West Bengal

Whatever happened in Sandeshkhali is a matter of shame. TMC is trying to protect those who are responsible for the ordeal of the women in the area.

The CID said the leader of Sandeshkhali was not handed over to the central agency as the state government has move the Supreme Court against an order of the Calcutta High Court.

Those who obtained their building permit offline will be given the completion certificate offline, Kolkata Muncipal Corporation mayor Firhad Hakim announced.

Sukanta Majumdar said the accident took place when his car, which was trying to overtake a bus, was hit by the trailing pilot car.

When contacted, Bagchi said, "Maybe people will call me anti-party now. But, I have been saying one thing again and again that I am against Congress joining hands with the corrupt TMC."

A Sikh IPS officer, who was deputed to prevent senior state BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from visiting Sandeshkhali slammed saffron party activists for allegedly dubbing him a 'Khalistani'.

A member of the group told reporters they would "peacefully sit on one side of the road", without hindering the movement of vehicles till being allowed to proceed.

Maiti, a close aid of Shajahan Sheikh, was detained from the residence of a civic volunteer where he had locked himself for over four hours

The rally is scheduled to be addressed by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, party sources said.

Banerjee also claimed that a few outsiders were fomenting trouble and creating disturbances in the region ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

The complaints also told the NCST team that the accused would ask tribal families to hand over their land to him and release saltwater in the fields if they protested.

TMC accuses BJP of inflaming Sandeshkhali and preventing peace.

Earlier in the day, sources said discussions were underway between the Congress and the TMC for seat sharing and that it would be finalised soon.

The court asked the state government’s lawyer whether he would name his own pet after a Hindu God or a Muslim Prophet.

Governor CV Ananda Bose said that nothing should be done which could hurt the sentiments of "our Punjabi brethren".

The DGP, however, did not meet the women complainants and interact with them.

Many of the students who are studying for a master’s degree in science subjects had failed the exams and had to write supplementary tests, he said.

The NCW chief said her visit was to instil confidence in women there so that many of them come out and start speaking their minds.

AIBA Chairman and Senior Advocate, Dr Adish Aggarwala, has also condemned the incident and the lackadaisical approach of the West Bengal Police and authorities in not nabbing the culprits and a sketchy probe.

The police arrested him under various sections of the IPC including 354A (sexual harassment), 376D (gangrape) and 307 (attempt to murder).