National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma met President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and recommended President's rule in West Bengal over the Sandeshkhali violence.
The Calcutta high court on Monday directed the police to arrest Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh, who has been accused of sexual atrocities and land grab by villagers in Sandeshkhali area, while clarifying there is no stay on it.
Images from the Bhanga Mela, India's only e-waste market.
Security forces arrested 11 suspected Naxals and recovered a huge cache of explosives from them. According to sources, a squad of the Central Reserve Police Force apprehended eleven Naxals from Kalsi Bhanga village in Midnapore district and recovered two Improvised Explosive Devicess, 44 kilograms of explosives, six detonators and 14 metres of wire.
Salam Azad, who lives in New Delhi since his book 'Bhanga Math' ('Shattered Dream') was banned in Bangladesh in 2004, says he is being persecuted by fundamentalists in his country.
I'm still in a lot of pain, but I feel the pain of my people even more,Banerjee tweeted minutes before arriving at the venue.
With barely a week left, the session has been able to accomplish next to no legislative business, says Aditi Phadnis
'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.'
