Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will consider the record of election-related violence in the last seven elections in West Bengal since 2014 as the determining factor for the extent and pattern of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) deployment for the 2026 Assembly polls in the state.These seven elections, whose poll-violence records will be under ECI’s consideration, include the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 2019, and 2024, the state Assembly elections in 2016 and 2021…
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Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) Kolkata Police personnel on Saturday afternoon reached the residence of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Pratik Jain to identity the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials and the accompanying Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) team present during Thursday’s raids by the central agency.The identification of the ED and CRPF officials and personnel engaged in Thursday’s raid and search operation is being done both from the footage of CCTV cameras install…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The number of phases for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled next year is likely to be much less compared to the previous two Assembly polls in 2016 and 2021, if the Election Commission of India (ECI) accepts the suggestions from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal. A preliminary decision in the matter may be taken at a crucial meeting of the Commission on January 5, which will be attended by the West Bengal CEO, Manoj Kumar Aga…