Section 163 invoked in Kolkata day after TMC-BJP clash

Seven judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were gheraoed for several hours in West Bengal's Malda district over the deletion of names from the electoral rolls, officials said. The protest began outside the Kaliachak 2 Block Development Office earlier in the day...

Two BJD Rajya Sabha members on Wednesday demanded the posthumous conferment of the Bharat Ratna on the freedom fighters Biju Patnaik and Bhagwan Birsa Munda.Raising the demand during the Zero Hour in the Upper House, Muzibulla Khan said Patnaik sold his Kalinga Airlines and other industries to...

Authorities imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to prevent further clashes between Bharatiya Janata Party and Trinamool Congress workers outside the Election Commission office in Kolkata, a police officer said. DC (Central Division) Shrikant Jagannathrao told ANI that...