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…
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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…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) A purported video of the vandalisation of a Radha-Krishna idol in Rangapur village under Harischandrapur block of West Bengal’s Malda district has gone viral.In the video, the idols of Radha-Krishna and five other idols, including that of Gaur-Nitai, could be seen broken into pieces and dumped in a mango orchard.IANS, however, could not check the authenticity of the video.The Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, shared the video on his of…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scathing attack on Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government and the ruling Trinamool Congress on various issues from a public rally in the minority-dominated Malda district on Saturday, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a video song on social media, the main theme of which echoes the Prime Minister’s call for a change of regime in the eastern state, and the beginning of BJP rule after the crucial Assembl…
Malda, Jan 17 (IANS) A large number of people thronged West Bengal’s Malda district on Saturday to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally, with visible enthusiasm ahead of his arrival.The Prime Minister is scheduled to participate in three programmes later in the day in the minority-dominated district, including two administrative events and one political programme.The visit is part of the Centre’s broader push to strengthen and expand modern rail connectivity across eastern and nort…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday, accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of deliberately targeting the minority voters for deletion through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state. She also claimed that around 90,000 voters in the minority-dominated Malda district are slated to be deleted in the final voters’ list.”The grievance of the people from the minority community is quite justified. The voters from this community are sp…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave interim protection from any coercive action to the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in an FIR registered against him.In the FIR, Adhikari was accused of making derogatory comments against former Indian Police Service (I.P.S) officer and the current district vice-president of Trinamool Congress in Malda district, Prasun Bandyopadhyay.Besides granting interim protection fr…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Another Booth Level Officer (BLO) has died in West Bengal’s Malda district, with her family alleging that excessive work pressure linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls led to her death.The deceased has been identified as Samprita Chowdhury Sanyal (48), an Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) worker who was serving as a BLO at booth number 163 in ward number 15 of English Bazar Municipality. She died early Wednesday morning at he…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) A purported video of suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bharatpur Assembly, Humayun Kabir, alleging rampant corruption in ‘Swasthya Sathi’, the West Bengal government’s health insurance scheme, has gone viral on social media.In the video, Kabir was heard claiming that under this scheme, private hospitals and nursing homes were inflating hospital bills of Rs 5,000 ten times to Rs 50,000 and then routing the bills through the State Health Department.He also alle…