Birbhum district
District of West Bengal in India
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Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other important cities are Bolpur, Rampurhat and Sainthia. Jamtara, Dumka and Pakur districts of the state of Jharkhand lie at the western border of this district; the border in other directions is covered by the districts of Bardhaman and Murshidabad of West Bengal.
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Court quashes Visva-Bharati's eviction order against Amartya SenA Birbhum court has overturned Visva-Bharati University's order for Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate a portion of land at his ancestral home in Santiniketan. The court deemed the university's..IndiaTimes - Published | |
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Mamata takes over TMC's Birbhum organisationWith the panchayat elections due in a month's time, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has decided to take charge of the party's affairs in Birbhum district in the absence of arrested leader..IndiaTimes - Published | |
West Bengal: TMC's Anubrata Mondal, 13 others cleared in Birbhum violence caseMr. Mondal and the other 13 were charged with participating in the political violence that left several individuals wounded in March of 2010.DNA - Published | |
Cattle smuggling scam: CBI raids rice mill 'owned' by Anubrata Mondal's close relative in West BengalThe CBI on Monday raided a rice mill here in Birbhum district allegedly owned by a close relative of TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, who is in the central agency's custody in connection with a cattle..DNA - Published | |
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen tests positive for Covid-19Renowned economist Amartya Sen, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, has tested positive for Covid-19. He is currently 89 years old. He is currently under home quarantine at his..IndiaTimes - Published | |
CBI charges TMC neta, 17 others for Birbhum arsonIndiaTimes - Published | Bengal woman poisons 3 children, tries to commit suicide due to abject povertyBirbhum: Her two daughters have died, while she and her son are fighting for their lives.DNA - Published |
CBI files before HC probe progress reports in Birbhum killings, TMC leader's murderIndiaTimes - Published | Amit Shah likely to begin his 2-day West Bengal visit on April 16In a view of the incidents in Birbhum, discussion on the law & order situation is also likely to take place during the visit of Amit Shah.DNA - Published |
Birbhum killings: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe in TMC leader's murderThe Calcutta high court on Friday ordered a CBI investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress leader Bhadu Sheikh, in apparent retaliation to which nine persons were burnt to death in West..IndiaTimes - Published | Birbhum violence: CBI makes first arrests, nabs 4 suspects from MumbaiThese were the first arrests made by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since it took over probe into the March 21 killings in Bogtui villageDNA - Published |
CBI makes first arrests in Birbhum killings, nabs 4 suspects from Mumbai: OfficialThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made the first arrests in the Birbhum killings, in which nine persons in Bogtui village were burnt alive in their homes on March 21. The agency arrested four..IndiaTimes - Published | 'I condemn this attitude of the saffron party': Mamata Banerjee on Birbhum violenceThe CBI is probing the case as per Calcutta High Court's order. An SIT formed by the West Bengal government was earlier investigating the case.DNA - Published |
BJP panel wants CBI probe, Mamata cries ‘interference’The BJP fact-finding team has urged the party leadership to request the Centre for a CBI inquiry in the killings in Birbhum district of West Bengal claiming that the village is still deserted as people..IndiaTimes - Published | Birbhum killings, flop show in Goa, Tripura polls force TMC to reach out to CongressIndiaTimes - Published |
BJP report on Birbhum killings will weaken, interfere with CBI probe: MamataBJP fact-finding panel's report on Birbhum killings, submitted to party president J P Nadda, will weaken and interfere with the CBI probe into the incident, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday..IndiaTimes - Published | Ploy to divert attention from Birbhum: BJP on Didi's bidBJP on Tuesday dubbed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's initiative to convene a meeting of opposition parties against the Centre's alleged use of investigating agencies as a ploy designed to divert..IndiaTimes - Published |
