Residents of city’s minority pockets worried, post advisory on WA groups | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Lives in minority pockets across Kolkata changed overnight after the election results, with bike gangs riding through Muslim neighbourhoods and letting out “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.In South Tangra, the situation turned extremely volatile on Tuesday night when a mob chanting “Jai Shri Ram” attacked a Trinamool Congress office and targeted bikes and houses of…

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Bengal Kankalitala Temple: ‘Hindus only’ banner at Bengal Kankalitala temple sparks row; priests claim no entry bar | Kolkata News

SURI: A flex put up at the entrance of Kankalitala temple in Bolpur on Monday evening declared that only Hindus would be allowed to offer puja at the shrine, one of Birbhum’s five Shakti Peethas. The banner was installed by unidentified youths claiming affiliation to ‘Sanatan Paksha’.“We have neither removed the banner nor endorsed it,”…

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BJP activist lynched in Howrah, TMC worker killed in Birbhum | Kolkata News

Howrah/Suri/Jalpaiguri: Post-poll violence claimed its first two lives in Bengal within hours of the announcement of election result as clashes erupted between BJP and Trinamool supporters across various districts. The deaths were reported from Howrah and Birbhum.In Howrah’s Udaynarayanpur, BJP activist Jadav Bar (45) was allegedly lynched on Monday night in Debipur village, triggering tension…

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Tmc Groups Clash In Sandeshkhali: 5 security personnel injured as rival TMC groups clash in Sandeshkhali; gunfire and crude bombs rock area | Kolkata News

Post poll violence in Bengal leaves 5 security personnel injured (Picture credits: PTI) KOLKATA: Post-poll violence continued to rock parts of West Bengal with a clash between rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) groups in North 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali leaving five security personnel injured, while a BJP worker and a TMC worker were killed in separate incidents,…

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