Kolkata: A 12-line poem that poet Srijato penned in 2017 has returned to haunt him days ahead of the Bengal elections as an arrest warrant was issued against him on Wednesday. “This is no country for poets. The harassment I have been facing for writing a verse is showing which way the nation is heading,”…
Kolkata: As the state heads into Assembly election on April 23 and April 29, religious figures and members of civil society in Kolkata have made an appeal to voters across faiths, communities and linguistic identities to vote and resist attempts to divide.The calls for unity and participation have come at a time when the political…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday blamed Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for turning Kolkata into a “city of slums”, alleging that her govt is allowing such settlements to shelter infiltrators and bolster its vote bank.Addressing a rally in Dumdum, Shah said, “Kolkata is becoming a city of slums now. Didi does not feel…
Malda/Kolkata: The brother of Chanchal BJP candidate Ratan Das was detained on Tuesday after police recovered Rs 2.8 lakh in cash — well over the permissible limit — during a check. Biplab Das was stopped near Barai village on the Chanchal border in Malda district, where police found the cash in his two-wheeler. Police also…
Bengal’s first phase of assembly polls sees 3.6 crore voters casting ballots amidst controversy over 27 lakh voter deletions due to ‘logical discrepancies’. Key battles include Suvendu Adhikari, Dilip Ghosh, and Adhir Chowdhury facing tough contests. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has significantly impacted voter strength, particularly in Murshidabad and Malda, sparking protests and…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sharpened her campaign rhetoric with a pointed inversion of her 2011 slogan, telling rallies in Amdanga and Haripal: “In 2011, I said ‘bodla noy, bodol chai’ — change, not revenge. This time I say ‘bodol noy, bodla chai’ — revenge, not change. Revenge at the ballot box, revenge for…
Jalpaiguri: As tea garden workers of north Bengal head to their polling booths on Thursday, many will carry heart-loads of unpaid dues, broken promises and a deepening uncertainty.“I don’t believe any party any more,” said Joybirpara Tea Estate’s Rakhi Barai. “They come before elections and make all sorts of promises. For generations, we have believed…
Several people injured as unidentified people hurled crude bomb in Nowda, Murshidabad district MURSHIDABAD: Tension gripped Nowda in Murshidabad district during polling in the West Bengal assembly election after unidentified persons allegedly hurled a crude bomb, leaving several people injured, as reported by news agency PTI. According to initial reports, the explosion occurred amid voting…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Wednesday sharpened its attack on Union home minister Amit Shah for addressing CM Mamata Banerjee as “Ei Didi” at a rally in Salboni the previous day. BJP dismissed the controversy as a “deliberate attempt to mislead people”.Speaking at a rally in Deganga, North 24 Parganas, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said:…
Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday night held a strategy meet with key functionaries and fine-tuned the election blueprint to ensure a high turnout for the first polling day on Thursday. Shah tasked functionaries with ensuring that each polling station is manned until voting concludes.In a series of meetings that continued till 3am…
