purba medinipur district

Kolkata, April 1 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari faced protests from TMC supporters while campaigning in his Nandigram constituency in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal and later in Bhabanipur in South Kolkata.Adhikari, who is also the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, is...

Kolkata, March 30 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari filed his nomination for the Nandigram constituency on Monday and expressed confidence that the party would secure a decisive victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections.Adhikari submitted his papers before the sub-divisional officer (SDO) in...

Kolkata, March 29 Popular Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee died on Sunday after drowning in the sea at Talsari beach in Odisha, film industry sources said.He was 43, and is survived by his 13-year-old son and actress-wife Priyanka Sarkar.He had gone to the beach, located near Digha in...

New Delhi, March 29 – Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited Nandigram in West Bengal on Sunday and interacted with dedicated Bharatiya Janata Party workers in the constituency represented by senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari...

Kolkata, March 29 The influence of the Adhikari family, led by former union minister Sisir Adhikari, and the shifting of its political allegiance is a factor in three assembly constituencies in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, with the contest intensifying between the ruling TMC and the...

Kolkata, March 27 BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari held a Ram Navami procession in his constituency, Nandigram, in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Friday, alleging that such rallies had previously been attacked by goons backed by the TMC in the area.During the procession, members of the...

Kolkata, March 22 Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari asserted on Sunday that the people of the Nandigram assembly constituency will not accept the ruling TMC candidate, as he was not involved in the anti-land acquisition movement two decades ago.Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district was the...

Kolkata, March 17 A former BJP panchayat chief, who was known to be close to senior party leader Suvendu Adhikari, rejoined the ruling TMC on Tuesday amid speculation that he may be pitted against the leader of the opposition in the Nandigram constituency in the upcoming assembly elections...

Thane, March 15 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded compensation of Rs 24.33 lakh to the family of a man who died in a road accident in West Bengal in 2018.In his order of March 11, details of which were made available on Sunday, MACT member KP Shrikhande asked the...

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 7 Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday asserted that change is inevitable in West Bengal after the upcoming assembly elections, maintaining that the BJP will form the government, bringing an end to the 15-year uninterrupted rule of the Trinamool Congress.He criticized...

Kolkata, February 17 Acting on an order from the Election Commission, the West Bengal government registered FIRs against five state government employees, including two election officers and two assistant election officers, for alleged "grave lapses" and violations of data security policies...

Kolkata, February 17 Acting on an ultimatum from the Election Commission, the West Bengal government registered FIRs against five state government employees on Tuesday, including two EROs and two AEROs, for alleged "grave lapses" and violations of data security policies during electoral roll...

Kolkata, February 17 BJP MLA Ashok Dinda was summoned by the police in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district to provide "substantial evidence" regarding his allegation that a section of police personnel collect money from fish-laden trucks in his constituency.Superintendent of Police...

Kolkata, February 14 The Election Commission has set February 17 as the deadline for the West Bengal government to register FIRs against four officers over the alleged inclusion of "ghost" voters in the electoral rolls in two districts, an official said on Saturday.The commission had earlier...