Kolkata, Mar 29 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Sunday, announced the transfer of as many as 83 block development officers (BDOs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) in West Bengal, amid the crucial Assembly elections scheduled next month. In a statement sent to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyant Nariala by the ECI through the office of the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the poll panel had provided the list of 83 BDOs/AROs, who have been transferred.The most sig…
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Kolkata, Mar 20 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday, accused an officer-in-charge of a police station in his native district of East Midnapore of making a WhatsApp call to a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from the district and asking the latter to join Trinamool Congress. “The day when the list of BJP candidates was announced by our leadership, our prominent leader from the district, Biswanath Banerjee, who was expected to be …
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday, accused the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state of indulging in ‘atrocities’.He made the accusation upon his arrival in the state’s Bhabanipur constituency to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections.West Bengal will vote in two phases in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held on April 23 and April 29. The results will be announced o…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA mapping and handed over to their families on Saturday. With this, the official death toll in the tragedy has risen to 45, while nine persons are still reported missing.Police sources said the identification was confirmed after matching DNA samples of the remains with those provided by the victims’ family members. Among the 18 deceased, 16 were fr…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has set a deadline for the West Bengal government to register FIRs against electoral officers against whom the Commission has procured reasonable evidence of involvement in the inclusion of fake voters in the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that a fresh communication in this regard was sent by the Commiss…
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl, who was reportedly declared dead by several doctors, was revived, thanks to efforts of an ICU ambulance technician. The incident took place at Erafatpur in East Midnapore district.After the miraculous incident, she was being treated at Contai Sub-district Hospital for last seven days. On Wednesday, she was discharged from the hospital, and subsequently the matter came to light.It was learned that the girl from Erafatepur village consumed pesticide a wee…
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A horrific bus accident occurred in the Haldia industrial area of West Bengal on Saturday, killing three persons and injuring 10 others, an official said. The official informed that the injured people have been admitted to the hospital.He added that the tragic accident took place on Saturday at Ghosh’s More area under Sutahata police station in Haldia of East Midnapore district.SDPO Arindam Adhikari said that the bus collided head-on with a motorcycle on the Balughata-Kukr…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) The West Bengal government has appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to withdraw its direction for strong disciplinary action — including suspension and registration of FIRs — against four electoral officers in the state accused of manipulation in the enrolment of voters in two Assembly constituencies.A communique in the matter from the state Home Department has reached the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal. The CEO’s office has forwar…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be coming to power in the state after the Assembly elections take place this year if nearly six per cent of the ‘anti-Hindu’ votes shift towards the party. “The BJP’s vote percentage in West Bengal in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls stood at 39 per cent. To win the Assembly elections in West Bengal this year, what we need is an additional six per ce…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Municipal Chairman of Egra Municipality in East Midnapore district has been arrested on charges of corruption, said the police on Saturday.A senior officer in East Midnapore district police said that Swapan Kumar Nayak, the chairman of Egra Municipality, was arrested in Kolkata on Friday on charges of illegally leasing government land and financial corruption.East Midnapore’s acting Superintendent of Police, Mithun Kumar Dey, said that the arrested Eg…