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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…
- India
West Bengal: EC clears 52 lakh cases in eighth supplementary list
Kolkata: The EC published the eighth supplementary list and said it has disposed of around 52 lakh cases under adjudication in West Bengal, expressing hope that the process would be completed within…
- India
ECI asks NIA to probe attack on judicial officers in Bengal
New Delhi: Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the…
- Kolkata
Bengal: Anti-SIR protests rise, Mamata says BJP plotting unrest
Kolkata: Just three weeks ahead of the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly election, protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls spread across several districts of the state on…
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ED searches I-PAC-linked premises in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Delhi
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, April 2, conducted fresh searches at some premises linked to the executives of political consultancy firm I-PAC and some others in multiple cities, officials…
- India
Calculated attempt: SC raps Bengal after judicial officers held hostage for SIR
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, April 2, took suo motu cognisance of the gheraoing of seven judicial officers, including three women, by a mob in West Bengal’s Malda district during the…
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Mamata blames EC for ‘failing to protect’ judicial officers
Sagardighi: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, April 2, blamed the Election Commission for “failing to protect” judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise in West Bengal’s Malda district. Seven judicial officers…
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Bengal’s existence at stake due to infiltration: Shah
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, April 2, alleged that infiltration has increased to such an extent that Bengal’s existence is at stake. Addressing an election rally here, he also…
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Bengal: 2 held for hoisting saffron flag atop madrasa gate, raising slogans
West Bengal: Two people were arrested in West Bengal’s Siliguri district on March 30 after they allegedly climbed atop a madrassa and hoisted a saffron flag during a Ramnavami procession the previous…
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Be cautious while filing nominations: Mamata to TMC nominees
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, April 1, alleged that newly appointed officials by the Election Commission were entrusted to reject nominations of her party candidates and urged them to…
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Bengal SIR: 47 lakh objections disposed of till Mar 31, HC CJ informs SC
New Delhi: The chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, April 1, informed the Supreme Court that around 47 lakh out of the 60 lakh objections in the ongoing Special…
- India
EC suspends BDO after violence at Bengal poll training venue
Kolkata: The Election Commission ordered the suspension of a block development officer (BDO) in West Bengal’s Nadia district and directed the initiation of departmental proceedings against him, following violence at a poll…
- India
BJP trying to add illegal voters from outside in Bengal electoral rolls: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, March 31, alleged that the BJP was trying to include illegal voters from Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the electoral rolls…
