south 24 parganas district

Kolkata, February 23 Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, a clash broke out between members of the TMC and the ISF in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday evening, causing panic among locals, police said.A senior police officer said that both sides had filed...

Kolkata, February 23 Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul held an internal coordination meeting with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal and senior administrative and police officials on Monday regarding the work assigned to judicial officers, officials said.The Chief...

Kolkata, February 23 – With the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled for later this year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) 'Parivartan Yatra' programme from the South 24 Parganas district on March 1, marking the formal launch of the...

Kolkata, February 23 Noting that the West Bengal government was unable to handle mass agitations that were obstructing the demolition of over 500 illegal constructions in the East Kolkata wetlands, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said it was considering deploying paramilitary forces to carry...

Kolkata, February 22 – The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata said on Sunday that light to moderate rainfall is likely in some parts of West Bengal over the next two days due to a depression in the Bay of Bengal.According to the forecast, there is a possibility of light rain with...

Kolkata, February 22 – The Trinamool Congress has alleged that its party workers were attacked by activists of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) in the Polerhat area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, according to police reports on Sunday.The Trinamool Congress claimed that the incident...

Kolkata, February 21 – Pratikur Rahman, a state committee member of the CPI(M) in West Bengal and considered one of the party’s prominent young leaders, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. The CPI(M) leadership subsequently expelled him from the party.Rahman was formally inducted...

Kolkata, February 21 – The bodies of the 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata were identified through DNA analysis and handed over to their families from the Katapukur morgue on Saturday.Initially, it was believed that the 18 bodies handed over to the...

Kolkata, Feb 21 The latest developments in West Bengal politics, stemming from Pratikur Rahman's defection to the TMC, could provide a significant boost to the ruling party, especially given the concerns about its declining popularity among Muslim voters, stakeholders said.Rahman's move may...

Kolkata, February 21 – The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA analysis and handed over to their families on Saturday. With this, the official death toll in the tragedy has risen to 45, while nine persons are...

Kolkata, February 19 – Kaizar Ahmed, a prominent leader of the Trinamool Congress from Bhangar in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, filed a police complaint against his own party's legislator from the neighboring Canning (Purba) Assembly constituency, Saokat Molla, on Thursday...

Kolkata, February 19 – The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), founded by Asaduddin Owaisi and planning to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, is focusing on the issue of a large number of minority migrant workers from the state as its main attack against the...

Kolkata, February 18 One of the three children injured in a drum explosion during road repair work in the Bhangar area of South 24 Parganas district remains in critical condition, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on the Khargachi-Chandpur stretch, where road repair work is...

Kolkata, February 18 – With only four days remaining for the scrutiny of supporting identity documents submitted by voters during the hearing sessions regarding claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal, more than 114,000 documents submitted during the hearing have yet to be...

Kolkata, February 18 – Four children suffered burns in Canning, South 24 Parganas district, after a drum filled with chemicals exploded, police said on Wednesday.According to police sources, the four children were playing on the roadside on Tuesday evening when a drum filled with chemicals...

Kolkata, February 17 – The West Bengal government has completed the process of registering FIRs against two electoral registration officers (EROs) and two assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs), following the deadline set by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to complete the...

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 – The current deadline of February 21 for completing the ongoing scrutiny of identity documents submitted during the hearing sessions on the draft voter list in West Bengal may be extended by two to three days, according to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) directly suspended seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal on Monday, on charges of dereliction of duty, without waiting for the state government...