Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Mofakkarul Islam, the mastermind behind the harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal’s Malda district, was arrested at Bagdogra airport in Darjeeling district on Friday while trying to escape from the state. An advocate by profession, Islam has been actively associated with Asaduddin Owaisi-founded All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).An arrest warrant was issued against Mofakkerul on Thursday on the orders of the Supreme Court. S…
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Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The construction work for the Babri Mosque at Beldanga in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, masterminded by the maverick and now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator, Humayun Kabir, will start from Wednesday.The construction work will start today with the recitation of the Quran Sharif later in the day. The exact time of the beginning of the programme is yet to be confirmed by Kabir at the time the report was filed. However, a close associate of Ka…
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is reportedly miffed at delayed action by two District Magistrates, also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs), in West Bengal in addressing instances of tension and vandalism earlier this week at two centres for hearing on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list.One instance of vandalism was at a hearing centre at Farakka in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, where ruling Trinamool Congress activists led by party leg…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday sought a detailed report from the district magistrate-cum-district electoral officer of North Dinajpur district in West Bengal on the incident of tension and violence at a hearing centre in Itahar in the district earlier in the day.The matter was brought to the notice of the Commission by the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, earlier on Thursday, after he posted a video of the violence…
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) After Farakka in Murshidabad, another BDO office has been vandalised, this time in the Chakulia area of North Dinajpur district. On Thursday, allegations of vandalism and arson at the Gorakhpur II BDO office in Chakulia surfaced during protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in the state.According to police sources, several people blocked the state highway and staged a demonstration. Those who were summoned for the SIR hearing were primarily…