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Repoll on pre-SIR roll in Bengal? Oppn plea raises legal question

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Amid Opposition demands, including Mamata Banerjee's, for fresh Bengal polls using the pre-SIR roll, a legal question has emerged over whether it can be used while SIR deletion ap... Read More


Abhishek flags 30L voter deletion; Mahua files plaint against CEC

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Mamata All India Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee alleged that an April WhatsApp group message points to a conspiracy to delete 30 lakh names from e... Read More


West Bengal's illegal migrant procedure faces a legal gap

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- West Bengal's handling of suspected illegal foreign nationals faces an apparent legal gap, with the new immigration regime providing for detection, restriction and deportation whi... Read More


Amitabh Chakraborty reappointed BJP Bengal Gen Secy

Kolkata, Sept. 24 -- Amitabh Chakraborty has been reappointed as the state general secretary (organisation) of BJP in West Bengal. Political observers said the central leadership reposed faith in Cha... Read More


Afghan national's illegal stay: Two held over fake documents

Darjeeling, Sept. 24 -- Investigation into the illegal stay of a 28-year-old Afghan national in Kalimpong led to the arrest of two persons, including a clerk of Mal Municipality and an alleged tout, f... Read More


Mahakal Temple project replaced by Mahakal Yoga Centre in Matigara

Siliguri, Sept. 24 -- The proposed Mahakal Temple project at Matigara in Siliguri, for which former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had laid the foundation stone, has been scrapped by the c... Read More


Civic volunteer held for leaking court information

Cooch Behar, Sept. 24 -- A civic volunteer posted at the Cooch Behar GR Court was arrested by Kotwali police on Wednesday evening for allegedly leaking sensitive information from the court, police sou... Read More


Dinhata MLA visits mob- lynching victim's family

Cooch Behar, Sept. 24 -- Dinhata Assembly constituency MLA Ajay Roy on Thursday visited the family of Mir Alam Kabir, a young man from Okrabari who died after allegedly being subjected to a mob attack... Read More


Prime accused held in Itahar gold loan office theft

Raiganj, Sept. 24 -- Police arrested the alleged prime accused in connection with the theft of cash and gold ornaments worth more than Rs. 1 crore from a private gold loan finance company at Itahar in... Read More


Congress GP member accused of collecting Rs 5,000 for PM Awas

Malda, Sept. 24 -- A Congress Panchayat member has been accused of distributing fake forms and allegedly collecting Rs 5,000 from villagers by promising them houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojan... Read More