Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday indirectly hinted at a possible investigation into the assets of a company allegedly linked to a senior Trinamool Congress leader, although he stopped short of naming the individual.Addressing a public gathering in the Falta Assembly constituency under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district, where repolling is scheduled for May 21, the Chief Minister repeatedly referred to the leader as “Mr Neph…
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Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Just days before the re-election in Falta Assembly constituency in Diamond Harbour, a Trinamool Congress leader close to party candidate Jahangir Khan has been arrested, said the police on Saturday. Falta Panchayat Samiti vice-president Saidul Khan has been arrested by officers of Falta police station. The arrested person is accused of attempted murder and spreading political violence, the police said.There have been multiple allegations against Saidul for a long time. One…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In February 2019, Mamata Banerjee wrote an 18-line poem titled ‘Key’, lamenting what she saw as a ‘shrinking’ democratic space under the regime at the Centre. The poem spoke of voices being stifled, of lips metaphorically locked, and of a reckoning that would one day confront those in power. It was a political message wrapped in verse — sharp, accusatory, and unambiguous in its intent. Seven years on, those very lines seem to echo differently — an uncomfortable reflecti…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday ordered a fresh election in all polling stations of the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district after finding severe electoral offences during the second phase of polling on April 29.As a result, counting of votes will take place in 293 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on May 4, with Falta excluded. The Commission said the entire polling conducted in the constituency on April 29 stands cancelled, and…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the Diamond Harbour District Police in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to immediately register First Information Reports (FIRs) against close associates of the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency, Jahangir Khan, who have been accused by villagers of threatening them and their family members with dire consequences for voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The Commission …
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Friday announced re-polling at 15 polling booths in two Assembly constituencies, Magrahat (Paschim) and Diamond Harbour, both in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Of the 15 polling booths where re-polling will be held on Friday, 11 are in Magrahat (Paschim), and 4 are in Diamond Harbour. Polling in both these Assembly constituencies was conducted in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 2…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will on Thursday decide on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand to conduct repolling in 77 booths across four Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29.Incidentally, out of these 77 polling booths, 64 are under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in that district and also under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituen…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s judgment that it would not pass any order related to officers deployed on election duty until April 29, the day of second phase of polling in West Bengal.The decision came after a lawyer verbally appealed the court to restrict Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma.Previously, Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan had alleged that Sharma issued threats to hi…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Trinamool Congress candidate, Jahangir Khan on Tuesday criticised Election Commission-appointed police observer Ajay Pal Sharma, after he was seen issuing threats to his family members and locals in Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas district’s Diamond Harbour.Speaking to IANS, the Trinamool candidate from Falta constituency said, “Around 3 P.M. yesterday, he came and tried to threaten my security staff at this party office. Then he went and tried to threaten my fam…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Faced with doubts over the age of its players in an age-group event, Pakistan was forced to withdraw its players from the US Open Junior Squash Championship after the organisers refused to accept its age verification process, a news report said on Monday.Around 977 players representing forty-five nations are competing in the 2025 U.S. Junior Open–the world’s largest individual squash tournament, but Pakistan withdrew its players after the US Open organisers did not acce…