West Bengal: Two workers die after entering septic tank in Hooghly
August 05, 2023 13:12 ISTA fire brigade official suspected that methane gas could have collected inside the tank, which might have claimed their lives.
A fire brigade official suspected that methane gas could have collected inside the tank, which might have claimed their lives.
West Bengal: A police officer said the guardians gheraoed the headmaster of the school and vandalised his two-wheeler.
It was after the Birbhum massacre of March that the followers of Bhadu, who was the Dy Pradhan of the village, ransacked the houses of rival groups in Bogtui and set them on fire so as to kill people.
Police said that crude bombs were recovered from a forest area in Birbhum district.
During the assessments, one psychologist will be present to note their body language as well as facing expressions, which will be treated as evidence.
The Birbhum killings also spawned violence in Bengal’s legislature, with legislators of the ruling TMC and the BJP exchanging fisticuffs overheated arguments on the Birbhum killings, prompting the speaker to suspend five saffron party MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
BJP MLAs including Suvendu Adhikari have been suspended by the Speaker following the ruckus inside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Birbhum violence: Eight people including two kids were charred to death on Tuesday when houses were set on fire in Bogtui village of Rampurhat shortly after a TMC leader, also the deputy chief of the village panchayat, was murdered.
Earlier in the day, on visiting Bogtui village, the scene of Tuesday’s fire bombing and burning of eight people, Banerjee spoke with the family members of the victims and offered them permanent government jobs and funds as compensation.
Addressing a press conference, senior BJP leader Sambit Patra said West Bengal has witnessed 26 political killings in a week.
Security has been up in Rampurhat to ensure that no untoward incident takes place, especially because of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to the area.
Citing post-poll violence and Tuesday's incident in Birbhum district in which eight people were burnt to death, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan alleged that the law and order has completely broken down in West Bengal.
Birbhum violence: Eight people including two kids were charred to death on Tuesday when houses were set on fire in Bogtui village of Rampurhat shortly after a TMC leader, also the deputy chief of the village panchayat, was murdered.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, describing the killings in Birbhum a day before, as “heinous”, said the culprits should not be forgiven.
Mamata Banerjee is being criticized a lot after the violence erupted in Birbhum, West Bengal. The rhetoric against the Governor and Mamata Banerjee has intensified. Is President's rule in the state the only option left to curb violence?
Eight, including two children, were charred to death as nearly a dozen houses were set ablaze in Bogtui village of Birbhum on Tuesday.
11 people have been arrested so far in connection with Birbhum violence. The West Bengal government has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the incident.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has requested SP Birbhum, West Bengal to conduct an investigation in the Birbhum incident and submit a report within 3 days.
A scuffle broke out at a Primary Health Centre in Birbhum, West Bengal on September 02. A large number of people gathered to take the COVID-19 vaccine dose
Due to incessant rains in parts of West Bengal, a temporary bridge in Kanksa, Shibpur of Bardhaman district was washed away.
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