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'Bill was not about women. They wanted to divide nation': Mamata targets BJP

Kolkata, April 18 -- A day after the central government failed to push a Constitution amendment bill to expand the size of the Lok Sabha and fast-track 33% reservation for women, West Bengal chief min... Read More


Bengal: NIA registers 12 FIRs in Malda judicial officers hostage case

Kolkata, April 9 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered 12 First Information Reports (FIRs) in connection with the mob violence case in West Bengal's Malda district, where seven jud... Read More


Confusion surrounds first supplementary list of SIR in West Bengal

Kolkata, March 25 -- Confusion marked the publication of the first supplementary electoral roll in West Bengal, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) admitting it had no data on the number of de... Read More


Mamata Banerjee criticises ECI over BJP seal in Kerala CEO document

Kolkata, March 24 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday over the reported appearance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seal in a ... Read More


ECI 'arbitrarily' transferred 79 officers in Bengal: Petitioner to Calcutta HC

Kolkata, March 23 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has transferred 79 officials in West Bengal since March 15, senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee told the Calcutta High Court on Monday while rep... Read More


Bengal SIR: 942k more voters may get deleted

Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- An additional 9,42,970 voters are likely to be deleted from the final electoral roll in West Bengal even as the Election Commission is re-examining the documents of another three m... Read More


Bangladeshis in Kolkata feel Awami League supporters may have deciding say

Kolkata, Feb. 12 -- Sitting in the reception area of a guest house at Mukundapur in east Kolkata, 39-year-old Partha Pratim Mukherjee was busy scrolling his mobile phone, looking for the latest develo... Read More


Ex-official of RG Kar hospital surrenders to court in corruption case

Kolkata, Feb. 10 -- Akhtar Ali, the former administrative staff of Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital who leaked evidence of corruption against the institution's former principal, Dr Sandip Ghosh, after the Au... Read More


RG Kar graft case: Whistleblower-turned-accused in jail custody after surrender

Kolkata, Feb. 10 -- Akhtar Ali, the former administrative staff of Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital who leaked evidence of financial corruption against the institution's former principal, Dr Sandip Ghosh, af... Read More


ECI likely to extend the February 14-deadline for SIR in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 22 -- The February 14 deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the poll-bound West Bengal is likely to be extended after the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to the ... Read More