Kolkata: “Even if my name is restored in the electoral roll later, shall I remain alive to cast my vote next time?” asked septuagenarian cancer survivor Rita Bhattacharjee, a resident of Genexx Valley in Joka, whose name was struck off during SIR. Over 100 residents of the Joka complex could not cast their votes. “I…
Kolkata: Falta in South 24 Parganas woke up on the polling day under the shadow of a face-off that never came. One man moved relentlessly across the constituency while the other stayed stationed in a single room, monitoring every activity from a distance.What came instead were EVM complaints. In one instance, a tape was found…
Kolkata: Trinamool and BJP heavyweight candidates spent their day crisscrossing their assembly segments, addressing complaints, and some even protesting as they refused to cede ground to their opponents.Mayor Firhad Hakim performed a delicate balancing act between his own Kolkata Port constituency and ensuring a lead for CM Mamata Banerjee in Bhowanipore. Meeting the CM at…
Panihati: For the RG Kar rape-and-murder victim’s mother, her first poll day as a candidate was marked by tension, confrontations and complaints from multiple quarters.Controversies trailed the poll debutante all day, from allegations for trying to influence people standing in line at multiple booths to cast their votes, stepping into scuffles between BJP and Trinamool…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s SIR tribunals have cleared 1,468 citizens to vote in the second phase of the assembly elections, taking the total number of cleared voters to 1,607 across the two polling phases in the state (139 people had their voting right restored in the first phase).The number of deletions by the tribunals in the second…
Kolkata: Banking on discipline over confrontation, Trinamool has put in place a tightly managed booth strategy ahead of Wednesday’s polling, relying on seasoned hands as polling agents while directing party workers to maximise turnout without triggering flashpoints.Through a series of virtual meetings held across Tuesday — from late morning till evening — the party leadership…
Kolkata: A 35-year-old woman, the wife of a senior advocate, was allegedly abducted and criminally intimidated by an app cabby on Sunday. The woman was reportedly driven off and her husband left behind at a central Kolkata bus stand, leading to a frantic rescue operation involving Kolkata Police. The driver has been arrested.The resident of…
Kolkata: The Hastings Police started a criminal case involving charges of defamation, criminal intimidation and wrongful restraint after a road-rage incident on Vidyasagar Setu on April 24. The case was registered on Sunday.According to the complainant, an advocate, a cab driver endangered his life and launched a malicious social media campaign to tarnish his professional…
Kolkata: The city is likely to get intensified thunderstorm activities on Wednesday, the day of the polls. The IMD has issued an orange alert for Kolkata, where the showers are expected to be accompanied by lightning and gusty wind. The enhanced thunderstorm activity alert also extends to Howrah, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly. All these…
