A game of chess, a vote with the family: Netas’ poll-day playbook | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP heavyweight candidates spent their day crisscrossing their assembly segments, addressing complaints, and some even protesting as they refused to cede ground to their opponents.Mayor Firhad Hakim performed a delicate balancing act between his own Kolkata Port constituency and ensuring a lead for CM Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore. Meeting the CM at…

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In her first poll battle, R G Kar victim’s mom caught in ‘influencing-voters’ row | Kolkata News

Panihati: For the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim’s mother, her first poll day as a candidate was marked by tension, confrontations and complaints from multiple quarters.Controversies trailed the poll debutante all day, from allegations for trying to influence people standing in line at multiple booths to cast their votes, stepping into scuffles between BJP and Trinamool…

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No unnecessary drama near booth: TMC deputes cool heads | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Banking on discipline over confrontation, Trinamool has put in place a tightly managed booth strategy ahead of Wednesday’s polling, relying on seasoned hands as polling agents while directing party workers to maximise turnout without triggering flashpoints.Through a series of virtual meetings held across Tuesday — from late morning till evening — the party leadership…

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Cab driver held for abducting woman | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman, the wife of a senior advocate, was allegedly abducted and criminally intimidated by an app cabby on Sunday. The woman was reportedly driven off and her husband left behind at a central Kolkata bus stand, leading to a frantic rescue operation involving Kolkata Police. The driver has been arrested.The resident of…

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BJP focus on manning every election booth | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Barely 12 hours before the polls, BJP’s war room, often described as a “high-tech nerve centre” of the party’s election machinery, looked noisier than ever, with the core unit and a group of strategists busy analysing field reports, pinpointing critical constituencies and making calls to nearly 40,000 booth agents. On Wednesday morning, Bengal will…

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