Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking the removal of Jayant Kant, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Bihar cadre, as the Commission-appointed police observer for four assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, because he is the husband of a BJP leader from Bihar. A letter on this count was submitted to the ECI by Trinamool Congress’s national working committee me…
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Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of appointing the police officer husband of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from neighbouring Bihar as the police observer for four Assembly constituencies in minority-dominated Malda district for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls.In a joint press conference, state Education Minister Bratya Basu and party MP Partha Bhowmik claimed that the wife of the said Indian Police Service …
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections, a firearm with an expired licence and live cartridges were recovered from the vehicle of a former Congress MLA in West Bengal’s Malda district. Police arrested six individuals in connection with the incident.The arrested persons were produced before the Malda District Court on Sunday, where they were remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.With the Assembly election schedule announced and the Model Code of Conduct in force, surveillance …
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) A tragic incident unfolded on the morning of Eid in West Bengal’s Malda district, where one person lost his life, and another sustained serious injuries after a portion of a market roof collapsed, officials said. The tragedy took place at the Netaji Commercial Market in the Rathbari area of English Bazar, officials added. The deceased has been identified as Mintu Sarkar. The police have launched an investigation into the incident.Netaji Commercial Market in the R…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Following overnight rain, the minimum temperature in Kolkata dropped by 6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, with the Met department forecasting scattered to moderate rain throughout the day. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata’s Alipore, this weather is likely to continue for a few more days in Kolkata and across the various districts of south Bengal.Meanwhile, a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for north Bengal. The Bay of Bengal…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Like the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, who recently floated his own political party, will contest simultaneously from two Assembly constituencies in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district in the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in the state next month.However, he will not contest from the Bharatpur Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district, from where he was elected in 2021. Inste…
Visakhapatnam, March 3 (IANS) A Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Visakhapatnam has convicted seven accused and sentenced them to imprisonment in a 2015 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case. The court has passed varied simple imprisonment (SI) sentences, ranging from 7 to 10 years, along with fines against the arrested accused under different provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the NIA said in a release on Tuesday.The accused, hailing from Assam, W…
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday drew the attention of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to the alleged rampant issuance of fake birth certificates by the state administration in Gazole Block of minority-dominated Malda district, reportedly for use as supporting identity documents in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.In a statement issued on his social media handle, the Leader of the Opposition hig…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) A dispute erupted in West Bengal’s Malda district over who would enter the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing centre first, leading to a huge commotion, police said. The argument escalated into a physical fight and brawl, during which clothes of few people were torn, police added on Monday. An elderly woman fell ill as a result of the incident and was admitted to the hospital. The police later arrived and brought the situation under control. The incident took place in…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of the BJP on Monday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that an area president of the ruling Trinamool Congress had been appointed as a Booth-Level Officer (BLO) for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.As per the complaint of the state unit of the BJP, the name of Chandan Saha, the BLO of booth number 146 of Kajaldighi Primary School of Khempur village panchayat of block number 2 in Malda distric…