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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...

Sagardighi (WB), April 2 Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the Election Commission for "failing to protect" judicial officers involved in the SIR exercise in Malda district of West Bengal.Seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were rescued by...

Kolkata, April 1 Trinamool Congress' all-India general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, while campaigning for the Assembly elections, strongly criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the controversial Sitalkuchi firing incident on Wednesday.Speaking at a public meeting at the Sitalkuchi...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed optimism about the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, noting that approximately 47.4 lakh out of a total of 60 lakh objections have been disposed of as of March 31.A bench comprising...

The Election Commission has suspended Sayantan Bhattacharya, the Block Development Officer of the Hanskhali Nadia (Nadia) district in West Bengal, following an assault on a polling official during a training session in Ranaghat.The Commission has also directed the state Chief Secretary to...

Kolkata, April 1 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued a strong warning on Wednesday, stating that it would not tolerate any form of hooliganism in front of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, under any circumstances.Specifically, the ECI has officially and...

Kolkata, April 1 The Election Commission ordered the suspension of a Block Development Officer (BDO) in Nadia district, West Bengal, and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him, following violence at a polling training venue.The alleged incident occurred on March 27...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission on Sunday transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under the Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, officials said.Officers posted in key...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday claimed that the violence and clashes in Basanti, in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, in which a police sub-inspector was also attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly linked to the ruling Trinamool Congress, were a...

Kolkata/Kharagpur, March 26 Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that if his party comes to power in poll-bound West Bengal, the police would undergo a complete transformation and start conducting "Uttar Pradesh-style encounters" against criminals.Addressing an election campaign...

Kolkata, March 24 – Amidst Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to North Bengal, Siliguri is in turmoil following the unnatural death of a minor girl.Local MLA and BJP candidate, Shankar Ghosh, staged a sit-in to demand justice.Meanwhile, Siliguri Mayor and Trinamool candidate Gautam Deb...

Kolkata, March 22 – The Bangiya Shikshak O Shiksha Karmi Samiti (Bengal Teachers and Education Workers' Association) has submitted a written appeal to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, demanding that the state's teachers and education workers be brought under the purview of the 7th Pay Commission...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a tribunal to hear appeals from those whose names were removed from the voter list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. However, Aam Janata Unnayan Party chairman Humayun Kabir said on Wednesday that he is not...

New Delhi, March 11 – The conduct of the West Bengal government during the visit of President Droupadi Murmu was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with lawmakers asserting that such disrespect cannot be tolerated. A BJP MP emphasised that the office of the President represents the pride of...

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...