. Another complaint was filed against 20 people, including TMC leader Arabul Islam and his son Hakimul, for the murder of ISF worker Mohiuddin.

The Governor was speaking to media persons during a visit to the ‘Peace Room’ which was set up at the Raj Bhavan to address grievances of the people during the panachayat elections.

At an earlier hearing in this case, Justice Dave had suggested the petitioner’s advocate "read the Manusmriti" and remarked that girls would already have had their first child by the age of 17 before the 21st century.

The CM also described the step as “unprecedented” and one which was taken “unilaterally without following any procedure of obtaining necessary consent of the state Cabinet and the state legislature.”

Earlier in February, Pramanik’s convoy was allegedly attacked by TMC workers at Dinhata in Cooch Behar district.

The structure of Lord Jagannath's chariot will be made of 98% iron,” said an ISKCON devotee – Raksha Ray works as an intern at the Kolkata office of The Indian Express

Speaking at a press meet in Kolkata Saturday, Angel Nabajiban Welfare Society founder Sangita Sinha said the initiative was aimed at “uplifting the sense of style, skills and creativity of the members of the LGBTQ community”.

Criticising the SEC, senior CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty said the poll panel “cannot take decisions on its own”. “The state poll panel is behaving like an extended arm of the state Secretariat, ‘’ he said.

THE RULING Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday said that 50 of the party’s top leaders would travel across the state to campaign for its candidates in the run-up to the panchayat polls next month. “With the panchayat polls round the corner, 50 of our leaders will criss-cross the entire state over the next 15 days, […]

Earlier in the day, Bose summoned State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha to the Raj Bhavan to get an update on the law and order situation. Sinha however, skipped the meeting and said he would meet the Governor some other day as he was busy scrutinising nomination papers.

According to the data released by the state poll panel, the BJP had filed 56,321 nominations and CPI(M) 48,646 on Thursday – the last date to file nominations for this year’s panchayat polls.

The nomination process for the July 8 polls ended on Thursday.

The decision was taken after senior officials of the State Election Commission and the government attended a meeting with the state's legal advisors on Friday, sources in the Commission said.

The deceased TMC leader, Mozammel Haque (42), was the party's regional president of Sahebnagar.

Firefighting arrangements were pressed into service to douse the blaze as panic-stricken passengers were moved to a safe place.

Several vehicles were vandalised and explosives and stones were hurled at the police. Both parties blamed each other and said several of their members had been injured.

The meeting, which was called by State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, was held at the poll panel's office in Kolkata and lasted for around an hour, officials said.

Mohanka was speaking during the inaugural session of the two-day BIMSTEC Business Conclave which kicked off in Kolkata on Tuesday.

She was accompanied by Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra and TMC general secretary and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s mother Lata. The CM puja at the temple and performed aarti.

Refuses to alter poll schedule, orders CCTV at counting centres

In the letter, the council demanded that bus operators be paid Rs 3,500 each day for every bus deployed for election duty instead of the current rate of Rs 2,300.

Sources in the ED said that they want to question him in connection with a letter of TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.

Will ensure nominations are filed in proper manner, says HC; order likely today

Billed as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “dream project” that was “inspired” by world-famous floating markets of Thailand, Patuli Floating Market was inaugurated with much fanfare by Firhad Hakim in January 2018.