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Post roll revision, 99 Assembly seats record 'zero new voters'

Kolkata, March 1 -- The final electoral roll published by the Election Commission of India after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on Saturday has thrown up a striking statistic - 99 of Bengal's 29... Read More


TMC questions Centre over 'Mahila Suraksha' in BJP-ruled states

Kolkata, March 1 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has raised concerns over women's safety, citing official data on missing women in BJP-ruled states and questioning the Centre's "Mahila Suraksha" narra... Read More


Trinamool alleges 'silent rigging' after new electoral roll sparks row

Kolkata, March 1 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI), along with the BJP have used the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process to silence dissent a... Read More


Two senior IAS officers handed additional charge

Kolkata, March 1 -- Two senior IAS officers in the state have been handed over additional charge of two departments. Vandana Yadav, an IAS officer of the 1998 batch, has been handed over the additiona... Read More


Metro services to begin in afternoon on Tuesday

Kolkata, March 1 -- Metro services across Kolkata will commence in the afternoon on March 3, Tuesday and operate with reduced frequency, in view of Dolyatra, with the first trains on all corridors sch... Read More


BLO dies after voter list publication

Kolkata, March 1 -- "The bloody death march of SIR rages on, claiming yet another innocent soul in its merciless grip," the TMC said after a BLO died shortly after the publication of the electoral rol... Read More


Bengali actress Subhashree & son stranded in Dubai, both safe

KOLKATA, March 1 -- With the US and Israel launching military strikes on Iran and the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, tensions have sharply escalated across the Gulf region. F... Read More


Security beefed up in city ahead of Dol Yatra; 4K personnel to be deployed

Kolkata, March 1 -- Kolkata Police has put in place elaborate arrangements for Dol Yatra and Holi, with around 4,000 personnel set to be deployed across the city from Monday to prevent untoward incide... Read More


Ministers, MLAs in SIR 'adjudication' list

New Delhi, March 1 -- Anxiety has spread across North Dinajpur district after the name of state Minister for Non-Conventional and Renewable Energy Ghulam Rabbani appeared in the 'under adjudication' l... Read More


Voter roll: World Cup winning cricketer Richa Ghosh marked 'under adjudication'

Siliguri, March 1 -- A controversy has erupted after the name of World Cup-winning Indian cricketer Richa Ghosh appeared as "Under Adjudication" in the final electoral roll, following the Special Inte... Read More