Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission acted like a “tool of the BJP” during the West Bengal elections, claiming that democratic institutions and government machinery were misused to influence the electoral process in the state.Speaking to IANS, on assumptions if Congress and the Trinamool had contested the elections together in West Bengal, Tewari said that the outcome of the elections required “assessment and analysis,” while accusin…
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Kolkata, May 7 (IANS) A Trinamool councillor has been arrested on charges of punching and breaking a police officer’s nose, police said on Thursday. Three people, including the councillor, have been arrested in connection with this incident. The police sent the arrested persons to the Serampore court, where they sought their custody.However, Trinamool councillor Rajesh Shah alias Kukua has alleged a political vendetta against him.The injured policeman is undergoing treatment in a local hospital….
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with firing at the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Noapara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. On Saturday night, two rounds of shots were fired at the house of BJP leader Kundan Singh in Noapara. The BJP alleged that Trinamool-affiliated miscreants were involved in the incident. A CCTV footage of the incident has also been circulated. Following the incident, the police arrested two people.Accordin…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called upon voters to participate in large numbers as polling for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 got underway.Posting on X, the Prime Minister said, “Today is Phase-2 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026. Urging all those voting today to do so in record numbers and make our democracy more vibrant as well as participative. It is important that the women and youth of West Bengal, in particular…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan has been accused of molesting a minor girl after offering her mangoes. The police have arrested the jawan in connection with the incident. The arrested jawan has been identified as Ramakant Vishwakarma, said the police on Monday.The incident took place in Kulti of West Burdwan district. The jawan was arrested by the police of Sanktoria outpost of Kulti police station late on Sunday night. It was learnt that the jawan has a…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MPs, Pramod Tiwari and Akhilesh Prasad, on Saturday claimed that the Congress will play a decisive role in forming the government in West Bengal after Assembly polls. The Congress is contesting the election in West Bengal on its own and without any alliance after 20 years.In this context, the leadership is targeting both the Trinamool and the BJP. According to Pramod Tiwari and Akhilesh Prasad Singh, the Congress is emerging as the third force here. …
Baruipur (West Bengal), April 24 (IANS) Women in large numbers, among other locals, waited to catch a glimpse of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public rally in Jadavpur, ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal. One of them carried a book that she wrote on the Prime Minister while a young girl wished to gift PM Modi a self-made sketch.Mahua Upadhyay, who wrote a book on PM Modi, told IANS, “This is a book written on him. The amendments that he (PM Modi) made, the good th…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) An explosion damaged the roof of the house of a Congress worker in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Tuesday morning, days ahead of the first phase of the Assembly elections. No injuries were reported in the incident, police officials said.The explosion took place at the house of Saimul Sheikh, a resident of Maniknagar village in the Nayansukh gram panchayat area of Farakka block, and also a Congress booth president. The intensity was so great that the roof c…
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) After receiving complaints of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct by a Trinamool candidate by organising religious events, Election Commission officials went to Bali in Howrah district to probe the matter, said Commission officials on Monday.The BJP alleged that Trinamool candidate Kailash Mishra from Bali organised a ‘naam-sankirtan’ to influence voters. The candidate’s name is in the ‘sankirtan’ event.After receiving the complaint, election officials went to…
Suri (West Bengal), April 9 (IANS) A wave of enthusiasm swept through Suri in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Thursday as large numbers of BJP supporters gathered hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting, eagerly awaiting his address.The rally in Birbhum will mark the Prime Minister’s third public engagement of the day in the state, after earlier events in Haldia and Asansol. Despite the time remaining before his arrival in Suri the area was already packed with suppor…