The All India Bandh took a violent turn in Noida as trade union workers torched cars and trucks. The police arrested 14 people. ...
09:49 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Normal life was disrupted all across the country as the trade union strike affected banking and transport services. ...
09:23 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Factory workers targeted vehicles, setting many on fire and injuring policemen. As many as 14 people were arrested. ...
09:19 PM, Feb 20, 2013
The 48-hour long Bharat Bandh called by trade unions, which began on Wednesday, paralysed transport and banking services in many parts of the country. However, the worst affected was Noida, as the protests took an ugly turn with factory workers targeting vehicles, even setting many on fire. ...
08:03 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protesters even set a fire engine ablaze. The situation was, however, brought under control after a few hours. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There was violence in Noida after Bharat bandh protests went wrong. The violence has ended and the situation is now under control. However, an uneasy calm prevailed in the area. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. ...
02:31 PM, Feb 20, 2013
There were reports of violence in Noida Phase-II during the trade unions' strike on Wednesday. Over 1,000 trade union workers protested and vandalised cars, setting vehicles on fire. The protestors even set fire to a fire engine. ...
01:39 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis have been thronging Shahbagh, a Dhaka landmark, demanding death sentence for 1971 War criminal Abdul Quader Mollah of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Following the murder of blogger Rajib who spearheaded the agitation, the gathering has grown manifold and the sentiments have been further galvanised. CNN-IBN's senior editor Suhasini Haidar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the massive agitations in Dhaka over the 1971 War Crimes trials....
06:32 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Thirty years after the Nellie massacre in Assam, in which almost 1800 people were hacked, the survivors still wait for justice. With most cases dropped by the police, and pittance of compensation paid, the victims have also lost all hope for justice. ...
11:56 AM, Feb 18, 2013
A man was on Sunday arrested for allegedly beating his wife with an air-gun, causing an injury to her ear lobe, police said. ...
03:21 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Expressing concern over the recent incidents of violence in the state, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Saturday said the Trinamool Congress government should learn from the mistakes of the previous Left Front regime. ...
02:58 AM, Feb 17, 2013
A day after sacking the Kolkata Police Commissioner RK Pachnanda over the killing of a policeman during a TMC-Congress clash, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has cracked the whip against her own colleague, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim. Hakim has been stripped off his role as the party's official spokesperson. ...
04:17 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Three days after campus violence rocked Kolkata's Garden Reach area and left a police sub-inspector dead, the move by the state government to transfer Kolkata Police Commissioner Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda has come under severe criticism by the Governor as well as the Opposition. ...
03:48 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Three days after campus violence rocked Kolkata's Garden Reach area and left a police sub-inspector dead, the State Governor himself has stepped into what is turning to be West Bengal's latest political row after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday transferred police commissioner Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda. ...
11:27 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Two days after a policeman was shot dead during a clash between student activists, the West Bengal government on Thursday shifted out Kolkata police chief Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda for failure to apprehend the criminals, replacing him with Surajit Kar Purakayastha. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Millions in India and across the world kicked off the 'One Billion Rising' campaign, pledging to fight violence against women. ...
10:56 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Crossing their arms, shuffling their feet and singing "Wake up Delhi! End violence against women!", hundreds of people took part in flash mobs across Delhi to mark the global 'One Billion Rising' campaign on Thursday. The young men and women on Valentine's Day gave a collective performance near Jantar Mantar, where thousands had gathered in December to protest against the brutal gangrape and death of a 23-year-old girl. ...
09:13 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Kolkata Police Commissioner RK Pachnanda was removed from his post on Thursday, after the death of a policeman during clashes between Congress and Trinamool party workers at a college election in the city two days ago. Sources said that Surajit Kar Purakayastha, ADG, Law and Order, is likely to replace him. ...
07:31 PM, Feb 14, 2013
