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Observer removed after spat with CEC Gyanesh Kumar during poll review meeting

Kolkata, April 9 -- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has removed a general observer from duty following a spat during a virtual review meeting on preparations for the forthcoming West Bengal ... Read More


Tribal women campaign for TMC on scooters bought from scheme

Kolkata, April 9 -- In a striking example of grassroots mobilisation, women in parts of Birbhum district are turning savings from the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme into tools of political participation. In... Read More


EC bars civic, green & student police from election duty

Kolkata, April 9 -- The Election Commission has directed that civic police, green police or student police personnel will not be deployed for any election-related duties during the West Bengal Assembl... Read More


Death in queue: Voter list chaos triggers harassment

Kolkata, April 9 -- A 68-year-old man's death while waiting in a tribunal queue in Ranaghat has thrown a harsh spotlight on alleged voter harassment across West Bengal, with similar scenes unfolding a... Read More


'Dual party membership': ECI files FIR against TMC's Pabitra Kar

Kolkata, April 9 -- Two separate complaints were reportedly filed against TMC's Nandigram candidate Pabitra Kar. One, lodged at Nandigram PS by Buddhadeb Giri of Krishnanagar village, alleged that on ... Read More


SIR raises exclusion risks for Bengal's tribal voters: Study

Kolkata, April 9 -- In the wake of over 90 lakh deletions from electoral rolls following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a recent study has raised concerns that documentation gaps could dispropo... Read More


Bengal polls: Nandigram voters seek 'real' development over rhetoric

Nandigram, April 9 -- Amid an intense, high-voltage electoral battle in the Nandigram Assembly Constituency-largely a bipolar fight between Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Pabitra Kar and BJP's Suv... Read More


Voters queue at Dinhata Block office for submitting documents to tribunal

Cooch Behar, April 9 -- Voters whose names were excluded from the SIR electoral roll have begun submitting documents offline to the tribunal, with long queues witnessed at the Dinhata-1 Block Developm... Read More


TMC-BJP clash heightens tension in Dhupguri

Jalpaiguri, April 9 -- Tensions escalated in Dhupguri following a clash between supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), triggering a series of allegations and ... Read More


Veteran Congress leader Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury passes away at 89

Malda, April 9 -- Senior Congress leader and former MP Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury, popularly known as Dalu, passed away on Wednesday night at a private hospital in South Kolkata at the age of 89. He bre... Read More