Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) A video purportedly showing a Trinamool Congress block president disrupting a hearing on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list as part of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in West Bengal has gone viral on social media.The incident is said to have occurred in Pandua in the Hooghly district of the state.Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday shared the video on his social media handles on X and Face…
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Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday highlighted the alleged forceful attendance of school students and self-help group (SHG) workers at a public rally addressed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Singur in Hooghly district.The rally was held on Wednesday afternoon, and two BJP leaders have alleged that pressure was put on the mandatory attendance of the school students and SHG workers.The BJP’s Information Technology Cell Chief and the party’s ce…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has insinuated a conspiracy behind the Wednesday plane crash on Wednesday that resulted in the tragic demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and demanded a Supreme Court-supervised investigationBanerjee had started with a post on X expressing shock at the death of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President and other passengers aboard the aircraft, but adding: “The incident needs proper investigation”. Later, o…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Tension broke out at the office of the sub-divisional officer (headquarters) in Hooghly district of West Bengal on Monday after a group of Trinamool Congress activists, led by the party’s legislator from Chinsurah Assembly constituency Asit Majumdar, reached the premises while hearings on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list were being held.It was reported that some of the ruling party activists even destroyed some Form-7 applications (for deletion of names of…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will introduce the One District, One Product (ODOP) policy in West Bengal if the party comes to power in the state Assembly elections scheduled later this year.”Every district of West Bengal has its own speciality. The common people here have intelligence, talent, and ability. BJP will prepare a plan for each district. As a result, the people of the district concerned will benefit the most. If th…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose arrived at Bandel railway station on Sunday after travelling from Malda on the Intercity Express, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled public rally in Singur, Hooghly district. The Governor’s visit is part of preparations related to the Prime Minister’s official engagements in the state.Strict security arrangements were put in place at Bandel station from early morning. Railway officials, along with the district ad…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress on various issues from a public rally in the minority-dominated Malda district on Saturday, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a video song on social media, the main theme of which echoes the Prime Minister’s call for a change of regime in the eastern state, and the beginning of BJP rule after the crucial Assembl…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) After Ketugram in East Burdwan district of West Bengal, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) in the state’s Hooghly district, on Thursday, served a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing notice to his wife. Rajshekhar Majumdar, a resident of Ward No. 1 of Tarakeshwar Municipality, is the BLO for booth number 248 of the Tarakeshwar Assembly constituency in Hooghly district.On Thursday, a hearing notice has been issued in the name of Rajshekhar’s wife, Susmita Majumdar. As the BLO,…
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is unhappy over the low number of private housing complexes with 300 or more residents identified so far in Bengal for setting up polling booths for the crucial Assembly elections scheduled later this year.Sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that so far, only 69 such private housing complexes with 300 or more residents have been identified in West Bengal, far less than the estimated requiremen…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Abbas Raja, a hired robber from Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested by detectives of the Anti-Dacoity Section of the Kolkata Police’s Detective Department in connection with the Rs 3 crore gold robbery in the Sinthee area of north Kolkata, police said on Monday.According to police, Abbas had fled to Dubai after the robbery and worked at a gold shop there for nearly one and a half months, posing as a law-abiding worker. However, after his tourist visa expired, he planned to r…