Kolkata, March 5 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was pushing members of the Matua community into "uncertainty and confusion" in the name of granting citizenship.Remembering Matua matriarch Binapani Devi, popularly known...
Kolkata, March 4 – One person was killed and several others sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district on the day of Holi, police said on Wednesday.The identity of the deceased has not yet been established, police sources said, adding that...
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Kolkata, March 4 Alleging attacks on BJP workers in several districts ahead of the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, the main opposition BJP on Wednesday accused the ruling TMC of resorting to violence and intimidation to retain power in the state.Addressing a press conference, state...
Kolkata, March 4 One person died after a fire broke out in a cluster of shops near the Madhyamgram railway station in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, officials said.The body of an employee from a sweetmeat shop was recovered from the damaged shop after fire service...
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Kolkata, March 4 A fire broke out in a cluster of shops near the Madhyamgram railway station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, officials said.There were no reports of any injuries or fatalities due to the fire, which erupted around 2 pm, they said."A total of eight to...
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Kolkata, March 4 Three people drowned and one went missing after being swept away by the Hooghly River while they were bathing after celebrating Holi in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Balaram Sarkar Ghat in Ward...
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Howrah (WB), Mar 2 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted that criminals in West Bengal would be "in jail or God knows where" within a month of a BJP government coming to power in the state.However, he said eliminating joblessness in Bengal, from where a significant number of people...
Sandeshkhali (WB), March 2 Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Monday criticized the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the law and order situation, alleging that it was providing shelter to infiltrators.The BJP leader also accused the TMC...
Kolkata, March 2 The Election Commission of India (ECI) has provided details of the advance deployment of the 480 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in two phases in West Bengal before the announcement of the polling dates for the Assembly election.Of these 480 companies, 240...
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Kolkata, March 2 Panic, anger, and suspicion are spreading through the Matua heartland in West Bengal, putting the BJP on the defensive in its stronghold, even as the TMC senses a political opportunity, following large-scale deletions under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...
Kolkata, March 1 A civil society platform with TMC leanings on Sunday alleged a "sinister conspiracy" to remove 1.25 crore names from West Bengal's electoral rolls and accused the EC of carrying out a "planned purge" under the guise of the SIR exercise.The organization, Desh Bachao Ganmancha...
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Kolkata, March 1 – As the final list of voters in West Bengal, as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, was published, it showed that there had been no new voter registrations in as many as 99 Assembly constituencies during the entire SIR exercise, from the beginning...
Kolkata, March 1 – The Trinamool Congress protested in Hasnabad, North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, over the "deliberate" removal of names from the final voter list, police said on Sunday.On Saturday night, Trinamool Congress' local leaders and activists set tires on fire on the road...
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Kolkata, March 1 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly polls, recasting voter profiles across districts, border areas, and key...
Kolkata, February 28 – As the final voter list for West Bengal, prepared as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, was published on Saturday, official statistics revealed that the maximum number of cases currently under judicial review are concentrated in three districts...
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Kolkata, February 28 The publication of West Bengal’s post-SIR electoral rolls has not only pruned 63.66 lakh names from the electorate, but it has also redrawn the state’s demographic and political landscape ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, reshaping voter profiles across districts, border...
Kolkata, February 27 – The North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has recorded the highest number of cases currently under review ahead of the publication of the final voter list by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday.As the Commission has already clarified, the final voter...
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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...
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Kolkata, February 24 Several areas in South Bengal received light rainfall on Tuesday morning, nearly three months after the last showers in the region, the IMD said.According to an official from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Kolkata and its adjoining districts last experienced...
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Kolkata, February 24 – As the process of judicial review of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, began, the judicial officers appointed in four districts near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special...