The elephant dropped him after carrying him 50 meters away
The Congress party on Thursday, April 25, released list of candidates for the upcoming bye-elections in three Legislative Assembly constituency of West Bengal.
Kolkata: A nodal election officer in-charge of electronic voting machines (EVMs) at Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district has gone missing, police said on Friday. “Arnab Roy, in his 30s, has been missing since the afternoon of April 18. He is still untraceable,” said a senior police officer of Nadia[Read More…]
Kolkata: Stones were thrones at CPM Raiganj candidate Mohammad Salim’s car as he was on his way to cast vote in Patagora. Reportedly. Salim’s convoy was attacked by unidentified men in Islampur. Bricks were also hurled at the cavalcade. Salim is the sitting Member of Parliament from Raiganj. This was[Read More…]
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Bihar’s former Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V. Nayak as a special observer for West Bengal, an official said on Wednesday. “Ajay V Nayak, a retired IAS officer of the 1984-batch has been appointed as a special observer for West Bengal[Read More…]
Kolkata: The BJP’s West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh on Friday warned the state administration not to obstruct the scheduled Ram Navmi rallies here and said the ruling Trinamool Congress would face the consequence in the elections if any such attempts were made. “We will celebrate the occasion of Ram[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 20 lakh on the West Bengal government for shadow banning Bangla film “Bhobishyoter Bhoot” based on political satire. It also directed the state government to pay damages to theatre owners who were restrained from screening director Anik Dutta’s[Read More…]
Kolkata: Seven Bangladeshi citizens were arrested for carrying over $7 lakh in cash at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here on Tuesday, allegedly without any supporting document or voucher, officials said. The Bangladeshis were slated to fly off to Dhaka in the same flight from the airport. The[Read More…]
The entire garden not just has a plain grass but it also has small trees and shrubs on it
West Bengal: In a shocking incident, a man identified as Nitya Mandal who worked as a labourer, was found dead at the booth office of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in West Bengal’s Siliguri on early Thursday morning. The incident comes at a time when the political scenario in the state is at[Read More…]
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has booked as many as four trains, totalling 64 general compartments to carry the party supporters from south Bengal districts to Kolkata on Wednesday, 3rd April for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds, according to The Telegraph report. The trains[Read More…]
Kolkata: Two persons were arrested here with 60 grams of heroin worth Rs 50,000, police said on Saturday. The two were arrested on Friday from Aga Mehdi Street. “Firoz alias Lambu Firoz, 54, and Saheed Parvez alias Sahil Shah, 37, were arrested and 60 grams of heroin has been seized[Read More…]
Kolkata: In a snub to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called him a “kid” while responding to his blistering attack on her government. On March 23, at an election rally in Chanchal town in Malda district, Gandhi attacked Banerjee over issues like “atrocities” on[Read More…]
Kolkata: Sayantan Basu, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for West Bengal’s Basirhat Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday, embroiled into a controversy over his comments that people who try to capture booth in national elections should be shot to death. Referring to the instances of alleged Trinamool workers scaring aspirants away[Read More…]
Kolkata: The Congress on Tuesday announced the names of its candidates for the bypolls in two Assembly constituencies in West Bengal scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls in the state. “Bijoy Biswas has been chosen as the party candidate for Nadia’s Krishnagunj seat and Sk. Alam[Read More…]
Kolkata: Over 400 successful candidates in West Bengal’s School Service Commission (SSC) examination, sitting on a hunger strike over the last 26 days in the heart of the city to demand immediate filling of vacancies in the state schools, on Monday said they would continue their agitation until their demands[Read More…]
Kolkata: Alleging that 34 debt-stressed farmers and agricultural laborers have committed suicide in West Bengal in the recent past, state Congress president Somen Mitra on Sunday ridiculed the Trinamool Congress government’s claims that peasants’ income has tripled since it came to power in 2011. Joining issue with senior Trinamool leader[Read More…]
Kolkata: Describing the allegations that his wife Rujira Narula was caught at the Kolkata airport for carrying gold in her check-in baggage as “baseless”, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said on Sunday that the complaint filed by the Customs authorities alleging interference and obstruction by the local police was drafted[Read More…]
Rajkamal was reportedly seeking ticket from Hooghly constituency
Kolkata: A 22-year-old city based cricketer fell ill during a friendly match and died here on Wednesday, hospital sources said. Sonu Yadav, a second-division cricketer of Ballygunge Sporting Club, was declared brought dead by SSKM hospital authorities after he felt discomfort while batting and collapsed. He is survived by his[Read More…]
The CPI(M)-led Left Front announced 38 candidates for Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal on Tuesday, adding that they are waiting for the Congress party’s response on probable alliance in state, before it announces candidates in the rest of the Lok Sabha seats. “We announced a list of 38 candidates.[Read More…]
Kolkata: The streets, lanes and alleys of various pockets in West Bengal, including the eastern metropolis, are now filled with the sounds of heavy boots of the central paramilitary forces, as the troopers hold route marches, go door to door warning possible miscreants and asking people whether they are facing[Read More…]
Kolkata: New BJP joined Arjun Singh on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of fomenting violence and terrorising his supporters, and claimed that despite his new avatar, workers of West Bengal’s ruling party will vote for him from Barrackpore constituency. “Since Saturday morning there has been a disturbance in my Assembly[Read More…]
Kolkata: Bhartiya Janata Party’ West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday said that the party does not have enough candidates who can secure win for BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the state. “We have party leaders and workers who are working very hard. We had given them[Read More…]
Kolkata: BJP’s MP from Asansol Babul Supriyo on Friday said that his party would not mind if he goes for a cup of coffee with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from his constituency, actor Moon Moon Sen. “The thing I appreciate is that Moon Moon Sen is a very educated[Read More…]