Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified minority-dominated Murshidabad as the most sensitive among the districts in West Bengal that will be going for polls in the first phase of the state Assembly elections on April 23 and hence has decided to deploy maximum forces there.Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that of the total of 2,407 companies of security forces to be deployed in the first-phase polling, as many as 316 compani…
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Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Amid the crucial two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be participating in as many as five political programmes in the state on Tuesday.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will begin his campaign journey in the state with three programmes throughout the day.The Union Home Minister’s programme will include four public meetings and one roadshow. The public meetings include two at Manikchak and Gazole in minority-dominated Malda district…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Following overnight rain, the Met office on Thursday predicted rain accompanied by thunderstorms over Kolkata and south Bengal districts for rest of the day and Friday.The Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore said that there is an axial line over Gangetic West Bengal stretching from Telangana.Due to this, a large amount of water vapour is entering from the Bay of Bengal, due to which frequent thunderstorms are occurring.After Wednesday’s thunderstorms, Kolk…
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Wednesday, approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking the immediate removal of the new returning officer (RO), appointed for Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress candidate, is pitted against Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.On March 23, the ECI ordered the replacement of as many…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Nabin, will arrive in the city on Tuesday with a busy schedule for two days amid the critical two-phase Assembly elections in the state.A state committee member of the BJP in West Bengal said he is expected to begin his work soon after arriving at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. “At around 11 a.m., he is expected to start his schedule with a meeting with the core party leaders in W…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) An unusual 11-degree drop in maximum temperature has been recorded in Kolkata in the spring season following two days of rain.Until now, the maximum temperature had consistently hovered above 30 degrees Celsius. However, due to incessant overnight rainfall (starting on Friday evening and continuing on Saturday, the mercury plummeted sharply by 11 degrees in a single stroke. A sudden winter chill has descended upon Kolkata and South Bengal.The Meteorological Department sa…
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) Even a couple of hours before the announcement of the Trinamool Congress’s candidate list on March 17 for the forthcoming two‑phase Assembly elections in West Bengal next month, no one had any idea who would be the party’s candidate at Nandigram in East Midnapore district against sitting two‑time legislator and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari. Things became clear just an hour before the announcement, as the party hurriedly arranged the joining of Pabitr…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday assigned new responsibilities to 19 IPS officers who were removed from their posts by the Election Commission. They have now been appointed to new positions, a senior officer at the state secretariat, Nabanna, said. The state government issued a directive to this effect on Wednesday, keeping in mind the EC’s condition that none of the officers could be reinstated to any post related to the Assembly elections.Indira Mukherj…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee refused to bite the bait offered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to avenge her 2021 defeat in Nandigram that forced her to re-contest from the safer seat of Bhabanipur so that she could continue to be West Bengal Chief Minister for a third straight term. Her once-trusted aide, Suvendu Adhikari, beat her that time by less than 2,000 votes in what was termed a prestige fight. Though Adhikari’s vote share came down sign…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Kolkata’s Alipore has forecast the possibility of thunderstorms and rain in the entire state, including Kolkata, from Sunday evening. The MeT Office said that despite the thunderstorms, the temperature will not change much in the next seven days.According to the forecast, Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, and North 24 Parganas are likely to experience scattered light rain and gusty winds on Monday and Tuesday. However, no separate warni…