Kolkata: Voters living in high-rises and gated communities quietly reshaped the electoral map of Bengal, emerging as a decisive factor in the BJP’s surge in Kolkata.In Bhowanipore, long considered a Trinamool bastion, residents of high-rise on Park Street, Theatre Road, Lord Sinha Road, Allenby Road and neighbourhoods in Chakraberia turned out in notable numbers at…
Kolkata: A retired HC judge in the SIR tribunal reportedly got death threats, demanding the inclusion of certain names in the final voter roll. His daughter lodged a complaint on May 2, saying a letter was delivered to their Picnic Garden home on Saturday, threatening them with dire consequences if all “under-review” Muslim names were…
Kolkata: Hundreds of hawker stalls on roads and pavements around New Market, including Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Hogg Street, Chowringhee Place, Lindsay Street and Grand Arcade, were shut for the second successive day as hawkers tried to gauge the situation following the change of guard in the state.A 12-foot-high cut-out of PM Narendra Modi, clad…
Kolkata: A wave of saffron swept across Kolkata’s transit hubs on Tuesday as auto-rickshaw operators, sensing a seismic shift in the political landscape, beat a hasty retreat from recent fare hikes and swapped Trinamool Congress banners for BJP flags.The day after the assembly poll results decisively propelled the BJP to power, the city’s auto-rickshaw stands…
Kolkata: Metro and railway officials are making a list of projects that can either be fast-tracked or started after years of waiting, now that there will be the same govt at the Centre and state.The lack of cooperation from the outgoing govt has been considered the main hurdle to faster metro expansion in the city,…
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee, known across West Bengal simply as Didi, built her politics on grit long before power ever came within reach. Born on January 5, 1955, she had no political lineage to fall back on. At 9, she lost her father. Her journey began in the ranks of the Indian National Congress, where she…
An upcoming music-led showcase on May 17 will bring together a roster of independent artists to mark the launch of “The Man On The Moon,” a new track rooted in genre-fluid sound and visual storytelling. The lineup features performances by Coup Jean, Bidishah, and Joesjoint, alongside Soumyajit, offering a mix of original R&B and pop…
KOLKATA: Kalita Majhi, a 37-year-old domestic help turned politician, has scripted an extraordinary electoral journey by winning the Ausgram Assembly seat in West Bengal on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. She secured 1,07,692 votes, defeating her nearest rival from the Trinamool Congress, Shyama Prasanna Lohar, by a margin of 12,535 votes.Majhi, who once worked…
New West Bengal CM to take oath on May 9, says state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya KOLKATA: The oath-taking ceremony of the new chief minister of West Bengal will take place on May 9, BJP State president Samik Bhattacharya told news agency ANI.After terming the Bengal poll results a “historic victory”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Kolkata: Claiming that she had been defeated by force, Mamata Banerjee alleged that the election process was manipulated and votes were looted by the BJP. She said she had also been assaulted, but asserted that they would return again. She made the remarks on Monday evening after spending nearly five hours inside the Sakhawat Memorial…
