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MALDA: NIA has made its first arrests over the April 1 siege of judicial officers involved in SIR verifications at Mothabari in Malda, picking up two members of Congress and one of ISF. Congress’ Sahadat Hossain and Asif Sk were taken into custody on Sunday alongside ISF’s Golam Rabbani. Sayem Choudhury, the local Congress candidate,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the West Bengal chief secretary for “not taking calls of Calcutta high court chief justice” over the Malda incident and asked him to apologise.Taking strong exception to the attack on judicial officers adjudicating objections to voter list exclusions in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Supreme Court…
Kolkata: PM Modi cited Sunday the confinement of seven judicial officers on SIR duty in Malda district as proof of a collapsing law-and-order situation in Bengal, sharpening his attack on Trinamool Congress at a BJP election rally in Cooch Behar.“Citizens across the country were shocked at how judicial officers were held hostage in Malda. What…
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US-based Khalistani group, has threatened to “siege” the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, Canada, after New Delhi and Ottawa have resumed diplomatic ties. The separatist outfit announced it would take over the consulate on Thursday, September 18, and urged Indians and Indo-Canadians to stay away from the premises.The group also released…
