Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) All the registered political parties, except for the ruling Trinamool Congress, have sought single-phase or at maximum two-phase polling for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled for later this year.They made the demand during their interaction will the full Bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, earlier in the day on Monday.The West Bengal unit of the BJP had already made an official …
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) West Bengal Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge), Chandrima Bhattacharya, who was a member of the delegation of Trinamool Congress who attended a meeting with the full-bench of the Election Commission, headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Monday morning, accused him of misbehaving with her in course of the interaction.”I am a woman. But even then, during the course of interaction, he told me —’Don’t shout’. The CEC does not h…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal, to review the ongoing judicial adjudication of the voters’ documents identified as “logical discrepancy” cases as well the preparedness for the crucial upcoming Assembly elections, will begin from 10 a.m. on Monday with meetings with all registered political parties in the state.The full bench of the Commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for the next two days.CEC Gyanesh Kumar and his team were received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and state Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty.CEC Kumar is scheduled to begin the visit early on …
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Priyadarshini Hakim, daughter of West Bengal Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, returned here from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah, saying it was a relief to be back home even as many Indians remain stranded in the region amid the ongoing West Asia crisis.Speaking to IANS, she said: “It feels good to be back. Our flight arrived early in the morning. My two sisters and my father were observing Roza. Despite observing Roza, they came early in the morning to rece…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The death toll in the fire that broke out in two warehouses in Anandapur, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, has reached 21, said the police on Wednesday. At the same time, about 27 people are still missing, and a search is on to trace them.Meanwhile, police have arrested Gangadhar Das, the owner of the burnt-down Pushpanjali decorator’s warehouse. He was arrested on charges of death due to negligence.On Wednesday, he was produced before a court, which remanded him to p…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The death toll in the fire that broke out in two warehouses in Anandapur in the southern outskirts of Kolkata has reached 16, said the police on Wednesday. At the same time, several people are still missing, and a search is on to trace them.Meanwhile, police have arrested Gangadhar Das, the owner of the burnt-down decorator’s warehouse. He was arrested on charges of death due to negligence.The decorator’s warehouse was adjacent to a Momo company’s warehouse, which was also…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Enthusiasm is at its peak at Singur, the erstwhile site for Tata Motors’ small car project Nano, in Hooghly district of West Bengal, over the Chief Minister’s likely message at a scheduled rally there later in the day.The excitement over the rally stems from two reasons. The Chief Minister will be leaving for New Delhi immediately after her Singur rally, reportedly to garner consensus among opposition parties against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in some…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The West Bengal government has announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of those killed or missing in the devastating warehouse fire in Anandapur. The announcement was made by State Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim during his visit to the fire site on Tuesday afternoon.Hakim stated that the compensation cheques will be handed over once the bodies or body parts are identified. He added that the police will seek permission f…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) A day after Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim instructed all police stations and traffic outposts in the city to be proactive in controlling air pollution, after the Calcutta High Court took suo motu cognisance of the issue, environmentalists on Thursday said that the measures are not enough. The environmentalists said that it is too little and too late as the city has been grappling with high air pollution levels for a very long time, and several measures have not been implement…