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barrackpore news

First K-pop group with North Koreans, 1Verse, grateful for their desi fans

1Verse: Seok, Nathan, Kenny, Aito
Published on Jan 23, 2026 01:12 pm IST

Bombs hurled at my house, says Bengal BJP leader Arjun Singh; targets TMC

Local TMC legislator Somnath Shyam blamed Arjun Singh for the violence in the area and claimed he fired four rounds (X/ArjunsinghWB)
Published on Oct 04, 2024 05:13 pm IST

Narendra Modi in Bengal | PM makes 5 big guarantees: ‘As long as I am there…’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being felicitated during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections in Barrackpore, West Bengal on Sunday,
Updated on May 12, 2024 03:55 pm IST

Dropped by TMC, Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh vows to contest seat he won for BJP in 2019

Barrackpore MP Arun Singh’s supporters have replaced photographs of Mamata Banerjee in his office with those of PM Narendra Modi (X/ArjunsinghWB)
Published on Mar 12, 2024 08:18 pm IST

Bengal: BJP MP protests after cops bar her from joining Hanuman Jayanti event

BJP MP from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee (Twitter@me_locket)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 09:25 pm IST

March 30 to April 4: A tense six days in West Bengal

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West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose visited the area where clashes broke out between two groups during a Ram Navami procession in Hooghly district. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 01:15 pm IST

Central forces deployed in WB for Hanuman Jayanti celebrations after HC order

Three companies of paramilitary forces were deployed in Kolkata, Barrackpore and Hooghly. (PTI image)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 10:53 am IST

Paramilitary forces to be deployed in Bengal

Hooghly: Security personnel deployed as train services resume at violence-affected Rishra area, following clashes between two groups during a 'Ram Navami' procession, in Hooghly district. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:05 am IST

CID takes over investigation into Howrah Ram Navami clashes

Paramilitary troops patrol violence-hit areas in Howrah on Friday (File Photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 03:19 pm IST

2 Trinamool leaders appear before Bengal CID in BJP leader’s murder probe

An officer aware of the development said on condition of anonymity that the TMC leaders’ names were put in the First Information Report (FIR) on the basis of a complaint filed by the victim’s father Chandramani Shukla. (Photo : cidwestbengal.gov)
Updated on Oct 15, 2020 09:50 pm IST

Calcutta high court seeks police report on BJP leader’s murder; TMC rally chokes Titagarh

The BJP leader’s murder has triggered political tension in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency of which Titagarh is a part.
Updated on Oct 13, 2020 11:16 pm IST

Third man arrested in Bengal BJP leader’s murder case

This is the third arrest since the early hours of Tuesday after the BJP leader was killed on Sunday.
Updated on Oct 08, 2020 12:26 am IST

Gun licence of slain Bengal BJP leader revoked 8 months ago, police say he faced murder charges

Police set up barricades to block Bharatiya Janata Party supporters gathered outside NRS Hospital in Kolkata where the post mortem was conducted on the body of BJP councilor Manish Shukla on Monday.
Published on Oct 06, 2020 09:21 am IST

Protests, blockades in Barrackpore in BJP’s 12-hour bandh after leader’s murder

The administration also deployed the Rapid Action Force (RAF) in Barrackpore to maintain law and order.
Published on Oct 05, 2020 11:44 am IST

Booked for provocative post, Bengal BJP MP alleges attack on house

The incident occurred two days after West Bengal Police registered a case against Arjun Singh for his September 1 tweet in which he had alleged that arson led to the destruction of an idol at a temple in another district in Bengal.
Published on Sept 04, 2020 04:51 pm IST

Sweepers stop work in Bengal civic body; BJP MP Arjun Singh picks up the broom

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh took up a shovel and a broom on Monday to clear a roadside drain.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 02:04 pm IST

Bengal governor summons DGP to discuss law and order situation

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar discussed the law and order situation in the state with the Director General of Police Virendra on Tuesday.
Published on Sept 03, 2019 04:08 pm IST

Clashes in Bengal’s Barrackpore as BJP enforces shutdown to protest attack on MP

BJP National general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya meets BJP Lok Sabha MP from Barrackpore Arjun Singh in hospital as he got injured during a protest against TMC in North 24 Parganas on Sunday. Arjun Singh alleged that he was attacked and his car was vandalised during the protest.
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 12:07 pm IST

Bengal BJP MP Arjun Singh sustains head injury during clash with TMC workers

Singh, who was first taken to a Bhatpara state general hospital and later shifted to a private hospital at Salt Lake, alleged that he was hit on the head by a police baton.
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 01:13 am IST

On hearing ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Mamata Banerjee loses cool and yells at protesters

TMC supremo and Chief Minister of WB Mamata Banerjee during sit on dharna for homeless TMC workers at Naihati dharna mancha in North 24 Parganas in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, May 30, 2019. (Photo by Samir Jana/Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 18, 2020 08:19 pm IST

In setback to Mamata Banerjee, 3 Bengal legislators, 56 councillors join BJP

Subhranshu Roy was expelled on May 24, just a day after Lok Sabha election result was announced, for making anti-party comments by praising his father Mukul Roy. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on May 18, 2020 12:56 am IST

SC restrains police from acting against BJP candidate

While offering relief to Singh, a vacation bench of justices Arun Mishra and MR Shah took note of widespread violence that took place in West Bengal during the Lok Sabha polls.
Updated on May 23, 2019 08:34 am IST

Supreme Court grants protection from arrest to BJP candidate from Barrackpore LS seat till May 28

It said the protection from arrest granted to Singh will cease after May 28 and the leader can seek bail from an appropriate forum subsequently. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/ Hindustan Times)
Published on May 22, 2019 02:02 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP nominees say TMC attacked them

BJP candidate from Hoogly seat Locket Chatterjee leaves the Dhaniakhali Police Station after lodging a complaint, in Hooghly, Monday, May 6, 2019.
Updated on May 06, 2019 11:26 pm IST

In Barrackpore, TMC MP faces close contest with BJP’s ‘Bahubali’

Central forces deployed outside a temple near Jagaddal police station in West Bengal.
Updated on May 05, 2019 05:36 pm IST

Opposition parties complain to EC, demand removal of BJP’s name from EVMs

Former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, who is also a sitting MP from Barrackpore, said this was a “clear fraud on the people” and “an attempt to hack the EVMs”.
Updated on Apr 27, 2019 09:56 pm IST

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Trinamool’s Dinesh Trivedi aims to get third term from Barrackpore

New Delhi, India-April 23, 2017: A man Ink mark a voter finger during the casting her vote for the MCD election 2017, in polling station no. 50, in East Delhi, India on Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 02:47 pm IST

Losing and finding yourself in Kashmir

Among the cavalcade of clichés that follows you in Kashmir is the 4.30am shikara ride to the vegetable markets
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 01:50 am IST