Patna, April 5 (IANS) BJP National Spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday remarked that it is not the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) which will be at fault during the upcoming two-phased elections in West Bengal, but rather the result of the incumbent Trinamool Congress will be “bad”.Speaking to reporters, Hussain alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is frustrated because “she knows she will lose (the election)”.He also referred to the alleged attack on judicial offi…
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Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the entire country has been shocked over the recent incident at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were held hostage by miscreants. “The entire country saw and was shocked by the manner in which judges were held hostage. Even judges are not spared under the Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal. The Kaliachak incident is an example of the brutality of the Trinamool Congress govern…
Cooch Behar (West Bengal), April 5 (IANS) A large number of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and supporters gathered at the Rash Mela Ground in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar on Sunday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting, reflecting growing enthusiasm within the party ranks as campaigning intensifies for the upcoming Assembly elections.It marks PM Modi’s first rally in the state after announcement of the poll schedule and has drawn crowds from various parts of the district and …
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a public meeting on Sunday at 4:15 p.m. in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s intensified push ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.The Prime Minister will speak at the BJP’s ‘Bijoy Sankalpa Sabha’ at the historic Ras Mela Grounds, signalling the start of an aggressive outreach campaign in a region that has emerged as a saffron stronghold in recent years and remains a crucial electora…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday evening handed over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Surya Kant, strongly denounced the incident, describing it as evidence of a complete law and order failure in West Bengal, and directed that the matter be probed e…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress all-India general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, while campaigning for the Assembly elections, on Wednesday once again targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in strong terms over the controversial Sitalkuchi firing incident.Addressing a public meeting at the Sitalkuchi Panchayat Samiti ground, he expressed confidence that the Trinamool Congress would win all nine Assembly seats in Cooch Behar district. Candidates from the district were also present on …
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday, released its fourth list of party candidates for the upcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal.A total of 13 new names are in the fourth list. Apart from that, the BJP had also changed the party candidate from the Maynaguri Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district, and the name of the changed candidate is also mentioned there.After announcing candidates for 13 seats on Tuesday, the names of candidates for six m…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The police on Tuesday seized a massive quantity of cannabis from two districts in West Bengal, while firearms were recovered from another district. The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered approximately 13 kilograms of cannabis from Platform No. 2 of Kharagpur Station in the West Midnapore district. A resident of Bihar was apprehended on charges of trafficking drugs. The arrested individual has been identified as Ashish Kumar, aged 19.According to railway officials,…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, has directed district magistrates (DMs), who also serve as district electoral officers (DEOs), and have been removed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), to immediately vacate their official bungalows for their successors.“The ECI had recently removed a total of 13 DM-rank officials, who are also DEOs of the respective districts, and also announced the names of those bureaucrats who would replace them….
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Following overnight rain, the minimum temperature in Kolkata dropped by 6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, with the Met department forecasting scattered to moderate rain throughout the day. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, this weather is likely to continue for a few more days in Kolkata and across the various districts of south Bengal.Meanwhile, a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for north Bengal. The Bay of Bengal…