Kolkata: The city’s weather is expected to be less harsh on Wednesday when the city goes to the polls. The daytime mercury is likely to stay significantly below the normal mark. The weather office has issued a rain alert for the city, which could be accompanied by gusty wind.With traces of rain in some parts…
Kolkata: Two ministers in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet are fighting contrasting political battles in two adjoining constituencies—Dum Dum and Dum Dum North—on the northern fringes of the city. In Dum Dum, three-time MLA and education minister Bratya Basu is seeking a fourth term, aiming to cement his hold over a seat he has represented since…
Kolkata: In a major pre-election crackdown to maintain law and order, the state police has arrested 1,543 alleged troublemakers over the past 36 hours. The intensified combing operations and naka checks, carried out from Sunday afternoon till Monday morning, led to the arrest of 1,095 individuals, official sources said.District-wise data shows that East Burdwan recorded…
Kolkata: No MLA has been able to win the Jadavpur seat in two consecutive rows since 2011. Getting a second term in the 2026 Assembly election will be the test for Trinamool’s Debabrata Majumdar, who won the seat in 2021.While Trinamool chose Majumdar, also a KMC MMiC, as its MLA candidate, CPM has placed its…
Kolkata: The SIR slash notwithstanding, woman voters have outnumbered men in 23 out of the 142 Assembly segments going to polls on Wednesday. Topping the list is Jadavpur, which now has 11,759 more women voters than men. Panihati, where the BJP has fielded the RG Kar victim’s mother as its candidate — also has more…
Kolkata: In a move to ensure neutral administrative conduct during the second phase of the Bengal assembly elections, Lalbazar has suspended a veteran Kolkata Police constable for political expression and sharing content on social media that can disturb communal harmony.Constable Ramkrishna Kayal, a member of the 1st Battalion of Kolkata Armed Police with 23 years…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday ordered a probe after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing bike-borne men intimidating locals in the Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency ahead of the second phase polling in Bengal, a senior official said.Immediately after the matter came to light, EC lodged a formal complaint at Diamond Harbour police…
Kolkata: Upscale Ballygunge in south Kolkata, a Trinamool bastion for over 25 years, is a curious mix of cultures and people from various economic strata. Here, high-rises and affluent neighbourhoods sit alongside expansive slums. SIR deletions have somewhat wiped out the vast differences between the electorate, with all sections being affected.A staggering 71,000 names were…
KOLKATA: A CISF jawan was injured in a firing incident outside BJP candidate Pawan Singh’s residence in Bhatpara, located in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, prompting the Election Commission to seek a report, officials said on Monday.The incident took place late Sunday night, ahead of the second phase of polling scheduled for April 29.The…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Referring to the power outage while votes were being counted in Nandigram during the 2021 assembly polls, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday put her workers on alert, asking why complaints of power-cuts were pouring in from EVM strongrooms after the first phase of the assembly elections.“Look at EC! It…
