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…
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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 26 (IANS) Passport offices in Kolkata received bomb threat on Thursday, after a similar scare at several courts across West Bengal for last two days.On Thursday, a bomb threat was sent to the passport offices of Brabourne Road and Anandpur area through emails. It was claimed that a bomb was kept in the office. After that, both offices were evacuated with employees rushing out in panic.Soon Police and bomb squad members were informed. They went to the spot immediately after receiving…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The current deadline of February 21 for completing the ongoing scrutiny of the identity documents submitted during the hearing sessions on the draft voters list in West Bengal may be extended by two to three days, apprehends the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).Insiders from the CEO’s office stated that there are two main reasons for the possibility of extending the deadline for completing the scrutiny process.The main reason is the large volume of “fake” …
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) With the hearing session on the claims and objections to the draft voters’ list in West Bengal concluded and the scrutiny of the supporting identify documents scheduled to continue till February 21, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified five districts in the state where the instances of uploading of “unlisted” documents had been abnormally high so far.The five districts are Cooch Behar, Malda, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas, and South 24 Parganas. All five …
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued a notice for interrogation to Monoranjan Hazra, the officer-incharge under Budbud Police Station, which comes under the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC), in connection with the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal.Earlier this month, the ED officials also conducted a raid and search operation at Hazra’s residence in connection with the coal smuggling case, and during those operations, the Investigat…
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Cold conditions in West Bengal will continue in the next few days, the Meteorological office said on Wednesday.The cold spell will continue for the next few days, with the minimum temperature likely to drop further.Tuesday was the coldest day in the last 13 years when the city’s temperature dropped to 10.2 degrees Celsius.The same weather continued on Wednesday, when the minimum temperature in Kolkata was 10.3 degrees Celsius, 3.6 degrees below normal.The Regional Meteorolo…
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to set up 160 special decentralised hearing centres in certain districts of West Bengal for marginalised communities residing in remote pockets. The 12 districts where such 160 centres would be set up include Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Jhargram, Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, Nadia, West Burdwan, Howrah, and North 24 Parganas, insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal….
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The impact of a western disturbance has led to a rise in temperatures across Kolkata and several south Bengal districts, offering brief relief after days of bone-chilling cold when the mercury had dipped to around 11 degrees Celsius.On Saturday morning, the minimum temperature in Kolkata was recorded at 14.2 degrees Celsius, close to normal for this time of the year. On Friday, the city had logged a minimum of 13.1 degrees Celsius, while December 31 marked the coldest day o…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has now decided to apply its own independent mechanism for identifying housing complexes with multiple towers for setting up polling booths for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.The ECI has decided the matter amid the failure of the District Magistrates (DMs), also the District Electoral Officers (DEOs), to identify housing complexes with 300 voters or above for setting up the polling booth, sources in the office of the C…