The deletions were made after voters were found to have died, moved out of the state or failed to submit enumeration forms The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released draft electoral rolls for West Bengal following a special intensive revision (SIR), removing more than 5.8 million names, the Press Trust of India reported. The...
Adhikari said he stood by the accused “as a Hindu” doing his duty, vowing that “the fight to protect religion will continue … I stand with every Hindu, along with countless supporters of Hindutva.” West Bengal Leader of opposition and BJP state head Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday publicly honoured three men who had been arrested...
The woman, her husband and child were forced into Bangladesh in June after officials claimed they were illegal migrants Indian authorities on Friday facilitated the return of a pregnant woman from West Bengal and her eight-year-old son who were allegedly forced across the border into Bangladesh earlier this year after being labelled undocumented immigrants, according...
Traders say police dismissed identity documents and accused them of being foreigners for speaking Bengali Four Muslim traders from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district have been ordered to leave Odisha’s Nayagarh town within three days after being accused of being Bangladeshi or Rohingya migrants, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The men, all from Sagarpara gram panchayat...
Their release came hours after India’s Supreme Court asked the federal government to consider allowing Khatun and her son to re-enter India “on humanitarian grounds,” noting her advanced pregnancy. A pregnant woman from West Bengal who was allegedly forced across the border into Bangladesh and later jailed for illegal entry was released on bail on...
National President of Welfare Party of India Dr SQR Ilyas strongly criticised the doctors of several hospitals across India for resorting to cease work in response to the nationwide strike called by IMA, thereby affecting the health care of several patients across the country. Dr. Ilyas questioned IMA for being selective and opportunist and said...