Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The Met Office has forecast thunderstorms accompanied by rain across South Bengal districts and Kolkata till May 5. According to the forecast, there is a high chance of thunderstorms along with rain on Monday, when counting of votes for the West Bengal Assembly polls will be held across 77 counting centres across the state.Till Friday evening, Kolkata and the south Bengal districts have witnessed thunderstorm activities since April 29.Thunderstorms accompanied by rain have …
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Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Thunderstorms accompanied by rain brought down the day’s minimum temperature in Kolkata by 7 degrees Celsius on Thursday. The minimum temperature in the morning was recorded at 20.4 degrees Celsius while it was 27.7 degrees Celsius yesterday.The sharp drop in the mercury in a single night dissipated the sweltering heat prevailing in Kolkata and its surrounding areas. The Met office has forecast more thunderstorms along with rain over Kolkata and south Bengal districts fo…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday hailed voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for registering record turnout in the Assembly elections. “Highest ever percentage of polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu since Independence – ECI salutes each voter of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu,” said CEC Gyanesh Kumar in a message, even as the final turnout figures were being collated by officials in both states.For the first phase of voting in 152 Assembly …
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The polling for first phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls for 152 constituencies in 16 districts of the state had concluded at 6 p.m. on Thursday, with the record polling percentage in the last 15 years already surpassed by 5 p.m., nearly an hour before the official time of conclusion of the polling process. Since at 6 p.m. queues of voters were there at certain polling booths in the state.The Office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) was able to provid…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The high-stakes electoral contest for the West Bengal Assembly, marked by a fierce rivalry between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the main opposition BJP, is also witnessing a sharp war of words as both sides seek to outmanoeuvre each other.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on a whirlwind campaign trail on Thursday, drew a “setting sun” analogy for the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government to highlight its alleged failings on multiple fronts, primarily …
Kolkata/Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The voter turnout in the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 41.11 per cent, and in Tamil Nadu, at 37.56 per cent as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, according to data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Polling began for 152 assembly constituencies scattered over 16 districts of West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday in the first phase of the two-phase crucial Assembly polls. Voter enthusiasm for the elections appeared to be quite high this time, as …
Kolkata/Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The voter turnout in the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 18.76 per cent, and in Tamil Nadu, at 17.69 per cent as of 9 a.m. on Thursday, according to data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Polling began for 152 assembly constituencies scattered over 16 districts of West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday in the first phase of the two-phase crucial Assembly polls. Voter enthusiasm for the elections appeared to be quite high this time, as …
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) A permanent political solution in the hills scattered over Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong in North Bengal will be achieved by next month if the BJP comes to power in West Bengal after the Assembly elections in the state, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, said on Tuesday.“On May 6, we will be deciding the matter and coming out with a solution which will bring smiles on the faces of our Gorkha brothers. Be it Congress or Trinamool Congress, they have left out patrioti…
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress government has kept aside properties for Bangladeshi Muslims, and that is why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must be removed from power, said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from an election rally in Kalimpong in north Bengal on Saturday. The Bharatiya Janata Party has made the infiltration issue its main plank against the Trinamool Congress in this Assembly election.Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Mamata didi has opened the way for Bangla…
Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) Expert videographers on Saturday were specially appointed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to video-record the poll proceedings from the beginning to the end at the polling booths coming under ‘shadow zones’ for the crucial two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal scheduled later this month. As per the ECI’s definition, the “shadow zones” have been identified due to poor mobile network and Internet connectivity, which at times makes it extremely difficult for the…