Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) With the National Investigation Agency (NIA) starting a probe into the case of harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda on the night of April 1, the total arrests in the case made by the state police till Friday afternoon have increased to 33.Confirming the number of arrests, the Additional Director General (North Bengal), K. Jayaraman, told media persons that the police have registered a total of 19 cases, both in the matter of the…
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Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district was the result of a “joint conspiracy” by the BJP and the Election Commission of India aimed at paving the way for the imposition of President’s Rule in the state.“It was the ECI’s duty to ensure the protection of the judicial officers. With the model code of conduct being in force, I do not have any control ov…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the Director General of West Bengal Police on the incident of seven judicial officers, including three women, who were involved in the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ classified under the “logical discrepancy” category being gheraoed and held hostage at Kaliachak in Malda district by a group of voters whose names had been deleted in the process.The seven officials were taken hostage on Wednesda…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Wednesday announced candidates for the remaining 10 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal ahead of the two-phase Assembly elections scheduled later this month.Earlier, on March 29, the AICC had announced candidates for 284 of the total 294 Assembly constituencies in the state.With the latest list, the party has now named candidates for all 294 constituencies. The 10 constituencies announced on Wednesday are Alipurduars, Islampur…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Congress of failing to respond to her appeal for support to the Trinamool Congress’ movement against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, both in the state and across the country.She also alleged that the Congress did not take the issue of SIR seriously or extend support to voters during the revision process.“I asked them several times to jointly move against the SIR and jointly ap…
Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) Protests broke out outside the Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad on Saturday as workers from the All India Majlis‑e‑Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) demonstrated against the Gujarat government’s proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, which is scheduled to be taken up for debate next week. The demonstration, held on the day of Eid al-Fitr, took place without prior police permission.Protesters carried banners reading “Remove UCC, Save the Nation” and “Repeal UCC”, and c…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Like the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, who recently floated his own political party, will contest simultaneously from two Assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in the state next month.However, he will not contest from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, from where he was elected in 2021. Inste…
Patna, March 10 (IANS) A crucial meeting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections concluded in Patna, with party leaders expressing strong confidence about their candidate’s victory. Speaking to the media after the meeting, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, described the discussions as very positive and asserted that the party has the numbers required to win.“We have the numbers, that’s why we are contesting…
Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) Senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s close aide Vem Narender Reddy have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the state.Returning Officer Upender Reddy on Monday declared them elected after the deadline to withdraw the nominations came to an end.As only Singhvi and Narender Reddy had remained in the fray for two seats, they were elected unopposed.An independent candidate named Sai had also filed h…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, has changed the name of his newly floated political party, after the Election Commission of India (ECI) rejected the name proposed by him.The original name proposed by Kabir was ‘Janata Unnayan Party (JUP)’. However, after the ECI rejected it, Kabir decided to change it and renamed his party as the ‘Amm Janata Unnayan P…