Kozhikode (Kerala), April 11 As many as 32 people, including police officers, were injured after a bus collided with a container truck at Koyilandy here on Saturday, officials said.According to police, the bus was carrying personnel from the Malabar Special Police (MSP) who were returning to...
Kochi, April 8 – In a timely intervention on the eve of the polls, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed authorities to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that election duty personnel receive their postal ballots without further delay.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the...
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 All arrangements have been made to facilitate postal voting for officials on election duty and employees in essential services, Chief Electoral Officer Ratan U Kelkar said on Monday.The assembly election in Kerala is scheduled for April 9.At an online meeting with...
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Kolkata, April 4 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former Kolkata Police Commissioner, Supratim Sarkar, to be sent on deputation as a police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to hold elections like West Bengal later this month.However, Sarkar had...
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 4 The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Saturday urged the Election Commission to take urgent steps to ensure that election personnel and other election-related staff are able to exercise their franchise in the April 9 assembly polls.The Left party also alleged lapses and...
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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...
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Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission has suspended three personnel from the central armed police force after a video purportedly showing them playing carrom inside a Trinamool Congress (TMC) office in Suri, West Bengal's Birbhum district, went viral. A senior official said this on Sunday...
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Kolkata, March 27 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated her demand that cooking gas produced in the state should not be diverted elsewhere in the country, citing concerns over a perceived LPG shortage amid the ongoing West Asia conflict.Responding to a query on the Centre’s...
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Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission has taken disciplinary action against seven paramilitary personnel deployed on election duty in West Bengal's Murshidabad district for allegedly attending an iftar party in violation of guidelines, a senior official said on Wednesday.Two of the...
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Kolkata, March 25 The Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, alleging that he threatened to assault police personnel on election duty while speaking at a recent rally in Kharagpur.In the complaint, the...
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Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officials of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...
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Guwahati, March 21 Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Sanjay Singhal, reviewed the force's preparedness on Saturday to ensure free, fair, and peaceful assembly elections in Assam.During his day-long visit, he interacted with local police officials as well as representatives of...
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New Delhi, February 24 In an effort to improve transparency, the Election Commission has ordered that from now on, the random assignment of state police personnel to polling stations on election day will be carried out in the presence of central police observers deployed in the constituencies...
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Kolkata, February 19 The Joint Council of Bus Syndicates on Thursday alleged that buses are being requisitioned in West Bengal for the 2026 Assembly elections even before the poll schedule has been announced, and termed the move “unethical”.In a statement, the representative body of private...
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Kolkata, February 9 The Election Commission has directed the West Bengal government to complete the transfer and posting of police personnel directly involved in election duties by February 15, an official said.In a letter to the state's home secretary, the office of the Additional Chief...