West Bengal

Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam presided over the division bench, which declined to intervene in a single bench order allowing Adhikari and another BJP MLA, Shankar Ghosh, to visit Sandeshkhali on Tuesday.

Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Governor CV Ananda Bose, Sandip Rajput, revealed that the peace home commenced operations on February 19. Governor Anand Bose had earlier issued a helpline number, resulting in numerous calls from individuals seeking assistance.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and several party MLAs were stopped by police officials from proceeding to Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on Tuesday despite a recent ruling by the Calcutta High Court granting Adhikari permission to visit the area.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been alleging that the BJP-led central government was deactivating the Aadhaar cards of SC, ST and minority community people of the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as a precursor to bring in NRC.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to visit Sandeshkhali in West Bengal to meet with the women who have leveled accusations of sexual violence against TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides, according to the state's Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari.

The Supreme Court refused to entertain plea seeking transfer of investigation and subsequent trial outside West Bengal and probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or a SIT in connection with alleged sexual assault of women living in village Sandeshkhali in West Bengal.

Expressing concern over the distressing reports from Sandeshkhali, Rekha Sharma expressed her intention to meet with the Director-General and local police, seeking justice for the affected women.

The VHP has challenged the West Bengal forest department's move to keep a lion named 'Akbar' alongside a lioness named 'Sita' in the same enclosure at Siliguri's Safari Park.

Encountering resistance initially at Sarberia and later at Rampur, the Congress delegation, led by Chowdhury, expressed condemnation of the Mamata Banerjee-led government, accusing it of attempting to politicize the situation.

Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty has vehemently criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the West Bengal government for the ongoing violence in Sandeshkhali.