purba medinipur district

Kolkata, April 11 According to data released by the Election Commission on Saturday, more than 3.6 crore voters across 16 districts will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23.The electoral rolls for the first phase include...

Haldia (West Bengal), April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday, after a two-hour delay due to inclement weather, to address his first of three election rallies in West Bengal.Several parts of southern Bengal, including Kolkata, have been experiencing rain since morning...

Kolkata, April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Suri in West Bengal on Thursday to intensify the BJP's campaign for the state assembly elections.This will be his second visit to the state since the announcement of the election schedule in...

Kolkata, April 8 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will intensify the BJP's election campaign in West Bengal on Thursday with rallies in Haldia, Asansol, and Siuri.The choice of venues underscores the BJP's attempt to consolidate its support in areas where it has made significant gains, while also...

Kolkata, April 7 Actors and technicians of the Bengali film and television industry staged a day-long work stoppage on Tuesday, demanding workplace safety, but they later decided to lift the strike and resume shooting from April 8 after reaching a consensus with producers and channels for the...

Kolkata, April 5 A group of artists in West Bengal called for an indefinite "strike" in the film and television industry, demanding proper safety arrangements during their work.This move came days after actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee drowned in the sea during an outdoor shoot near Digha in...

Kolkata, April 4 Amidst the controversy over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee during an outdoor shoot near Digha in Purba Medinipur district, the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum on Saturday lodged a police complaint against the producers in connection with the incident...

Kolkata, April 4 Amidst the controversy over the accidental death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee during an outdoor shoot near Digha in Purba Medinipur district, the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum on Saturday lodged a police complaint against the producers in connection with the...

Kolkata, April 4 The ruling TMC on Saturday announced election committees for 29 assembly constituencies in six districts.Committees were announced for the constituencies of Panskura Purba, Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, and Haldia in Purba Medinipur.The party also named committees for Haroa...

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...