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Kolkata, March 28 The process of establishing tribunals to hear appeals from voters whose names were missing from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal has not yet been finalized, a senior official said on Saturday."The Supreme Court has...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Trinamool Congress wrote to Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Friday, expressing concern over 11 party candidates whose cases have been referred for judicial adjudication, and whose status remains unclear.In the letter, written by West Bengal Minister of...

Kolkata, March 27 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a public interest litigation challenging the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s decision on large-scale transfers, replacements, and deputations of bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound...

Kolkata, March 27 The retired judge of the Calcutta High Court and chairperson of the West Bengal Waqf Board, Shahidullah Munshi, claimed that his name has been deleted after a judicial review of the electoral rolls, and he has decided to approach an appellate tribunal.This exclusion came to...

Kolkata, March 26 – Uncertainty continues to surround the candidacy of Swapna Barman, the gold medalist in the Asian Games and a nominee of the Trinamool Congress from the Rajganj Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, following new complications related to a pending...

Kolkata, March 26 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari participated in a Ram Navami procession in Bhabanipur, a constituency in south Kolkata where the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly is set to challenge incumbent MLA and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming elections.Tight...

Kolkata, March 25 A top EC official in Kolkata said on Wednesday that nearly 40 per cent of the 32 lakh names that have been reviewed so far have been removed from the electoral rolls of West Bengal.Converting to actual figures, the number of electors removed after review currently stands at...

Kolkata, March 25 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its third list of 19 candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, with Ratna Debnath, fielded from the Panihati Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, being the most prominent...

Kolkata, March 25 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday to make adequate safety arrangements, as well as provide sufficient drinking water and other basic amenities for voters at all polling stations used for the upcoming...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission told the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday that it has the authority to transfer and post officers for conducting free and fair elections.In a petition challenging the transfer of several IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal by the Election Commission...

Kolkata, March 25 – The Trinamool Congress approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, seeking the immediate removal of the newly appointed returning officer (RO) for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata. This constituency is where Chief Minister Mamata...

Kolkata, March 24 – Even before submitting her nomination papers, Swapna Barman's candidature is in doubt – she is the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Rajganj Assembly seat in Jalpaiguri district, and a gold medallist at the Asian Games.Despite being a railway employee, Swapna is facing...

Kolkata, March 24 Arjuna award-winning heptathlete Swapna Barman, whom the TMC has nominated as its candidate for the West Bengal assembly elections, sought the direction of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday for the railway authorities to accept her resignation from service so that she can...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked litigants, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with their grievances related to the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Referring to the...

Kolkata, March 24 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed a Ram Navami procession organized by an organization in Howrah on March 26, but imposed strict restrictions on carrying weapons.The petitioner, Anjani Putra Sena, a non-profit organization, approached the high court claiming that the...

Kolkata, March 23 – The parents of the doctor who became the victim of a horrific rape and murder within the premises of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024, have accepted basic membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), confirmed Leader of the...

Kolkata, March 23 – In a significant development late Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to the polls in two phases next month on April 23 and April 29.This development opens a new...

Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...

Kolkata, March 23 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday regarding the death of a resident of Dum Dum after he was trapped in an elevator at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The petition alleges negligence and seeks a CBI investigation into the...

Kolkata, March 23 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted an interim protection to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at the Khardah Police Station in North 24...