Will Mamata Banerjee’s Special Focus on North Bengal and Jangalmahal Work This Time?
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Amid BJP’s huge surge in North Bengal and in the Jangalmahal region, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has intensified her campaign in these parts of West Bengal to dampen BJP’s strategy to form the next government in the State.
Both North Bengal and the Jangalmahal region consist of 98 Assembly seats out of the total 294 Assembly seats in the State and these regions turned out to be a nightmare for the ruling TMC as they performed miserably in the last Lok Sabha elections. Therefore, to keep her tally up, Mamata is paying more attention in this part of the State.
‘Of course, journalists will seek information’: HC observes
Former Sonagazi OC Moazzem denied bail
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The High Court today observed that journalists are curious and they will seek information.
If journalists are given the scope to publish information, they will do it, and there is no offence in this, the HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Md Riaz Uddin Khan said.
The bench made the observation while hearing a petition filed by convicted Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station, seeking bail in a case filed against him for filming Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi s statement and circulating the clip without her consent.
Nusrat Murder: No offence in digging out info and publishing
Observes HC; refuses to give convicted OC bail
Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi. File photo Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Journalists have curious minds which dig out information and if they are given the scope to publish that information, they will surely do it since there is no element of offence in it, the High Court observed yesterday.
The observation was made by HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan.
The bench made the observation while hearing a petition filed by convict Moazzem Hossain, former officer-in-charge of Feni s Sonagazi Police Station, seeking bail in a case filed against him for filming madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi s statement and circulating the clip on social media without her consent.
Agartala conspiracy case: Second accused Moazzem Hossain’s house burns to ashes in Pirojpur Star Online Report Star Online Report
The house of second accused in Agartala conspiracy case Shaheed Lt Commander Moazzem Hossain in Paschim Dumritla village of Pirojpur s Sadar upazila was burnt to ashes this morning.
It took two hours to douse the fire but the house steeped in history was already burnt down by that point, said Abu Zafar, station officer of Pirojpur Fire Service and Civil Defense. No casualties were reported as no one lived there, Zafar added.
Mahamudur Rahman Tunu, Moazzem s younger brother informed the fire service about the matter.
FF Moazzem Hossain’s house gutted in Pirojpur fire
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PIROJPUR, Jan 29, 2021 (BSS) – The house of dauntless freedom fighter (FF) Moazzem Hossain, also the 2nd accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case in 1967, was burnt to ashes in Pirojpur in the early morning of today.
Abu Jafar, station officer of Pirojpur Fire Service and Civil Defense, told BSS that his (Moazzem Hossain) house was gutted in fire at the West Dumritola area under Pirojpur Sadar Upazila.
The fire fighters along with their three fire extinguisher vehicles rushed to the scene and doused the flame with the help of the locals after a two-hour relentless effort, he added.