Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) The district magistrates, who are also district electoral officers, police superintendents, and district forces coordinators of the districts concerned, on Monday separately urged the people of poll-bound West Bengal to reach polling booths without fear and cast their votes in large numbers. The three key electoral officials from all districts and the two electoral districts of Kolkata (Dakshin and Uttar) simultaneously addressed the media. The common message conve…
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Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (also known as KTR) on Sunday accused the Congress government in Telangana of institutionalising corruption through what he termed a “loot-and-hide scheme” across the state. Addressing party leaders and workers at the BRS office in Mancherial district after felicitating elected representatives of Kyathanpalli municipality, he alleged that Congress leadership –from Ministers to MLAs — were indulging in wides…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) BJP candidate from West Bengal’s Kharagpur Assembly, Dilip Ghosh, on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the election machinery in the state, alleging police inaction and widespread malpractice during the ongoing Assembly poll campaign.He claimed, “Police is still not helping the commission in the elections. There are many police officers in Kharagpur who are still scaring our voters to vote for TMC.” Ghosh further alleged that voter sentiment was being influenced …
Patna, April 10 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) Chief Nitish Kumar will take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Both Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary arrived in the national capital on Thursday and are likely to attend the oath-taking event.Following his election to the Rajya Sabha, Kumar resigned from the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC) on March 30.On Thursday, Nitish Kumar arrived in New Delhi and later confirmed that he would …
Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said while farmers across the state are suffering heavy losses due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the Chief Minister continued to hold political rallies under waterproof tents.Speaking to the media, Jakhar said the state government has failed to address the plight of farmers and should immediately conduct girdawari (crop damage assessment) and provide compensation.He said over Rs 13,000 crore received from the Centre und…
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the suspension of four officers of Kolkata Police, including a deputy commissioner ranking officer, in relation to the tension near the convoy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari on April 1. The convoy was approaching the Alipore Survey Building in South Kolkata, where Adhikari was supposed to file his nomination for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency.The four polic…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, on Friday, participated in the self-enumeration process for Census 2027 at his residence, an official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said. Census of India, 2027, in a message on social media, confirmed the development and encouraged citizens to undertake self-enumeration.The Census 2027 under Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, said, “The Chief Justice of India has successfully completed self-enumerati…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting, West Bengal Director General of Police Siddh Nath Gupta and the Malda district police superintendent, Anupam Singh faced the ire of the CEC for delayed response by the state police in …
Bankura (West Bengal), April 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal, alleging that Bangladeshi infiltrators were being encouraged while Hindus faced humiliation under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rule.Addressing media persons on the sidelines of a programme organised for the filing of nomination papers by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Ya…
Amaravati, April 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Thursday called upon people to organise celebrations in all villages in Amaravati region to celebrate the passing of a Bill in Parliament to give statutory status to Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh.During a tele-conference with NDA leaders, he said festive events should be organized in every village on Thursday evening after the Bill is passed in Rajya Sabha.“This is a time for every…