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EC to deploy 2,407 central force companies for first phase of Bengal polls on Apr 23

Kolkata: The Election Commission will deploy 2,407 companies of central armed police forces for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 23, with the highest number of personnel…
‘Jai Shree Ram’ discount poster: Offer meant for QR code users, clarifies Kolkata doctor

Kolkata: After his poster stating a Rs 500 off on consultation for patients who chant ‘Jai Shree Ram,’ Kolkata-based cardiologist, Dr PK Hazra clarified that the alleged discount is for those who…

I-PAC Director Chandel remanded to 10 Days of ED custody

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sent I-PAC co-founder and director Vinesh Chandel to ten days of ED custody following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a case linked to…
For Murshidabad’s migrant workers, it’s not roti, kapda, makaan – it’s about existence

Murshidabad: For years, elections for Minarul Sheikh were about the familiar litany of roads, jobs, ration and the hope that something might change. This time, standing outside his mud-walled house at Beldanga…
Kolkata cardiologist offers discount for patients who chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’

Kolkata: A city-based cardiologist, who believes that a change in the political regime in West Bengal would help the state recover from its “current dip”, is offering a Rs 500 discount on…
SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
BJP ‘struck Rs 1,000-crore deal’ to unseat TMC: Bengal CM

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged the BJP has “struck a Rs 1,000-crore deal” to unseat the Trinamool Congress from power in the state. She made the claims…

Over 3.6 cr people eligible to cast votes in 1st phase of Bengal polls: EC

Kolkata: More than 3.6 crore electors across 16 districts are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly elections on April 23, according to Election Commission…
Suvendu’s firm grip, ‘skewed’ SIR deletions likely deciders in Nandigram

Kolkata: Shifting loyalties, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strengthened organisational control and allegations of skewed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) voter deletions seem to have added extra layers of intrigue to Nandigram, making the…
Bengal SIR: Flag maker Raju Halder among 90 lakh deleted from voter rolls

Raju Halder, a Howrah resident who works as a second-generation Indian flag maker, said he found his name missing from the electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West…
AIMIM withdraws from alliance with Humayun Kabir after TMC video row

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Friday, April 10, announced that it has withdrawn its alliance with Humayun Kabir’s party and will contest the upcoming West Bengal elections independently, citing concerns…
Bengal polls: Easy to fool Muslims, says Humayun Kabir in video shared by TMC

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday shared a purported video of Humayun Kabir in which the former party leader alleged claims of proximity with the BJP’s leader of opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, and…
Bengal polls: RG Kar victim’s mother files nomination as BJP candidate

Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday. She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former…
Can’t treat us like this, Bengal poll observer tells Gyanesh Kumar; removed

Kolkata: A senior election observer was removed from his post after he allegedly challenged Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a high-level review meeting on Wednesday, April 8, ahead of the West…
EC-Trinamool meet ends on bitter note, CEC tells party leaders to ‘get lost’

New Delhi: The meeting between a Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday, April 8, culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the…