cooch behar district

Kolkata, March 31 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its fourth list of party candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Tuesday.The fourth list includes a total of 13 new names. In addition, the BJP also changed the party candidate for the Maynaguri...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission on Sunday transferred 83 block development officers and assistant returning officers across 18 districts of West Bengal, officials said.The large-scale reshuffle covers blocks ranging from Dinhata-II in Cooch Behar to Diamond Harbour-I and II in South...

Cooch Behar, March 27 – An atmosphere of unease prevails among residents of the Dinhata and Sitalkuchi constituencies in Cooch Behar district, North Bengal, as the April 23 elections approach. Voters are apprehensive, especially given the history of political violence in the region.These...

Kolkata, March 24 – Police seized a large quantity of cannabis from two districts in West Bengal on Tuesday, while firearms were recovered from another district.The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered approximately 13 kilograms of cannabis from Platform No. 2 of Kharagpur Station in the...

Kolkata, March 23 – Police in West Bengal announced on Monday that large sums of cash were recovered again ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections.Police and members of the Static Surveillance Team (SST) recovered over Rs 3.7 lakh in cash from three vehicles during searches conducted at...

Kolkata, March 22 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has intensified its efforts to remove unauthorized political advertisements across West Bengal in the lead-up to the upcoming two-phase state assembly elections.In a statement released on Sunday night, the ECI said that a total of...

Kolkata, March 15 With the assembly polls now announced, West Bengal is officially on track to chart the course of its government for the next five years. The following provides a look at some of the key constituencies in the districts, which could significantly influence the political landscape...

Kolkata, March 13: The sensitivity mapping will determine the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the deployment of police observers in each district for the upcoming state assembly elections in West Bengal, which are scheduled to be held later this year.An insider from the...

Kolkata, March 8 Three assembly constituencies bordering West Bengal's Cooch Behar district – Dinhata, Sitai, and Sitalkuchi – together account for the highest number of voters whose names are currently "under review" in the district, election officials said.According to the Chief Electoral...

Cooch Behar (WB), March 6 Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Friday ridiculed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's protest in Kolkata over the SIR (State Identity and Residence), claiming that she is practicing what she will do after losing the upcoming state assembly elections...

Kolkata, March 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) that the progress in poll preparations in two districts bordering Bangladesh in West Bengal for the upcoming Assembly elections has not been satisfactory so far.These two...

Kolkata, March 2 – The West Bengal government announced on Monday that each of the five workers who were electrocuted in the Dinhata area of Cooch Behar district would receive a compensation of Rs 2 lakh, and one member of their family would be offered a job.North Bengal Development Minister...

Kolkata, March 1 – Five factory workers were electrocuted to death after coming into contact with a 11,000-volt overhead electric line in Dinhata, in the Cooch Behar district of North Bengal, on Sunday, officials said.The incident occurred in the Dinhata Village-II Gram Panchayat area, under...

Kolkata, February 28 Disappointment gripped the newly-minted citizens of India, residents of the former enclaves of the Cooch Behar district, after an overwhelming majority allegedly found themselves in the ‘under adjudication’ category following the publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls...

Kolkata, February 28 – Anticipating potential tensions following the publication of the final voter lists in three separate categories later in the day, the West Bengal government has identified four districts bordering Bangladesh as highly sensitive and appointed four senior officers from the...

Kolkata, February 26 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Thursday the details of the 240 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel that will be deployed in the first phase on March 1, amidst preparations for the state assembly elections in West Bengal.Notably...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Versova police in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have carried out a major operation targeting Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in India, arresting 25 individuals from the Andheri West Yari Road area.Among those detained, 21 were transgender individuals, two were...

Kolkata, February 19 – The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), founded by Asaduddin Owaisi and planning to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, is focusing on the issue of a large number of minority migrant workers from the state as its main attack against the...

Kolkata, February 18 – Police have arrested a man suspected to be of Bangladeshi origin for allegedly residing in India for several years using forged identity documents, officials said on Wednesday. The arrest was made in the Dinhata area in the Cooch Behar district of north Bengal.The...

Kolkata, February 18 – With only four days remaining for the scrutiny of supporting identity documents submitted by voters during the hearing sessions regarding claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal, more than 114,000 documents submitted during the hearing have yet to be...