The Bengal police on Tuesday flagged a tweet by India Today executive editor Deep Halder about post-poll violence in the state as âfake newsâ. Halder had tweeted that BJPâs women poll agents were âgangrapedâ and âmanyâ were molested in Birbhum district, attributing the allegation to the Bengal BJP.
Following this, the editor tweeted that he had confirmed with the police superintendent that reports of gangrape were fake, and deleted his fake news tweet.
EC-appointed Birbhum district SP Nagendra Tripathi has said reports of gangr@pe in Birbhum are fake. So I am deleting my tweet where I had quoted Bengal BJP s allegation of the r@pe of two party workers. Deep Halder (@deepscribble) May 4, 2021
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Secretary General Sitaram Yechury. | IANS
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Secretary General Sitaram Yechury’s son died due to the coronavirus on Thursday morning.
Ashish Yechury, 35, had been admitted to the Holy Family hospital in Delhi two weeks ago but was later moved to the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram,
The News Minute reported. He worked with a newspaper in Delhi.
“I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him – doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us,” the CPI(M) leader said, while announcing the death.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 13 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is sitting on dharna at Gandhi Murti in Kolkata on Tuesday, as a mark of protest after the Election Commission (EC) imposed a ban on her for 24 hours from campaigning in any manner from 8 pm on April 12 till 8 pm on April 13.
Bengal polls: EC adjourns voting in one booth as Trinamool alleges four shot dead by security forces
The state chief electoral officer has been asked to submit a detailed report by 5 pm. Updated 2 hours ago Trinamool Congress leaders Derek O Brien, Subrata Mukherjee and Sougata Roy (L-R) addressing a press conference on the Shitalkuchi incident on Saturday, April 10. | All India Trinamool Congress/Facebook
The Election Commission on Saturday adjourned voting at polling booth number 125 under Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal after the ruling Trinamool Congress alleged that four people were shot dead in a clash with central security forces, PTI reported. The incident took place as 44 seats went to polls in the fourth phase of Assembly elections.
TMC Alleges Sexual Assault on Minor by CRPF Jawan, Writes to Top Poll Official
TMC said it has lodged an official complaint with the Tarakeshwar Police Station, and an FIR has been registered.
TMC leaders Derek O Brien (L) and Bratya Basu at a press meet at Trinamool Bhavan, in Kolkata, Monday, April 5, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has written to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer alleging that a CRPF jawan in Hooghly has perpetrated “gruesome sexual assault on a minor girl”.
TMC has alleged that the crime took place in Tarakeswar in Hooghly district. Tarakeshwar is among the constituencies that have gone to polls on Tuesday, April 6, in West Bengal.