Agartala, April 9 (IANS) More than 79.84 per cent of the 46,142 voters exercised their vote in the bypoll for the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district on Thursday, officials said.An election official said that no major untoward incident was reported during the polling, which began at 7 a.m. across 55 polling stations in the Dharmanagar Assembly seat.Polling continued in the mixed-population Assembly constituency until 5 p.m. without any break.At a few polling stations, the…
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Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Congress on Tuesday released its manifesto for the two-phase assembly elections in West Bengal later this month, giving priority to an alternative economic model to improve fiscal health, attract investment and generate employment over distributing doles under different schemes, which is the signature propaganda tool of the ruling Trinamool Congress. After releasing the manifesto in Kolkata, Congress’s national president Mallikarjun Kharge explained why the party is giv…
Murshidabad, April 6 (IANS) Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday alleged that during his election campaign in West Bengal, some miscreants associated with the Trinamool Congress attempted to stop him. He also claimed that the local police present at the spot failed to take adequate precautionary measures despite prior information about the possibility of such an incident. Speaking to reporters, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “During the campaign, some miscreants from the Trinamool Co…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal on Saturday released its manifesto for the forthcoming assembly elections, with a focus on industrial development and employment generation. In the manifesto, the Left Front promised to generate employment in the public sector by filling all vacant state government posts, and in the private sector by attracting big-ticket investments through changes to the state’s industrial policy.The manifesto, released by veteran CPI(M) …
Agartala, April 3 (IANS) Opposition CPI (M)-led Left Front leaders on Friday alleged that the election authorities in Tripura are using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, reportedly brought from Madhya Pradesh, despite sufficient machines being available within the state. The 30-member Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, is sched…
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) In a clear sign of low female representation, only 4.62 per cent of the 173 candidates contesting the April 12 elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) are women.The autonomous council, set up in 1982 to promote the socio-economic development of tribal communities, is regarded as the state’s second most important constitutional body after the Assembly.Officials of the Tripura State Election Commission (SEC), which is conducting the pol…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) In West Bengal, the April-end state election is more than a political contest at the hustings; it is now a fierce struggle for identity and dominance between the Chief Minister and her former aide, currently the Leader of Opposition in State Assembly. It is battleground Bhabanipur Assembly seat.Politics turned personal in 2021, when Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee chose to challenge her long-time lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari at the latter’s b…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) At a time when the majority of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which are going to polls in two phases next month, are set to witness four-cornered contests, the three hill constituencies of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong are headed for a five-cornered contest.In most Assembly constituencies, the four principal contenders are the Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the CPI-M-led Left Front and All India Secular Front (AISF) alliance, and…
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday announced party candidates for 284 of the 294 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, which will vote in two phases next month. As expected, the party has nominated the former state Congress president in West Bengal and five-time party Lok Sabha member, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the Baharampur Assembly constituency in his native district of Murshidabad.The former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Mausam Benazir Noor, …
Agartala, March 29 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday announced that the state has once again secured the top position nationwide in participation in Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme. Speaking after attending the 132nd episode of the programme at Barjala near Agartala, the Chief Minister said the latest broadcast highlighted innovative efforts to provide drinking water to underserved communities.He expressed pride that the Prime Minister Nare…