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Bhangar booths to have twin EVMs as candidate count crosses limit

Kolkata, April 16 -- Under a new arrangement, voters in Bhangar Assembly Constituency in South 24-Parganas will see two EVMs placed side by side in each polling booth during the upcoming Bengal Assemb... Read More


Twin EVMs in Bhangar booths as candidate count crosses limit

Kolkata, April 16 -- Voters in the Bhangar Assembly Constituency in South 24-Parganas will find two electronic voting machines (EVMs) placed side by side inside every polling booth on polling day. Amo... Read More


Over 100 powerless booths in Kolkata raise concerns over webcasting

Kolkata, April 16 -- The Election Commission has identified more than 100 polling booths in Kolkata without electricity, raising concerns over voting and mandatory webcasting. The issue is significan... Read More


DEO Kolkata North conducts outreach in Entally slums

Kolkata, April 16 -- District Electoral Officer (DEO) North, Smita Pandey, along with Additional Commissioner D.P. Singh and senior officials of the Kolkata Police and central forces' jawans, visited ... Read More


TMC-BJP workers clash in Bongaon during campaign

Kolkata, April 16 -- A clash broke out between TMC and BJP workers during the campaign of BJP candidate Ashok Kirtania in Bongaon on Thursday morning. According to sources, Kirtania, along with his p... Read More


Justify appointing asst professors as presiding officers: Cal HC to ECI

Kolkata, April 16 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to place on record the notification authorising the appointment of assistant professors as pres... Read More


BSF officer burnt to death in Hingalganj

Kolkata, April 16 -- A Border Security Force (BSF) officer was charred to death after a fire broke out at the Border Outpost (BOP) Bankura of the 77 Battalion in Hingalganj on Thursday morning. The d... Read More


SUV rams App cab near Sec V Metro

Kolkata, April 16 -- Tension gripped the area near Salt Lake Sector V Metro Station after an SUV rammed into an App cab and mounted the pavement early Thursday; the driver was briefly detained but lat... Read More


Cal HC: Housing finance firms can't use SARFAESI for loans below Rs 20L

Kolkata, April 16 -- The Calcutta High Court has ruled that housing finance companies cannot invoke the SARFAESI Act to recover loans of less than Rs 20 lakh, holding that they are bound by the same t... Read More


Trinamool will win more seats than last polls, says Mamata

Kolkata, April 16 -- With the 2026 Bengal Assembly elections drawing closer, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, struck an assertive note in an interview with a private news channel, la... Read More