Candidate thrashed, crude bomb hurled, 41 held amid sporadic violence in ph-1 | Kolkata News

Naoda/Malda/Suri: Forty-one people were arrested as episodes of sporadic violence were reported across parts of Bengal in the first phase of polling.Five were held after BJP candidate Subhendu Sarkar alleged he was assaulted by villagers at Kumarganj. Sarkar first alleged BJP agents were denied entry at Banihari booth. Around noon, he reached the spot and…

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EC bike ban: HC asked questions we were asking, say angry bikers | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Thousands of two-wheeler users across the state expressed a collective sense of relief on Thursday following the Calcutta High Court’s intervention against the Election Commission‘s 72-hour motorcycle ban.For the city’s middle-class commuters the court’s scepticism towards the “arbitrary” notification has been hailed as a victory for the common citizen. Across Kolkata’s major intersections, bikers…

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CU urges colleges to hold online classes till election result | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Calcutta University has urged colleges to hold online classes until the election results are declared, as many affiliated colleges have been occupied by central forces or are being used for poll preparations.The notice, signed by Diptendu Chatterjee, acting inspector of colleges, said, “All undergraduate classes in colleges and institutes specially occupied by central forces…

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