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West Bengal panchayat elections: Mamata Banerjee orders arrest of Trinamool leader after violence

Mamata Banerjee has blamed party leader Arabul Islam for the grave law-and-order situation in Bhangar in South 24 Parganas ahead of panchayat elections

1 min read11 May 2018
Politics

Candidates can file nominations on WhatsApp, orders Calcutta high court

Nine contestants from an ultra-Left resistance group from Bhangar in West Bengal have sent their nomination papers for panchayat polls through WhatsApp

2 min read24 Apr 2018
Politics

Resistance group in Bhangar finds it tough to enter panchayat poll fray

The CPI (ML)-Red Star had aimed to field 24 candidates in Bhangar

2 min read9 Apr 2018
Politics

Land protest turns into political strife against TMC

Protests started as resistance to land acquisition for a power sub-station to be built in Bhangar on the outskirts of Kolkata

2 min read11 Jan 2018
Politics

Violence in Bhangar over setting up of power substation

At least three persons were injured and several vehicles were torched in the clashes between Trinamool Congress supporters and the locals opposed to the setting up of a power substation in Bhangar in the suburbs of Kolkata

1 min read29 Dec 2017
Industry

Bengal initiative to turn farmers into entrepreneurs a success

The Bhangar Vegetable Producer Co. was incorporated in 2012 aimed at transforming farmers into entrepreneurs, which five years on, is a profitable enterprise

3 min read22 Dec 2017
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What's really behind the Bhangar agitation?

Those behind the Bhangar protests in West Bengal speak of environmental worries and 'toxic' gases, but what lies at the root of the conflict?

6 min read29 Jan 2017
Politics

Bhangar clash casts shadow on Bengal global business meet

The distraction notwithstanding, the state secured some investment commitments from several entrepreneurs

3 min read21 Jan 2017
Politics

Bhangar land stir: TMC sends religious leader to quell tension

Peerzada Kasim Siddiqui is the first person with TMC links to enter Bhangar after villagers protesting against a power transmission project clashed with the police

1 min read20 Jan 2017
Politics

Tension in Bhangar after 2 killed during land stir

After a day of violent protests, Bhangar on Wednesday remained out of bounds for the police and Trinamool Congress leaders

3 min read19 Jan 2017
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