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…
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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…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Tension is prevailing at Sudampur under Moyna Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district of West Bengal, following the recovery of the body of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from a pond, five days after he went missing.The deceased BJP leader has been identified as Subrata Adhikari (33).His family members have alleged that this was a case of a political murder, reportedly by some local goons backed by the leadership of the ruling Trinamool Congress.Kajal …
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) A Booth Level Officer (BLO) has gone missing in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district before the start of the hearing process of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, said the police on Thursday. According to his family members, he has been untraceable for the past two days. The BLO’s identity card is at his home, along with various enumeration forms and related documents. The disappearance of the BLO before the public hearing of the SIR process has caused a stir …