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Kolkata, March 11 Newly appointed West Bengal Governor R N Ravi is likely to arrive here on Wednesday evening, a day before the scheduled swearing-in ceremony at Lok Bhavan, an official said.Ravi was appointed as the new governor of West Bengal on March 5, replacing C V Ananda Bose, who...

Kolkata, March 10 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, called off her indefinite sit-in protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which began in the afternoon of February 6, at Esplanade in Kolkata.Announcing the withdrawal of the protest on...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Supreme Court order to set up Appellate Tribunals to hear voters' appeals on Tuesday, saying that a door closed by the Election Commission has now been opened.She described the order as a new ray of hope for people...

Kolkata, March 10 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion of...

New Delhi, March 10 In a new set of directions, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the setting up of independent appellate tribunals, headed by former high court judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from voter lists during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the constitution of Appellate Tribunals, comprising former High Court Chief Justices and judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound West...

Kolkata, March 10 – Asserting that no eligible voter's name would be removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Tuesday said the EC's priority was to ensure free, fair, and peaceful polls in the state, amid preparations for the upcoming assembly...

Kolkata, March 10 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said on Tuesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) will make the final decision on the number of phases in the West Bengal Assembly elections, depending on the law and order preparedness at the ground level in the...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers involved in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

New Delhi, March 9 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is heading towards...

Kolkata, March 9 The Calcutta High Court cancelled the bail granted to a builder in a fraud case by a lower court, holding that the liberty of an accused cannot be protected by an order "born in sin".Justice Uday Kumar observed that a bail order which is unsigned or partially initialled, lacks...

Kolkata, March 9 – In a rare move, the West Bengal state Police Headquarters (Bhabani Bhawan) has ordered the transfer of three women civic volunteers, a senior police officer said on Monday.A directive to this effect has been issued. However, in recent years, there has been no known precedent...

Kolkata, March 7 The Calcutta High Court has ordered the immediate release and repatriation of a Bangladeshi prisoner, who was a minor when apprehended for illegal entry into India and has been languishing in jail for the last 21 years.Pointing out that the maximum punishment that can be...

Kolkata, March 6 The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a convict for killing his pregnant wife, holding that he took two lives in cold blood.Rejecting an appeal by the convict, a division bench presided over by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha said that the conviction of Ram Chandra...

Kolkata, March 5 The sudden resignation of West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has brought to a close a tenure that began with cautious optimism but gradually slipped into friction with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government over a series of political and administrative flashpoints.Although...

Kolkata, March 5 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the admissibility of a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the comprehensive guidelines issued by the Central government on the official protocol for the rendition of the country's national song...

Kolkata, March 4 Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir, who was constructing a mosque modeled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, was provided with Y-Plus category security by the central government, a source close to the politician said.A central security team...

Kolkata, March 2 – The West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Officers’ Association refuted remarks made by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who attributed the marking of certain names as “under adjudication” in the final electoral rolls, published after the Special...