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West Bengal BJP chief condemns attack on female party worker, claims police delaying action as 'goons are from TMC'

A video of 48-year-old BJP worker Nilima Dey Sarkar being kicked and beaten has gone viral on social media.

West Bengal bandh: 1,600 arrested during 12-hr BJP-led shutdown; saffron party workers clashed with TMC activists in North Dinajpur district

Scattered incidents of violence, including torching of buses and clashes were witnessed across West Bengal on Wednesday and 1,600 people were arrested during the 12-hour bandh called by the BJP to protest the death of two students in North Dinajpur district.

West Bengal Bandh updates: Fresh violence breaks out in Islampur, where two students were killed; police fires teargas shells

West Bengal Bandh LIVE updates: Fresh violence broke out in Islampur, where two students were killed in alleged police firing. Reports said that protesters torched a bus and clashed with the police, following which the police fired teargas shells.

Calcutta HC adjourns hearing of PIL against BJP's bandh by one day; saffron party to protest killing of two students in WB

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday adjourned by a day the hearing of a PIL seeking direction to the BJP to withdraw its West Bengal bandh call on Wednesday to protest the killing of two students in North Dinajpur district.

Student killing in West Bengal's Islampur: Mamata Banerjee's TMC hardens stand against BJP's call for 12-hour bandh on 26 Sept

Hardening its stand against the BJP-sponsored 12-hour bandh in West Bengal on 26 September, the Trinamool Congress government on Monday said all steps would be taken to maintain normal life on that day while accusing the saffron party of trying to foment trouble in the state.

West Bengal: One killed, 14 injured as locals clash with police in North Dinajpur

One person was killed and 14 others were injured when a mob clashed with the police over entry of newly-appointed Urdu teachers in a school in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district Thursday, police said.

West Bengal tea workers' strike: Trade unions demand minimum wage; protests spread to Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling

The joint forum of trade unions of the tea industry in Bengal began a two-day industrial strike, demanding implementation of minimum wage, among other things