Murshidabad: Alleging that BJP shared an edited excerpt of a midnight outburst at the Jangipur strong room — regarding CCTV visibility and an alleged blackout of LCD screens — Trinamool’s Sagardighi candidate Bayron Biswas has threatened a case against BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya, who also shared the video.Later in the night, Trinamool filed…
Kolkata: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that while some Hindu names have been deleted from the electoral rolls, they have to “do a little sacrifice to make the nation better”.Addressing a press conference, Sarma said, “Some Hindu names were deleted in the SIR (special intensive revision) process. How will the country…
Kolkata: The city could be voting under a cloud cover next Wednesday and the polling could be followed by a thunderstorm, the Met office said. After a week-long scorching spell during which the maximum temperature repeatedly crossed 36°C, Kolkata could finally be lashed by thunderstorms from Sunday. There could be successive nor’westers that could keep…
Kolkata: The EC will use drones for surveillance around booths on poll day in Kolkata and its suburbs. Officials on Saturday held a series of meetings to install additional CCTV cameras on all roads leading to the booths to prevent foul play. The EC also decided to deploy additional body cameras for Central Armed Police…
Kolkata: A fire broke out in the Sholo Bigha slum near Eastern Railway’s Santoshpur station on Saturday at 1.48 pm. Around 50-60 shanties near the railway station were gutted in the blaze. No one was injured. . Traffic came to a standstill on Budge Budge Road from around 2 pm as at least 6 to…
Kolkata: One person died and another sustained serious injuries after they were electrocuted at a residence on Bhukailash Road under Ekbalpur Police Station on Saturday morning.Police identified the deceased as Shibsharan Prasad Sau (51), while the injured, Debsharan Sau (45), is undergoing treatment at SSKM Hospital. The incident occurred around 7.05 am when Shibsharan came…
Kolkata: Thousands across Kolkata rushed to liquor shops on Saturday, forming long queues as they tried to buy alcohol before the 6 pm election shutdown.Anxiety and urgency marked the city’s liquor outlets as long queues formed outside off-shops, with buyers queueing up before the shops opened. Bars, too, stopped serving after a brief ‘window’ that…
Kolkata: Identity politics is re-scripting the Vijay-versus-Vijay fight in Jorasanko this time, a coincidence that brings to mind the many roles played by Amitabh Bachchan in his movies in the 1970s and 1980s.But beyond the shared name, this is a contest shaped by local history, diversities, shifting loyalties, religion-based politics and everyday concerns in a…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Friday censure for Jadavpur University, about “anti-national slogans being written on the walls” and “students seen protesting on the streets instead of studying”, prompted chief minister Mamata Banerjee to shoot off an open letter, saying the ability to question was not anarchy, rather, it was education and excellence.“The entire nation…
Kolkata: PM Narendra Modi took a short break from his hectic Bengal schedule on Friday to enjoy an early morning boat ride on the Ganges, which he said “flows right through the soul of Bengal”.The PM, who had spent the night at Raj Bhavan, sprang a surprise as he reached Man O War Jetty (Prinsep…
