Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) A total of 142 Assembly constituencies spread across six districts and the state capital Kolkata will go to the polls in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 29 under a blanket security cover, with 2,348 companies of central forces to be deployed, including the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), India Reserve Battalion (IRB) and armed police units from other states.The highest deployment of central forces will be in North 24 Parga…
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Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) An elephant was seen in the voting line prior to the commencement of the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal, causing alarm among voters on Thursday morning. This unexpected occurrence in Jhargram’s Jitushol led to a brief disturbance at the polling station. Subsequently, officials from the forest department arrived at the scene and managed to restore order. The first phase of voting is underway in 152 Assembly constituencies of the state. These include four…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday filed a petition at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court apprehending arrests of around 800 party workers following instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) before the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal later this month.The petition had been filed by the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and senior advocate, Kalyan Banerjee, who had sought immediate intervention by the Calcutta High Court …
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…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) In view of the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday approved the creation of 4,660 auxiliary polling stations in areas where the number of voters has exceeded 1200. ECI has also approved the shifting of 321 polling stations for the convenience of the voters.With the setting of the 4,660 auxiliary polling stations, the number of polling stations, including auxiliary ones, will be 85,379 for the forthcoming two-phase Ass…
Imphal, April 2 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla soon after returning from New Delhi, where he had held discussions with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on a range of issues concerning the state. An official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Singh also conducted separate meetings with senior civil and Army officials, during which multiple matters were deliberated, including key security concerns. Sources indicated that…
Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) A record number of 2,400 companies combining personnel from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), India Reserve Battalion (IRB) and armed police from other states will be deployed in each of the two phases of the forthcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. The first phase is scheduled for April 23, and the second for April 29, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Friday night.The Commission also said the first supplementary list of cases referred for judicial…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 23 (IANS) With the deadline for the complete eradication of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) approaching, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said on Monday that as many as 40 Maoists are currently active in various parts of the state. The Chief Minister told the State Assembly while answering a query asked by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo.Chief Minister Majhi told that at present, around 40 active Maoists are operating in small groups in certain areas of Kalah…