Kolkata: Lucky electors, whose appeals for restoration of their voting rights were cleared by the tribunals, felt they had a “much bigger responsibility” now as they could finally be able to vote despite the initial hurdles. In the previous elections, some of them had skipped voting but this time, they said, they would definitely vote…
Kolkata: As the city votes on Wednesday, the Kolkata Police Dog Squad has already deployed its newest members — Ina, Tina, Snoopy and Moon — to secure the city’s high-stakes political landscape. The four labradors, recently designated as “explosive experts”, transitioned directly from rigorous training to the frontline of VIP security and rally ground sanitisation.According…
Kolkata: A ‘Singham’ versus ‘Pushpa’ rivalry played out at Falta, around 40km from Kolkata, on Tuesday.On Monday, IPS officer and DIG Ajay Pal Sharma — an ‘encounter specialist’ popularly known as ‘Singham’ on his home turf in UP, visited the house of Falta’s Trinamool candidate Jahangir Khan and warned his kin “to be cautious”. A…
Kolkata: Over 2.3 lakh CAPF, 38,297 Bengal police personnel, 142 general observers, 95 police observers and 100 expenditure observers, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have thrown an unprecedented security blanket in seven poll-bound districts, including Kolkata, ahead of Wednesday’s election. In the past 72 hours alone, 2,348 ‘trouble mongers’ have been put behind bars…
Kolkata: Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) jawans led by a commandant knocked on the doors of Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim well past Monday midnight to have an interaction with him relating to the second-phase poll scheduled on Wednesday. The unscheduled meet proved to be ‘uncomfortable’ for the first citizen as he kept on finding the…
Kolkata: Central forces moved into residential complexes across the city on the eve of polling, taking charge of booths set up inside community halls — part of a first-time experiment that will see 57 gated complexes hosting polling stations this election.At Silver Spring off Bypass, a four-member contingent of central forces took control of booth…
Kolkata: After liquor, Election Commission has asked eateries that are within 100 metres of polling booth to stay closed. However, the 100-metre rule would vary from constituency to constituency. This has resulted in closure of more than 400 prominent eateries across the city on April 29 and, for some, both on April 28 and 29.According…
Pic courtesy: Raghu Rai Foundation A different India emerged through Raghu Rai’s eyes – one veiled in morning mist, rising from heat and dust, flowing with rivers, dancing toward immersion. So it was with the people he photographed. His camera became an invisible presence in intimate spaces, revealing only what a compassionate gaze allowed. From…
Kolkata: The Union home ministry has extended the tenure of Bengal DGP Siddh Nath Gupta by six months, just two days before the second phase of Assembly elections. Gupta, who was scheduled to retire on April 30, will now continue in office for an additional six months.Gupta is the first DGP in the state in…
Howrah: As BJP prepares to try and dent one of the Trinamool Congress citadels in south Bengal, Howrah is all set to witness a poll battle between a set of hopefuls from the saffron brigade who have consistently increased their vote share here since 2014 and a battle-hardened Trinamool organisation that has delivered each time…
