west bengal elections

Patna, February 24 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has vowed to crack down on shops selling meat, fish, and poultry near religious and educational institutions, claiming that these offended the sentiments of the people and promoted violent tendencies among children.The senior BJP...

New Delhi, February 24 In an effort to improve transparency, the Election Commission has ordered that from now on, the random assignment of state police personnel to polling stations on election day will be carried out in the presence of central police observers deployed in the constituencies...

Patna, February 24 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha has vowed to crack down on shops selling meat, fish, and poultry near religious and educational institutions, claiming that these offended "people's sentiments" and promoted "violent tendencies" among children.The senior BJP...

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...

Kolkata, February 23 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate voter identification documents flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will submit daily progress reports to the Calcutta High Court on the status of the adjudication process.The...

Chandigarh, February 23 – Launching a broad attack on the Centre, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday questioned the government’s handling of a recent protest by the Youth Congress, alleged large-scale manipulation of voter lists, and asserted that the opposition INDIA bloc remains...

New Delhi, February 23 – The busting of a Lashkar-e-Tayiba-linked module that was planning attacks in Delhi and surrounding cities has revealed several details about how the ISI plans to conduct future operations in the country.The module, which was broken up following the arrest of eight...

Kolkata, February 23 – The adjudication of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will begin on Monday.The process is expected to start after 11 a.m., and according to the Supreme Court's directive...

Kolkata, February 21 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday alleged a "triple violation" of statutory provisions and Supreme Court directives by the Election Commission in the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in West Bengal.In a post on X, the TMC...

Kolkata, February 21 As many as 480 companies of Central Armed Police Forces will be initially deployed in poll-bound West Bengal for area domination, confidence-building measures, and other election-related duties from March 1, an Election Commission official said on Saturday.They will also...

Kolkata, February 21 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Saturday that the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) would be deployed even before the announcement of the polling dates and the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the West Bengal elections.According to a...

New Delhi, February 20 – Intelligence agencies are closely monitoring activities in Satkhira and Chuadanga in Bangladesh, as a fresh attempt is being made to smuggle in illegal immigrants ahead of the West Bengal elections.Satkhira and Chuadanga, in southwestern Bangladesh, are bordered by...

New Delhi, February 20 – Intelligence agencies are closely monitoring activities in Satkhira and Chuadanga in Bangladesh, as a fresh attempt is being made to smuggle in illegal immigrants ahead of the West Bengal elections.Satkhira and Chuadanga, in southwestern Bangladesh, are bordered by...

Kolkata, February 19 – With just three days left for the deadline for scrutinizing voter documents submitted during the hearings on claims and objections regarding the draft voter list, around 20 lakh voter documents are pending re-verification by the District Magistrates, who are also the...

Kolkata, February 18 In a scathing attack on the Election Commission, senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday alleged that poll officials were continuing to flout Supreme Court directives by issuing instructions to their subordinates via WhatsApp during the Systematic Area Verification...

Kolkata, February 18 – One of the special observers overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has identified a peculiar case where the name of a Muslim youth was linked to a Hindu senior citizen in "progeny mapping," indicating the latter as his father.This unusual family...

Kolkata, February 18 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of flouting Supreme Court directives, alleging that poll officials were continuing to issue instructions to their subordinates via WhatsApp during the Systematic Area Verification (SAV) exercise...

Kolkata, February 17 – The office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced on Tuesday that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had decided to suspend three micro-observers involved in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, due to allegations of...

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 – The seven Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs), who had been suspended by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday on charges of dereliction of duty related to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, will not lose their jobs...