Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday warned the Kolkata Police and South 24 Parganas District Police authorities of strong disciplinary proceedings in case of proven negligence in handling events like voters’ intimidation and use of explosives to scare voters on the polling day in the city, which is going for polls in the second phase on April 29. The warning was given by the ECI official at a coordination meeting with the Kolkata Police and South 24 Parganas…
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Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Polling has begun for 152 assembly constituencies scattered over 16 districts from 7 a.m. on Thursday in the first phase of the two-phase crucial West Bengal assembly polls.The voters’ enthusiasm over the elections seemed to be quite high this time, with the queues of voters being witnessed in front of some polling stations in several assembly constituencies, much before the beginning of the polling process at 7 a.m. officially.This time, the voters are required to go …
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal administration to mandatorily complete the first phase of conducting the route marches and area domination exercises of the available Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel in all districts of the state by March 14. Already, a total of 480 companies of the CAPF have arrived in West Bengal in two separate batches. “The ECI had on Tuesday directed the state government to ensure that the first…
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IANS) Political tensions continue to simmer in West Bengal amid the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, as the final voter list is set to be published on February 28 in line with Supreme Court directives. West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agarwal confirmed on Thursday that the list will be released on schedule, but with special markings to address ongoing cases and deletions. Agarwal explained that the final roll will include two additional features …
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Tuesday, appointed 12 more special electoral roll observers for West Bengal to review the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state. These 12 special electoral roll observers are Harsh Mangla, Nand Kumarum, P Bala Kiran, Prasanna R, Raghav Langer, Ravi Shanakar, Shashank Mishra, V. Kiran Gopal, S. Venkateshpathy, Nishitha Upadhyay, Devesh Daval, and Gaya Prasad.The notifications for each of these 12 additional special …
Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday appointed four more special roll observers for West Bengal to review the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which is currently at the second stage of hearing claims and objections on the draft voters’ list.The four additional special roll observers are all serving Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, with three of them currently serving in the national capital, New Delhi, a…