Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) A BJP supporter has been hacked to death in English Bazar in West Bengal’s Malda district, said the police on Thursday. The police said that the incident took place late Wednesday night in the Gadua More area of Ward No.1 of English Bazar Municipality.The name of the deceased BJP supporter is Kishan Haldar (28).The family alleged that some people called him on Wednesday night. He went out after getting the call and never returned.His body was recovered in the Baganpar…
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Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were in a neck and neck battle in West Bengal with the latter slightly ahead after the first two hours of counting of votes.As of 10 a.m., the trends for 176 of 293 assembly constituencies in the state were available.The BJP’s initial lead was in 90 seats, followed by the Trinamool Congress at 82. Congress and CPI-M candidates were leading in two seats each. The two assembly constituencies where…
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned local Trinamool Congress leaders for questioning in the case of harassment of judicial officers assigned to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in Mothabari of West Bengal’s Malda district, an official said on Sunday. They have been asked to appear at the Kaliachak police station in the afternoon. The election agent of Trinamool candidate Sabina Yasmin from Sujapur has also been summoned. In addition, t…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has rejected the bail applications of 52 accused in the case relating to the alleged besieging and harassment of officials assigned to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) work in Mothabari in Malda district. On Thursday, the court ordered that all of them, including Mofakkerul Islam, be sent to judicial custody. The 52 accused will remain in judicial custody till May 13.The officials appointed by the Calcutta High Court were respo…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Malda district to launch his party’s campaign on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 Assembly election in West Bengal reflects an attempt at a toehold where the ground has fast been eroding under its feet since over a decade. Malda is crucial for the Congress, once its bastion, which has since witnessed shifting political equations over the years. That shift, hopes the Congress, can be turned somewhat, riding on the work of party stal…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to begin the Congress party’s campaign in West Bengal on Tuesday, marking a significant political push ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. The campaign begins in Malda district, once considered a stronghold of the Congress, as the party attempts to reclaim lost ground in a state where political equations have shifted dramatically over the years.Gandhi is returning to Malda after a gap of nearly seven years, signalling a ren…
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to campaign for the party in West Bengal for the Assembly elections, said party leaders on Sunday. He will start the campaigning from Malda district, which was once the unassailable base of the Congress.With the changing political equation of the state, the Congress is desperate to regain that lost ground. With that aim, Rahul Gandhi is entering the field with a message of turning around.He is going to set foot in Malda district af…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has applied to the court for the custody of 47 accused arrested in the Kaliachak incident, an official of the central investigation agency said. About 12 First Information Reports have already been filed in this incident. Incidentally, the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Malda district had already remanded those arrested in this incident to police custody. Later, the court ordered that the 46 accused be placed in judicial …
Kolkata/New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Strongly condemning the alleged attack on judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda district, the Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Tuesday passed a resolution suspending one of its members and calling for strict action against those involved. In a resolution adopted at an urgent general body meeting held at 1:30 p.m., the Bar body expressed “grave concern” over the incident that took place in the early hours of April 1 at Kaliachak in Malda, where sev…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where seven judicial officers deputed for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly held hostage for several hours at a BDO office in Kaliachowk.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, while hearing a suo motu writ petition regis…