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Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Saturday. KOLKATA: Clashes broke out between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Saturday.Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel to intervene and separate…

KOLKATA: A last-minute scramble to “secure” their votes has sent air and train fares to Kolkata from other metros soaring as SIR-spooked voters rush home ahead of Wednesday’s second phase.Between Sunday and Tuesday, one-way flight tickets from Delhi to Kolkata are selling for anything between Rs 13,000 and Rs 20,000, two-three times more than the…

Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee discontinued her public meeting at Bhowanipore’s Chakraberia Road on Saturday evening alleging that microphones set up for a BJP rally 400 metres away were placed directly towards the Trinamool meeting to drown out her voice.Promising to return for a rally at the same spot on Sunday, the CM urged people to…

Murshidabad: Alleging that BJP shared an edited excerpt of a midnight outburst at the Jangipur strong room — regarding CCTV visibility and an alleged blackout of LCD screens — Trinamool’s Sagardighi candidate Bayron Biswas has threatened a case against BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya, who also shared the video.Later in the night, Trinamool filed…

Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to “do a little sacrifice to make the nation better”.Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, “Some Hindu names were deleted in the SIR (special intensive revision) process. How will the country…

Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday responded to CM Mamata Banerjee‘s threat to drag him to court for his “ulta latka denge (will hang upside down)” comments at public rallies, saying that a BJP victory in Bengal will put an end to the “fear of goons” after May 4.After the poll “success”, Shah…

Kolkata: Panihati, a Trinamool Congress stronghold for two decades, which will go to the polls on April 29, has emerged as a centre of contest after BJP decided to field the mother of the RG Kar victim as its candidate, bringing the fight to the PGT doctor’s neighbourhood, 16km from her campus.The constituency has remained…

Kolkata: The city could be voting under a cloud cover next Wednesday and the polling could be followed by a thunderstorm, the Met office said. After a week-long scorching spell during which the maximum temperature repeatedly crossed 36°C, Kolkata could finally be lashed by thunderstorms from Sunday. There could be successive nor’westers that could keep…

Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted. No one was injured. Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least six to eight fire tenders pressed…

Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted in the blaze. No one was injured. . Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least 6 to…