Liaqat Sheikh followed a simple morning routine. Every day, he would wake up early and walk to the tea shop located just 20 metres from his house at Gangadhari village in Nowda block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. On the morning of July 8, Liaqat, 62, sat on a bench at the shop in peace, … Read more
The four-member team led by former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal districts. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on July 12, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. File | Photo Credit: PTI In the backdrop of incidents of violence ahead of the Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Thursday (June 29) sent out a strong message to the State administration, saying the “death knell of democracy” should not ring in the hands … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Manipur relief camps | From one eruption to another, day and night spread equal dread The yu, a popular rice wine, has not been brewing at Sekmai, dry Manipur’s favourite watering hole north of the State’s capital Imphal on National Highway 2. What’s been … Read more