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Kolkata, April 11 – Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday warned the people of Jhargram to remain vigilant, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would try to bring in outsiders from neighboring Jharkhand to influence the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.Addressing an...

Agartala, April 10 The Union home ministry has sanctioned 24 companies of central paramilitary forces for the April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, an official said on Friday.Four companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have already arrived in...

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...

Kolkata, April 9 – Senior police officers in Kolkata will be required to patrol the streets from 10 pm to 2 am, according to a directive issued by Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand.On Thursday, he held a meeting with senior police officers in the city and issued this directive during the...

Guwahati, April 9 – A record 85.64% of the 2.50 crore electorate cast their votes in the Assam assembly elections on Thursday, with the ruling BJP stating that the high turnout was "historic," while the opposition Congress claimed it indicated "a desire for change."Voting in the single-phase...

Puducherry, April 9 – Polling for the 30-member Puducherry Assembly concluded on Thursday under tight security, with the Union Territory recording a record-breaking voter turnout that underscored the intensity of the electoral battle.By 5 p.m., voter turnout reached an impressive 86.92...

New Delhi, April 9 – A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking urgent directions to ensure the protection of judicial officers, government officials, and citizens from alleged politically motivated violence and intimidation in West Bengal, which is...

Agartala, April 9 The by-election in the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in Tripura on Thursday recorded a voter turnout of 52.76 per cent by 1 pm, with the polling process proceeding peacefully, an official said.Returning Officer (RO) Debjani Choudhury said that polling has been taking...

Agartala, Apr 9 Voting for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security, an official said.A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the by-election.Female voters (23,758) outnumber...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 Polling in all 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala began at 7 am on Thursday.Voting commenced after mock polling was completed.People started arriving early in the morning at the 30,495 polling stations across the state to avoid the hot weather, which was...

Kolkata, April 8 The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 150 additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and state armed police battalions in West Bengal to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, according to an official communication.This brings the...

Guwahati, April 8 A foreign delegation arrived here on Wednesday for a two-day visit to witness the Assam Assembly elections as part of the Election Commission's International Election Visitors' Programme (IEVP), officials said.Polling in Assam will take place on Thursday.The 15-member...

Security was increased in Dudhnoi, in the Goalpara district, in preparation for the Assam Assembly elections scheduled for April 9. To ensure peaceful voting and prevent any incidents, police and paramilitary forces organized a road march through the town. Personnel from the Assam Police, Punjab...

New Delhi, April 7 – Dilip Ghosh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Kharagpur Assembly constituency in West Bengal, accused the Trinamool Congress of using intimidation and suppressing opposition forces to secure electoral victories, stating that the party would gradually...

Gandhinagar, April 6 – With less than three weeks remaining for Gujarat's extensive local body elections, the state's top police leadership has directed an intensified crackdown on criminals and preventive action across districts to ensure a "free and fair" polling process.The directive was...

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...

Kolkata, April 5 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday warned her party leaders and workers about the possibility of tampering with electronic voting machines (EVMs) and urged them to guard the machines vigilantly.Addressing an election rally in Jiaganj in Murshidabad...

Kolkata, April 5 – In an early morning operation on Sunday, police officers from the Cooch Behar District Police in West Bengal successfully seized a consignment of arms and ammunition at Changrabandha Bypass under the Mekliganj Police Station in that district.The arms and ammunition were...

Guwahati, April 4 Delegations from various election management bodies will visit Assam for two days from April 8, in connection with the upcoming state assembly elections.The visiting team will comprise representatives from several countries, including Angola, Bhutan, Egypt, Portugal, Sri...

Kolkata, April 3 The Election Commission of India has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel to provide security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West Bengal elections, a senior official said on Friday.Describing the matter as a "lapse," the...