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95 pc of deleted voters are Muslims in West Bengal’s Nandigram SIR
Kolkata: Muslims have accounted for 95.5 per cent of voters deleted from seven Special Intensive Revision (SIR) supplementary lists in West Bengal’s Nandigram. According to the Sabar Institute, a Kolkata-based public policy…
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Names of people belonging to Matua, minority communities deleted: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, April 7, alleged that names of people belonging to the Matua and minority communities were deleted from the post-SIR voter rolls in the…
- India
Once BJP comes to power in Bengal, all infiltrators will be sent back: Shah
Patharkandi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, April 7, asserted that a ‘parivartan’ is inevitable in West Bengal, and said once the BJP comes to power in the state, all infiltrators…
- India
Nearly 91 lakh names deleted from Bengal electoral rolls after SIR exercise
Kolkata: Nearly 91 lakh voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision exercise in the state, according to data released by the Election Commission.…
- India
West Bengal CM ‘encouraging’ infiltration for ‘vote bank politics’: Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “facilitating” illegal infiltration for “vote-bank politics”. Sanjay Kumar, who met Bengali families living…
- Kolkata
Woman burnt alive after she rejects marriage proposal in Kolkata
Kolkata: A 30-year-old Muslim woman was allegedly set on fire and succumbed to her injuries on Monday, April 6, after she refused to marry a man who lured her on the pretext…
- India
SC gives Malda incident probe to NIA, pulls up Bengal chief secretary
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 6, exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to gherao and attack on seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise…
- India
Constitution illustrator Nandalal Bose’s grandson dropped from Bengal voter list
Kolkata: The 88-year-old grandson of Nandalal Bose, the renowned illustrator of the Constitution of India, said that his and his wife’s names are missing from the voter list after the Special Intensive Revision…
- India
Bengal SIR: Tribunal orders Congress candidate reinstated in supplementary roll
Kolkata: Congress candidate Mohtab Sheikh, whose name was earlier put under the adjudication cases column of the final electoral roll on February 28, was a happy man Sunday, April 5, evening after…
- Kolkata
Malda gherao reflects TMC’s maha jungleraj: Modi in Bengal
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made the Malda gherao of judicial officers the fulcrum of the BJP’s campaign on lawlessness in West Bengal, accusing the TMC government of running a…
- India
AIMIM leader held for ‘threatening’ Bengal election officers on SIR duty
West Bengal: Mofakkerul Islam, an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Calcutta High Court advocate, was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Friday, April 3, on charges of mobilising a…
- India
EC approves 4,660 auxiliary polling stations in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission approved the creation of 4,660 auxiliary polling stations in West Bengal, a senior official said on Saturday, April 4. The auxiliary polling stations will be set up alongside…
- India
ECI directs DGP to review ‘lapse’ in police deployment in Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken serious note of the deployment of police personnel for providing security to individuals allegedly linked to the ruling TMC ahead of the West…
- Kolkata
EC decides to keep 500 CAPF companies deployed in Bengal post poll
New Delhi: Amid law and order concerns in poll-going West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deployment of 500 companies of central forces in the state even after the…
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BJP embraces fish in Bengal, highlighting power of TMC’s identity pitch
Kolkata: In West Bengal’s election waters, fish have leapt from the dinner plate to the centre of the political net, with the Trinamool Congress trying to hook Bengali pride, and the BJP…