TMC stages protest over fuel price hike; BJP marches condemning Birbhum violenceTMC shouted slogans against the centre for escalation in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG, while saffron party workers slammed TMC for Birbhum carnageDNA - Published | Mamata scared of Birbhum violence aftermath; talking opposition unity to divert attention: AdhirIndiaTimes - Published |
Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Amit Shah in Delhi amid row over Birbhum violenceIndiaTimes - Published | Infamous scenes from State Assemblies that preceded the West Bengal MLA clashWB Assembly was shaken by a scuffle between TMC and BJP MLAs over the Birbhum deaths, although this was far from the country's first incidence.DNA - Published |
TMC, BJP come to blows over Birbhum deaths in West Bengal assembly, watch hereWB Assembly was shaken by a scuffle between TMC and BJP MLAs over the Birbhum deaths, although this was far from the country's first incidence.DNA - Published | Chaos in West Bengal Assembly over Birbhum violence as MLAs exchange blowsSpeaker Biman Banerjee tried to pacify BJP MLAs, who continued with sloganeering in House, leading to argument with legislators eventual ugly scuffle.DNA - Published |
Will cooperate with CBI, but protest if probe biased: DidiCBI recorded on Sunday statements of at least three wounded prime witnesses of the Bogtui village carnage as part of its probe into the burning of eight of a family in Bengal’s Birbhum district,..IndiaTimes - Published | BJP trying to influence CBI probe into Birbhum killings: TMCIndiaTimes - Published |
Calcutta High Court stops Bengal SIT, asks CBI to probe Birbhum caseThe Calcutta high court handed CBI on Friday the investigation into the Bogtui village carnage in which eight people of a family were charred to death inside a cluster of houses in Bengal’s Birbhum..IndiaTimes - Published | CBI takes over probe into Birbhum killings following Calcutta HC orderIndiaTimes - Published |
BJP MP Roopa Ganguly breaks down in Parliament over Birbhum incidentAround 10-12 houses were set on fire in Birbhum by the mob on Monday night and charred bodies were recovered by the police on Tuesday morning.DNA - Published | Birbhum violence: Roopa Ganguly breaks down in RSIndiaTimes - Published |
Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into Birbhum violenceThe Calcutta high court on Friday ordered CBI investigation into the Birbhum killings case. Earlier on Wednesday, the high court took cognizance of the Birbhum incident where eight people were burnt to..IndiaTimes - Published | Didi visits Birbhum village, gets TMC neta arrestedAccused of not doing anything to prevent the carnage at Birbhum's Bogtui village despite being aware of the threat, a Trinamool block president was arrested on Thursday soon after CM Mamata Banerjee..IndiaTimes - Published |
Shah said there is 'no politics' in Birbhum killings, TMC leader tells Lok SabhaIndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta HC reserves order on Birbhum killings; Mamata reaches Bogtui village, speaks to kin of deceased: Top developmentsIndiaTimes - Published |
Birbhum killings: TMC delegation seeks Bengal governor's ouster; BJP, Cong attack state govtIndiaTimes - Published | Birbhum incident: TMC delegation meets Amit Shah, demands removal of WB governorIndiaTimes - Published |
Will bring culprits of Birbhum mass murders to justice: PM ModiIndiaTimes - Published | Calcutta high court takes up Birbhum case suo motu, asks for SIT diaryThe Calcutta high court on Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the Bogtui village massacre in Birbhum’s Rampurhat that left eight people dead a day earlier. The division bench of Chief Justice..IndiaTimes - Published |
PM Narendra Modi urges people of West Bengal to never forgive culprits of Birbhum violenceThe PM also assured the state government that whatever help it wants will be provided to take strict action against the culprits.DNA - Published | Hope West Bengal govt will punish culprits in Birbhum killings, says PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hoped that the West Bengal government will punish the culprits involved in the Birbhum killings and assure all possible help from the Centre to the state...IndiaTimes - Published |
Those who encourage such criminals should not be forgiven too: PM Modi on Birbhum violenceIndiaTimes - Published | Birbhum killings: Calcutta HC asks Delhi CFSL to collect samples from site of incident, orders govt to file reportIndiaTimes - Published |
Not justifying ... but such incidents are more frequent in Gujarat, UP, Bihar: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Birbhum violenceIndiaTimes - Published | Bengal on boil: Mamata vs Bengal guv after 8 burnt alive in Birbhum; key pointsFollowing the violence in Birbhum district in West Bengal on Tuesday in which eight persons were killed, a political storm was triggered in the state. The opposition BJP is seeking imposition of..IndiaTimes - Published |
