Saturday, June 6, 2026
ADVT 
India

BJP's Roopa Ganguly gets bail in assault case

Darpan News Desk IANS, 29 Apr, 2016 11:10 AM
    BJP star candidate Roopa Ganguly on Friday was granted bail by a West Bengal court in an assault case after she surrendered.
     
    Contesting the assembly polls from Howrah North, a case was initiated against her for allegedly assaulting a female Trinamool Congress supporter during the fourth phase of polling on April 25.
     
    Ganguly, who is famous for playing playing the role of Draupadi in TV serial "Mahabharat", surrendered before a court in Howrah which granted her bail.
     
    Upon receiving complaints of rampant booth jamming and voter intimidation, Ganguly had on April 25 had gone to a booth in her constituency where she was faced with angry protests by Trinamool supporters who accused her disrupting the polling process.
     
    A heated argument ensued and subsequently Soma Das, a Trinamool supporter had accused Ganguly of "assaulting, and preventing her for casting her vote". 

    MORE India ARTICLES

    HSGPC Row: Haryana SGPC members clash with police in Kurukshetra

    HSGPC Row: Haryana SGPC members clash with police in Kurukshetra
    Tension prevailed in a part of Kurukshetra town in Haryana as members of the newly-created Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) Wednesday...

    HSGPC Row: Haryana SGPC members clash with police in Kurukshetra

    Modi struck the right notes in Nepal, says daily

    Modi struck the right notes in Nepal, says daily
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck all the right notes during his maiden visit to Nepal, a leading Nepali daily said...

    Modi struck the right notes in Nepal, says daily

    Chacha Chaudhary creator Pran is dead

    Chacha Chaudhary creator Pran is dead
    Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of iconic comic book characters like Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu, is dead. He was 75, his family said Wednesday...

    Chacha Chaudhary creator Pran is dead

    Threefold surge in male teenage drinking in India: Study

    Threefold surge in male teenage drinking in India: Study
    Revealing an alarming trend, a team led by an Indian-origin researcher has reported a threefold surge in the number of male teenagers drinking...

    Threefold surge in male teenage drinking in India: Study

    HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue

    HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue
    Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on one side and the newly-created Haryana Sikh Gurdwara...

    HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue

    News Analysis: In Modi era, little place for BJP seniors

    News Analysis: In Modi era, little place for BJP seniors
    They anchored the rise of the BJP in the 1990s and guided it through the tumultuous years in the opposition but do not appear to have a role in the party's first full-majority government....

    News Analysis: In Modi era, little place for BJP seniors