets Rahul, discusses post-poll alliance

Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and discussed plans to hold meeting of opposition parties on May 21, two days ahead of Lok Sabha result to make strategy about post poll alliance. Read More
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SC panel gives clean chit to CJI Gogoi in sexual-harassment case

the Supreme Court in-house committee, comprising Justice SA Bobde, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Indira Banerjee, to inquire into the sexual-harassment allegations against chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has “found no substance” in the woman’s allegations. Read More
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CJI harassment case: Justice Chandrachud ‘demands full court’

Justice DY Chandrachud, in a letter written on May 2 to the three-judge inquiry panel looking into allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, has demanded a full court to consider the issues raised by him, according to media reports. Read More
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Muzaffarpur horror: CBI says Thakur, his partners killed 11 girls

The Central Bureau of Investigation made a startling revelation in the Supreme Court that 11 girls were allegedly murdered by the key accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter-home sexual-abuse case, Brajesh Thakur, and his accomplices. Read More
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India’s silence over China’s BRI helped in Azhar deal: Report

China finally relenting to give up its technical hold to list Jaish-e-Muhammed chief Masood Azhar as a UN-designated global terrorist has been publicized as a major diplomatic win for the Modi government. However, according to a media report, India might have paid a price for it. Read More
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