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Imphal, April 11 Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Saturday that efforts are being made to relocate some central forces deployed in the peripheral areas of the valley districts to adjoining hill regions and replace them with state security personnel.The minister's remarks come...

Agartala, April 11 Preparations for the Tripura tribal council elections have been completed, with election officials being dispatched to booths with election materials, an official said on Saturday.Polling for the 28-seat Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) council is...

Kolkata, April 11 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted another raid on Saturday at the residence of former West Bengal education minister and former Trinamool Congress general secretary, Partha Chatterjee, in south Kolkata.On Saturday morning, the ED reached Partha's house in Naktala...

Kolkata, April 9 Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand on Thursday directed senior officers to maintain strict vigilance and conduct night patrols from 10 pm to 2 am in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections.In a meeting with senior officers, including joint commissioners and deputy...

New Delhi, April 6 Election Commission officials on Monday dismissed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claim that 200 vehicles carrying CRPF personnel from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh were sent to the election-bound West Bengal.They said the Election Commission's (EC) objective is to ensure...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday said that around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voter lists in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be decided during the day, observing that central forces will remain...

New Delhi, April 6 Observing that central forces will remain deployed considering recent incidents, the Supreme Court on Monday said that around 60 lakh claims and objections of those removed from voter lists in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West...

Kolkata, April 6 To ensure peaceful polling in West Bengal, the Election Commission has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh, to supplement the already substantial presence of central forces for the first phase...

Agartala, April 5 – The Director General of Police (DGP) of Tripura, Anurag Dhankar, said on Sunday that the Centre has not sent additional central forces to the state for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections.Voting for the 28 seats of the tribal council will...

New Delhi, April 3 Amid concerns about law and order in poll-bound West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deploying 500 companies of central forces in the state even after vote counting on May 4.The state will go to assembly elections in two phases on May 23 and 29...

Kolkata, April 2 – The Election Commission has handed over the investigation into the gherao of seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision exercise in Malda, West Bengal, to the NIA. This incident has plunged the state into further turmoil, with both the TMC and the BJP...

New Delhi, April 2 The Election Commission handed over the investigation into the gherao of judicial officers adjudicating cases of Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal's Malda to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday.A spokesperson for the poll authority said an NIA team...

New Delhi/Kolkata, April 2 Observing that West Bengal is the "most polarized state," the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a scathing indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers involved in the voter revision exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district...

New Delhi, April 2 The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious exception to an incident in West Bengal's Malda district where judicial officers deputed for work relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly surrounded and attacked, observing that it was a...

New Delhi, Apr 2 – The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticized the West Bengal administration for its “complete failure” and inaction in response to the “deplorable” siege and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the voter registration drive, and directed a CBI or NIA...

New Delhi, April 2 The BJP on Thursday termed the gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district a "black spot" in the country's history, alleging that "TMC goons" acted at the behest of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to obstruct the SIR exercise and protect...

In New Delhi, the Supreme Court strongly criticized the West Bengal administration for its handling of the recent events, particularly the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the electoral rolls revision process. The court directed a CBI or NIA...

Suti/Sagardighi (WB), April 2 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP and the Election Commission of conspiring to create unrest in the state ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, specifically pointing fingers at Union Home Minister Amit Shah. She accused him of...

The Supreme Court today expressed serious concern over the hostage situation involving seven judicial officials participating in a security exercise in Malda district, West Bengal, deeming it unacceptable and demanding responses from the state home secretary, DGP, and other officials for their...