Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said on Wednesday that he is confident of his success even in the polling booth in Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, who is the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, cast their votes.Mamata Banerjee is the sitting MLA and the Trinamool Congress candidate and also a voter from Bhabanipur Assembly const…
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Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Election Commission has appointed IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, known as the ‘encounter specialist’ of Uttar Pradesh, as the new police observer of South 24 Parganas district. This step is seen as a measure to maintain law and order in various sensitive areas of the state ahead of the second phase of voting.In this situation, a video of Ajay Pal Sharma has gone viral on social media, sparking a new political debate.In the video, he is seen going to the house …
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was killed in a fire at the camp of the force’s 77th Battalion at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district on Thursday, officials said.The deceased was identified as ASI Jyotiram Singh.The ASI had entered the fuel storage room of the camp on Thursday morning when the fire broke out and spread so quickly that he could not escape and was badly burnt. Other BSF personnel and locals tried to rescue him, but could not.According to the p…
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) A central force jawan on election duty has died mysteriously in Falta of South 24 Parganas district, officials said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Kanak Koch. He was a constable with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. It may be noted that a large number of central force jawans have been deployed across West Bengal for the Assembly polls.According to locals and administrative officials, Kanak, a resident of Assam, had gone on polling duty in the Dos…