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NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday took cognisance after an audio recording of a Booth Level Officer surfaced on social media, in which he expressed work-related stress amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Kerala.Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan Kelkar and District Collector Chethan Kumar Meena held a video conference…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA has sparked a major political controversy after announcing that a foundation stone for a “Babri Masjid replica” would be laid in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on December 6, marking 33 years since the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya. TMC MLA Humayun Kabir had said that the ceremony…
TMC MLA Humayun Kabir (File Photo) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator has sparked controversy in West Bengal after announcing that a foundation stone for a “Babri Masjid” would be laid in Murshidabad district on 6 December. TMC MLA Humayun Kabir said the event would take place in Beldanga, and claimed that various Muslim leaders would…
Panel chairperson Radha Mohan Das Agarwal NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, declined to take up discussion of the deadly car explosion near Red Fort Metro Station in its Wednesday meeting, news agency PTI reported citing sources.The blast which claimed lives of 12 people has raised sharp questions about intelligence failure, the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission to respond to the pleas challenging the Special Intensive Revision exercise in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The top court gave the poll body two weeks of time to reply.Further, it permitted AIADMK to join the case backing SIR exercise in Tamil Nadu.The pleas…
KOLKATA: In a rare political and social gesture, Bengal’s governing TMC Monday publicly felicitated two women from Sundarbans who recently tied the knot – perhaps marking the first time a major political party in India has publicly celebrated a same-sex marriage. The felicitation of Riya Sardar, 21, and Rakhi Naskar, 20, was attended by TMC…
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee fell victim to cyber fraud, with around Rs 56 lakh siphoned off from his bank account using another ‘dormant’ account linked to him. The bank has filed a complaint with Kolkata Police’s cybercrime unit, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. Between 2001 and 2006, when Banerjee was…
Kalyan Banerjee loses over Rs 55 Lakh in cyberfraud KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee allegedly fell victim to cyber fraud alleging that around Rs 56 lakh were siphoned from his bank account linked to his tenure as an MLA years ago. According to sources, the bank authorities themselves filed a complaint with the Kolkata…
TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) issued a warning against alleged irregularities in the ongoing revision of West Bengal’s electoral rolls, vowing legal action and a mass movement if names of genuine voters are found deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.At a closed-door virtual meeting attended by…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor is simultaneously registered as a voter in Bihar and West Bengal, said an election official on Tuesday, quoted by PTI.Kishor, who leads the Jan Suraaj Party, is participating in the Bihar assembly elections.Official documents, cited by PTI, reportedly show Kishor is listed as…
