Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced compensation of Rs 4,00,000 for each of the families of seven people in the sudden thunderstorms in the state. These seven persons died due to lightning, electrocution and house collapse during thunderstorms in mainly Kolkata, Howrah, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Purulia.The bodies of the deceased victims had been sent for post-mortem.Speaking to the media persons on Friday evening, Chief …
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Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police has recovered 10 firearms and 150 bullets from different parts of the state and arrested five persons in connection with the seizures, police said on Wednesday.An investigation is underway to ascertain how the accused procured the firearms. Police said such operations to recover illegal weapons would continue.In Asansol of West Burdwan district, two persons were arrested in possession of several firearms and bullets. A cou…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on track to secure an absolute majority as the counting continues, according to the latest trends for 293 Assembly constituencies provided by the Election Commission of India (ECI).According to the ECI data, the BJP candidates were leading in 193 Assembly constituencies, followed by Trinamool Congress at 94, the Left Front- All India Secular Front (AISF) alliance in three and others in two seats.The total number of Assembly constituencies…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday stated that strict action will be taken against those who create trouble or on account of any laxity during the vote count for the state Assembly polls.Describing the preparations for the election results on Monday, the Bengal CEO said: “Counting will happen according to the rules and regulations. We have made the entire circular according to all the guidelines.””We will take a certificate from each of the DO…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) In a relief from the sweltering heat and heatwave-like conditions in parts of West Bengal, the Met office on Saturday forecast Nor’wester storms over Kolkata and several south Bengal districts from Sunday onwards.The weather office said stormy conditions accompanied by rain would begin in select parts of south Bengal from Saturday evening. Alerts have been issued for North 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, East Burdwan, West Burdwan, Bankura, Purulia, Jhargram,…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday hailed voters of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu for registering record turnout in the Assembly elections. “Highest ever percentage of polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu since Independence – ECI salutes each voter of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu,” said CEC Gyanesh Kumar in a message, even as the final turnout figures were being collated by officials in both states.For the first phase of voting in 152 Assembly …
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The high-stakes electoral contest for the West Bengal Assembly, marked by a fierce rivalry between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the main opposition BJP, is also witnessing a sharp war of words as both sides seek to outmanoeuvre each other.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on a whirlwind campaign trail on Thursday, drew a “setting sun” analogy for the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government to highlight its alleged failings on multiple fronts, primarily …
Kolkata/Chennai, April 23 (IANS) The voter turnout in the West Bengal Assembly elections was recorded at 18.76 per cent, and in Tamil Nadu, at 17.69 per cent as of 9 a.m. on Thursday, according to data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Polling began for 152 assembly constituencies scattered over 16 districts of West Bengal from 7 a.m. on Thursday in the first phase of the two-phase crucial Assembly polls. Voter enthusiasm for the elections appeared to be quite high this time, as …
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of politicising deaths after alleging that the party failed to keep its promise of looking after the families of its deceased workers.Addressing an election rally in Balarampur in Purulia district, Banerjee said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had promised the families of deceased BJP workers Trilochan Mahato and Dulal Kumar that one member from each family would be given a job. Even eight yea…
Purulia (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Sunday to address a public rally ahead of the April 23 and April 29 Assembly elections, he was greeted with a crowd of supporters who have been waiting for hours in the blistering heat to catch a glimpse of the Prime Minister.Sharing a video of the crowd’s enthusiasm on social media platform X, PM Modi said, “Scorching Sunday afternoon in Purulia but the enthusiasm is record high!”He noted that the video was f…