Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the people of West Bengal, “tormented by TMC’s misgovernance”, are yearning for change, as he announced his decision to join the ‘Poriborton Yatra’ being held by the state unit of the BJP.In a post on X, HM Shah said that to amplify the public resolve for change, the BJP’s West Bengal unit has launched the ‘Poriborton Yatra’, and that he would join party workers at its inauguration from South 24 Parganas dist…
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Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given details of the advance deployment of the 480 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in two phases in West Bengal before the announcement of the polling dates for the Assembly election.Of these 480 companies, 240 companies have already been deployed on March 1, and the remaining 240 companies will be deployed on March 10.The maximum deployment will be in the North 24 Parganas district at 58, followed by 35 in Mur…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) An application had been filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, to get details of the performance of former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress secretary general as the party legislator from Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district during the last five years.Chatterjee had been a four-time legislator from that constituency since 2006. The last time he was elected from that constituency was in 2021. But almost …
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) The final voters’ list in West Bengal is all set to be published today, with voters’ names classified under three broad categories: “Approved”, “under adjudication”, and “deleted”.The “approved” category will include the names of individuals who have been classified as genuine voters.The “under adjudication” category will have the names of those voters identified under the “logical discrepancy” category, whose supporting identity documents are pen…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) North 24 Parganas district has recorded the highest number of “under adjudication” cases in West Bengal ahead of the publication of the final voters’ list by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday.As already clarified by the Commission, the final voters’ list will classify electors into three categories — “approved”, “under adjudication”, and “deleted”. The “under adjudication” category comprises voters identified under the “logical d…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Kolkata and its adjacent districts were jolted by two consecutive earthquake tremors on Friday afternoon, sending people rushing out of homes and offices in a panic.Tremors were felt throughout the city and its adjacent districts at 1.22 p.m.Several high-rise buildings in the city shook for several seconds.The epicentre of the earthquake was Khulna in Bangladesh. The magnitude of the tremor was 5.5 on the Richter scale. Many people left their homes and offices in fear and …
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah’s scheduled participation in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme amid the preparations for the Assembly elections has been postponed by a day.Initially, the Union Home Minister was supposed to flag off the party’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ programme from Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district on March 1. However, that programme has been postponed by a day and rescheduled for March 2.“On March 1, the Union…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the details of the 240 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel that will be deployed in the first phase on March 1, amid the preparations for the Assembly polls in West Bengal.Incidentally, this is the first time that the ECI has decided to deploy CAPF in the state so early, and that too before the announcement of the polling dates and enforcement of the model code of conduct.While 240 companies…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) As the process of judicial adjudication of voters’ documents identified under the “logical discrepancy” category in poll-bound West Bengal got underway, the judicial officers appointed in four districts located near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special security after experiencing security breaches.The process of judicial adjudication started on Monday as directed by the Supreme Court last week.These four districts are Malda, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas,…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore on Monday forecast scattered rain across south Bengal, including Kolkata, over the coming week.According to MET officials, at least nine districts in South Bengal are expected to get light to moderate rain. However, there is no forecast of heavy rain anywhere at present in the state.Kolkata may experience scattered light to moderate rain on Tuesday. There may be thunderstorms, as well as occasional gusty winds, in the city. The…