Kolkata: “Election is the festival of democracy and not autocracy,” said CM Mamata Banerjee at a community meet at Ladies’ Park in Bhowanipore where representatives from different communities had gathered on Sunday evening. Speaking before a packed audience, Banerjee urged those present to remain united and carry her message back to members of their respective…
Kolkata: The EC has reported a fresh rise in the number of voters in Bengal, with nearly 5 lakh names being added to the electoral roll in the past month, taking the total count to 6.8 crore. Bengal, which had over 7.6 crore voters during the pre-SIR period, thus witnessed a 10.9% drop (83.8 lakh)…
Kolkata: Murshidabad resident Sagar Shaikh ekes out a living by plying a horse-drawn carriage for tourists at Hazarduari and wins bread for his wife and two kids. Four days ahead of the assembly poll in his town, he travelled about 150 km by train and coughed up around Rs 1,200 for his trip to the…
Kolkata: Amid the Poila Baisakh Bird Count, that’s on across the state, Bengal has given India its first record of black-tailed gull, a bird native to the shorelines of East Asia. This is also the 933rd bird species from the state.Birder Shantanu Ghosh clicked the bird in South 24 Parganas Kargil beach on Saturday, according…
Kolkata: Friday’s 15-hour-long I-T raid on Debashis Kumar’s house gave the seasoned politician a shot in the arm as the party activists touring neighbourhoods across Rashbehari constituency (after the release of the leader) felt the Trinamool Congress would gain public sympathy because of the long hours of grilling of the candidate with a ‘political motive’….
Kolkata: Two men, Mohammad Tasir and Sai Ansari, have been arrested on Friday afternoon for their alleged involvement in the death of their friend, Mohammad Sahab (24), in Anandapur. Sahab, a resident of Martinpara, allegedly died after falling into an elevator shaft of an under-construction building on Wednesday night.Initial probe suggested an accident, however, the…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dared BJP to raid her home after Income Tax raids at the homes of her chief proposer in Bhowanipore, Miraj Shah, and Rashbehari Trinamool candidate Debasish Kumar. The CM alleged that the EC had deployed officers with BJP links to selectively raid and arrest Trinamool activists.Speaking at a rally…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma over “inciteful and divisive” remarks made during an election rally in Cooch Behar. Trinamool also accused Sarma of making communally-charged statements and leveling “defamatory and unverified” allegations against CM Mamata Banerjee.Sarma, in response, said that such a move…
Purulia: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, campaigning for Trinamool in Purulia on Saturday, delivered a sharp attack on the Election Commission, alleging it was acting as BJP‘s instrument in Bengal.“Everywhere else, elections are happening in a single phase. In Bengal, they are in two phases. Do you know why? BJP is not contesting these elections —…
Kolkata: A homemaker lodged a complaint with Titagarh police station on Saturday against BJP’s Barrackpore candidate Koustav Bagchi, alleging that he threatened her during a door-to-door campaign visit to her residence. Police said an inquiry is underway and CCTV footage is being examined.The complainant, Srabanti Sen of ward no. 24 in Barrackpore municipality, alleged that…
