Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Saikat Chatterjee, a polling officer in poll-bound West Bengal and a teacher at a state-run school, was allegedly thrashed by some individuals after he protested against the playing of a purported Trinamool Congress campaign video during an electoral training programme at Ranaghat in Nadia district on Friday afternoon.The incident took place at Ranaghat Debnath Institute for Boys School, where a training programme for polling personnel was being conducted.After the incid…
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Patna, March 12 (IANS) Amid concerns among domestic consumers over LPG availability, the district administration in Patna has taken strict measures to prevent black marketing and hoarding of gas cylinders.Acting on the directions of District Magistrate Thiyagarajan SM, the administration has constituted 28 raiding teams to closely monitor the supply and distribution of LPG across the district.To ensure smooth supply and address public grievances, the district administration has also set up a dis…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Just hours before West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s crucial public rally at Singur in Hooghly district on Wednesday, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari released a purported audio clip involving a local woman leader of the Trinamool Congress and a member of a Self-Help Group.In the audio clip, the leader was allegedly heard threatening a member of the women’s Self-Help Group in the area with freezing of benefits under different …
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress youth leader has been accused of harassing a Block Development Officer (BDO) over disagreements regarding various government tenders and allocation of funds for housing schemes. The incident occurred during a meeting on Wednesday in the Domkal block of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, and a purported video went viral.When the situation spiralled out of control, the police were called, who were also allegedly harassed.According to police sources, a me…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday targeted the state government over the alleged attack on a woman Block Development Officer (BDO) by a local leader of the ruling BJP and his supporters at Rajnagar in Kendrapara district on Friday, accusing the party of harbouring criminals instead of taking action against them. Meanwhile, a BJD delegation on Monday met the Director General of Police (DGP), Odisha, Y B Khurania in Cuttack and submitted a memorandum demandin…
Patna, Dec 30 (IANS) The Special Vigilance Department on Tuesday arrested a Panchayat Secretary red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for issuing a birth certificate at the Ara Sadar block office in Bihar. The accused has been identified as Jitendra Prasad, Panchayat Secretary of Daulatpur Panchayat.He was caught while accepting the bribe inside the block office.According to information, the complainant, Naveen Kumar Singh, a resident of Pipra village in Motihari district, stated that …