CAPF to be deployed for area domination and checking drives, says poll panel

“John Barla’s house, which looks like a shopping mall, is an example of BJP’s ‘acche din’. It is only reserved for their leaders and not the common man. The public is suffering due to inflation," said Banerjee

Speaking to media persons after his meeting with the Governor, Pramanik said, “We have urged the Governor to ensure that law and order is maintained in the run-up to the election."

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Ganesh Patra (38), a party candidate for the July 8 panchayat elections, was seen giving instructions to his supporters.

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With several tea gardens located in Jalpaiguri district, the chief minister alleged that both the Left Front and the BJP did “nothing for tea garden workers”.

An SSKM doctor briefed the media, stating, "An MRI was conducted. The Chief Minister has sustained a ligament injury in her left knee and left hip joint. Although she was advised hospitalisation, she expressed her intention to follow the doctors' advice and recover at home."

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Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, TMC MP Shatabdi Roy, and DYFI leader Minakshi Mukherjee were among the leaders who participated in rallies and meetings in different districts of the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday condoled the death of Sister Cyril and said her contribution to welfare schemes for the “empowerment of underprivileged children was immeasurable”.

The violence left three people dead, including an ISF worker.

According to the SER, among the trains that were cancelled included Santragachi-Purulia Express and Kharagpur-Hatia Express.

In South 24 Parganas, the most violence-hit district, ruling TMC and Opposition CPI(M) workers clashed at Kalagara village in Raghunathpur Block-II.

According to sources, the ED wants to interrogate him regarding some “suspicious” transactions in connection with the coal smuggling case.

Nine persons have been killed in alleged political violence since the West Bengal panchayat poll dates were announced on June 8. Of the dead, five are from the TMC, two from the Congress, and one each from the CPM, ISF and the BJP.

Santosh Kumar Singh, a ward president in neighbouring Serampore, said they are being watchful so that the atmosphere is not vitiated.

The Opposition parties, however, hoped that the order will be followed in letter and spirit by the State Election Commission (SEC) without any bias towards the TMC which was accused of not allowing Opposition candidates to file nominations.

Gour Kishore Ghosh died on December 15, 2000 at the age of 77.

The department had started the process for levying fines for the traffic violations recorded by the AI-enabled cameras from 5 June.

After several CPI(M) candidates withdrew their nominations from the Salanpur area of Paschim Bardhman district, the party's local area committee secretary, Ranjan Sarkar, said that they were being “threatened to death”.

According to the ordinance, the five-member search committee will have one representative each nominated by the chief minister, the state Education Department, the state Higher Education Council, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Governor, who by virtue of the post is also the Chancellor of all state universities.

The Met department has issued a red alert for Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts in north Bengal for the next 48 hours.

On July 23 last year, Chatterjee was arrested by the ED in connection with the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam. During raids conducted by the ED, around Rs 50 crore were recovered from the two flats of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of Chatterjee. The ED had alleged that they both were involved in recruitment scam.