New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a major political rally on Saturday at the historic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata as the BJP concludes its statewide Parivartan Yatra ahead of the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.The BJP’s West Bengal unit expects a record turnout at the rally, with supporters travelling from across the state to hear the Prime Minister’s address. Preparations at the venue are in full swing, with multiple stages being c…
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Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) A heated exchange broke out between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Siliguri, north Bengal, on Monday night, hours before the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra is scheduled to begin in the region on Tuesday.The argument took place between Siliguri Sub-Divisional Council president and Trinamool leader Arun Ghosh and BJP MLA from the Matigara-Naxalbari Assembly constituency, Anandamay Barman, over preparations near the venue of the BJP programme…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he criticised the Trinamool Congress government over the controversy surrounding the venue change for President Droupadi Murmu’s event, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that no protocol lapse occurred on the part of her administration during the President’s visit to the state.Using her social media handles, CM Banerjee said that the BJP was misusing the highest constitutional office in the country …
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after President Droupadi Murmu expressed displeasure over the state government allotting a smaller venue for the 9th International Santal Conference at Gossaipur in Darjeeling district, where she was the chief guest. Using his X handle, Adhikari said, “The farce unfolding in West Bengal today is a damning verdict on Mamata Banerjee’s crumbling empire; a braze…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Completing the ongoing judicial adjudication of voters’ documents classified under the ‘logical discrepancy’ category under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will take at least another month, if not more, according to estimates from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal.“The total number of ‘logical discrepancy’ cases referred for judicial adjudication was a little over 60 lakh. Till Friday night, the adjudication process h…
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Three people were killed and another injured after a speeding car hit a motorcycle in the Bahadurganj police station area of Bihar’s Kishanganj district, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred when the speeding car hit the motorcycle near Khaikhat on Friday night, killing three people on the spot and injuring another.The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Shadab, Mohammad Nazir, and Shah Alam. A pall of gloom descended on the families of the deceased.One injur…
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) The 200 judicial officers from the two neighbouring states of Jharkhand and Odisha will reach West Bengal by Saturday, and join from March 9, the ongoing exercise of the judicial adjudication of the voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category by the Election Commission of India (ECI). They will be undergoing a two-day training programme on the judicial adjudication procedure on Saturday and Sunday, and thereafter, from Monday, they will join the …
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in West Bengal on Friday afternoon for a two-day packed schedule in the northern sector of the state.This will be her first visit to the state since she assumed the position of the Indian President. Almost the entire North Bengal has been wrapped under the blanket security cover on the occasion of President Murmu’s visit there.As per the tentative schedule as of now, the President is expected to arrive at Bagdogra Airport on the outs…
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Police in West Bengal’s Malda district have arrested three persons after recovering firearms and counterfeit currency during raids conducted ahead of the state Assembly elections, officials said on Wednesday.Police carried out raids at two separate locations in the district and seized firearms, ammunition and fake currency notes.According to police sources, acting on a tip-off from a confidential source, the first raid was conducted in the Chanchal police station area on …
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) 2018 Asian Games Heptathlon gold medal winner Swapna Barman joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday She is also likely to be a Trinamool candidate from any of the assembly constituencies in her native district of Jalpaiguri in the forthcoming Assembly elections.Barman arrived at the Trinamool Bhavan, the state headquarters of Trinamool, on Friday afternoon and was welcomed into the party by state Education Minister Bratya Basu and Minister of State for Finance (Independent…