The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain petitions seeking independent probe into the violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district during a protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and asked the two advocates to withdraw their pleas and file better petitions.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP are responsible for instigating communal violence in the state.
A three-member delegation from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited the Parlalpur camp on Friday. The team arrived at Malda town station around 10.30 a.m. by the Vande Bharat Express and headed straight to the camp.
Acting on the directives of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, administrative officials from Malda and Murshidabad districts jointly visited a relief camp at Parlalpur High School in Malda on Thursday to build confidence among families displaced by recent communal unrest.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday requested Governor C V Ananda Bose to postpone his planned visit to the violence-affected Murshidabad district.
After the incident, the police arrested the duo, along with the contractor who intimidated the family of the victims in a bid to silence them.
While the importance of a broad-based and strong peace movement with continuity in its functioning is widely realized, what exists in the name of peace movements is much more limited and fragmented.
The main accused in Haldwani mob unrest on February 8 is eluding Uttarakhand Police even as the latter is patting its back with the arrest of 42 persons allegedly involved in the violence leading to four deaths.
"A criminal is a criminal and has no religion. What happened was wrong. The guilty will not be spared and will receive exemplary punishment. We must ensure that such incidents don't happen again," he said.
Nainital DM Vandana Singh said the mob tried to burn policemen alive. The district administration imposed curfew and issued shoot at sight orders against rioters
