
A midnight movement near India’s porous Bangladesh frontier turned into a major border-security interception with BSF detaining 25 Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian cross-border trafficker near Lohaganj–Panchnagar under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. The group was intercepted in the early hours of 6 October while allegedly attempting to cross back into Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon …

The Nakurtala Sarbojonin Puja Committee pandal in the Lalbagh area of Murshidabad under West Bengal was targeted by one or more unidentified arsonists on 4th October, an apparent arson attack that could have had far more devastating consequences had the flames gone unnoticed. According to the puja committee, an unusual and seemingly deliberate mechanism was …

A deeply disturbing case has emerged from Chathat under Phansidewa of West Bengal, where a 13-year-old Hindu girl has been allegedly raped repeatedly for several months. According to a police complaint filed by the girl’s father Monidip Gupta on October 2 at Phansidewa Police Station, brothers Muhammad Aabtaar, Muhammad Alam and Muhammad Iltar had repeatedly …

Terrorism no longer needs a safe house, a border crossing or a clandestine meeting in a darkened room. It can begin with a smartphone, an encrypted messaging platform and a steady stream of ideological propaganda. The latest National Investigation Agency (NIA) crackdown across is another stark reminder of how militant networks are attempting to exploit …

Mecheda in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district witnessed a large street protest organised by the Bajrang Dal and other local Hindu organisations on 27th September. The protestors demanded that authorities investigate what they describe as an organised campaign of deceptive proselytisation being conducted through two Pentecostal ministries, The Church of Glory and Wisdom and The …

A written complaint filed at Joynagar Police Station on 2 September 2026 has raised grave allegations concerning the alleged repeated sexual assault of a minor girl by Monirul Pailan. According to the complaint filed by the girl’s father Gopal, Pailan stalked his minor daughter repeatedly while she was travelling to school and attempted to speak …

Fresh tensions have erupted in Purba Medinipur District after local Hindu residents began preparations for this year’s Durga Puja in Ward No. 10 of Panskura Municipality. According to local residents, many of the Muslim residents had objected to the Puja preparations during the traditional Khuti Puja ritual, indicating the beginning of the Puja Mandap construction. …

58 year old Mostafa Hossain has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old Hindu girl in Bhagawanpur Village under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. A protest march was organised under the banner of Hindu Jagaran Mancha demanding his immediate arrest on 23rd September. According to local sources, Police have tracked down and arrested Mostafa …

A Muslim mob opposed the construction of a welcoming gate for a Durga Puja mandap near Samudrapur School in Ashoknagar under North 24 Parganas, claiming that the entire locality belongs to Muslims. Hindus preparing to celebrate Durga Puja, the defining festival of Bengali culture, were told that they could not erect a welcoming gate because …

Tensions have erupted in the Debpukur region of Barrackpore under West Bengal, following allegations of an organised campaign to persuade economically vulnerable Hindus to convert to Christianity. Local residents allege that Christian women, some reportedly wearing traditional Hindu ornaments such as shankha and pola, have repeatedly approached Hindu families in the area over recent months, …