New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Delegates of the International Election Visitors’ Programme 2026 (IEVP 2026) on Tuesday witnessed a live demonstration of EVMs and a mock poll, gaining hands-on understanding of India’s robust, tech-driven, and transparent electoral process, an official said. A live demonstration of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) was held at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) for international delegates to IEVP 2026, the official sai…
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Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will be filing his nomination from the Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate on Thursday in the presence of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.HM Shah had arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday night. He will be participating in a mega roadshow within the Bhabanipur constituency along with Adhikari before the latter files his nomination.“HM Shah and Adhikari wi…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Trinamool Congress and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are more worried about “illegal Muslim infiltrators” rather than “Bengalis and Hindu Bengalis in particular”, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed on Wednesday.The BJP, at the same time, criticised Trinamool Congress for allegedly describing Indian tennis star Leander Paes as an “outsider” after the latter joined the BJP on Tuesday at the party’s national headquarters in New Delhi.BJP’s In…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) As many as 30 people have been arrested by West Bengal Police in connection with tension and violence over a Ram Navami procession at Jangipur in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district, an official said on Saturday.Although the situation was quickly brought under control following prompt joint action by the state police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the area had, for some time, virtually turned into a battlefield.Several people were injured in the clashes,…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Ahead of the state Assembly elections, the West Bengal government on Saturday carried out another round of reshuffle in the police administration, transferring several senior officers across key positions.According to a notification issued by the state government, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Joint Commissioner of Police (CP), Howrah Police Commissionerate, have been transferred. The Additional Director General (…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Pratikur Rahaman, a state committee member of the CPI(M) in West Bengal and considered one of the party’s prominent young leaders, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday. The CPI(M) leadership subsequently expelled him from the party.Rahaman was formally inducted into the TMC by the party’s national general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee at the party office in Amtala in South 24 Parganas district.Notably, Rahaman had contested the 2024 Lok Sa…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 concluded successfully in New Delhi on Friday (January 23), with unanimous adoption of the Delhi Declaration. The Delhi Declaration 2026 stands as a testament to collaborative resolve, aiming to operationalise these commitments through innovation, measurable actions, and sustained global partnership to fortify democracy for an inclusive, peaceful, resilient, and sustainable future.In a …
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee will visit the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal on January 27 to meet with CEO Manoj Agarwal, along with a 10-member delegation of his party leaders.Sources in the Trinamool Congress said on Tuesday that an application via email requesting a meeting with the CEO has been sent. The move from the Mamata Banerjee-led party came a day after it claimed a major victory in the Supreme Court after it issued a se…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) Amid the controversies of the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s raid and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of the entity’s co-founder Pratik Jain on Thursday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to conduct a review of the complaints received about I-PAC staff allegedly being appointed as data-entry operators in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal after being shown as co…