New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The political heat escalated on Wednesday as Bihar Minister Dilip Jaiswal launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her opposition to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying that she has lost her mind.Responding to Banerjee’s threat to gherao the Election Commission (EC) office in Delhi, Jaiswal said, “Mamata Banerjee has lost her mind. The people of Bengal will never accept the way she has supported illegal…
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Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, claimed that the names of voters are being deleted from the voters’ list with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and demanded Amit Shah’s resignation as the Union Home Minister for it. Addressing a public meeting at Barjora in Bankura district, Chief Minister Banerjee said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set a target to removing 1.5 crore names from Bengal’s voters’ list.”Don’t believe every video on the so…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) In a counter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on infiltration, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday asked how the Pahalgam terrorist attack and Delhi car bomb blast took place if infiltration was only taking place in West Bengal.Addressing a public meeting at Barjora in Bankura district, CM Mamata Banerjee described Amit Shah as “Dushasana”, who, according to her, has come to Bengal to “destroy” the state.”Dushasana, a disciple of Shakuni, has come to Bengal…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal on Monday woke up to a blanket of fog, with temperatures dropping further and cold conditions intensifying towards the end of the year.The minimum temperature in Kolkata settled at 13.5 degrees Celsius, 0.3 degrees below normal. On Sunday, the minimum temperature had stood at 14 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature also failed to rise beyond 21.4 degrees Celsius, around four degrees below normal, adding to the chill. Frequent te…
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Another Booth Level Officer (BLO) died by suicide in the Ranibandh Assembly constituency in Bankura district in West Bengal on Sunday. The hanging body of a BLO was recovered from a school classroom in the Rajakata area of the district.Preliminary investigations suggested that Haradhan Mandal, a primary school headmaster by profession, died by suicide.A suicide note was recovered from the scene. In the note, the teacher wrote about the excessive work pressure d…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Kolkata recorded the coldest day of the season on Christmas as the minimum temperature dropped below 14 degrees Celsius. On Christmas morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was 13.7 degrees Celsius.The Maidan and Alipore areas were shrouded in fog from dawn.As the day progressed, city dwellers, sporting sweaters and jackets, set off for the Alipore Zoological Garden, Eco Park, Science City, Victoria Memorial, Indian Museum and other amusement parks across the city.The…