Kolkata: Booth-level officers finally got a breather from their “out of syllabus” work, after slogging for 176 days ever since the SIR exercise was rolled out. But BLOs pointed out that they were yet to receive their ‘release order’ from the EC though their assignments ended with the conclusion of the two-phase Assembly elections. “Now…
KOLKATA: CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday trashed exit poll results, saying they were conducted to “manipulate the stock market,” and told party colleagues — including counting agents — in a virtual address that Trinamool “is winning and winning by 200-plus seats.“Banerjee urged counting agents not to leave their tables even for a minute without a…
Kolkata/Falta: On Monday, Bengal’s electoral fate will be decided on the basis of 293 seats as the Election Commission on Saturday countermanded the elections held in Falta assembly constituency citing “electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process during polling in a large number of polling stations”. A repoll has been ordered on May 21,…
Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday night called on all political parties to maintain peace ahead of the May 4 counting, urging them to accept the people’s mandate and avoid a repeat of the post-poll violence that followed the 2021 elections.“Let there be peace in Bengal. The election is over and every…
Kolkata: Lax security and blacked out CCTV footage at EVM strongrooms led to multiple complaints by both Trinamool and BJP across Bengal on Saturday. Tension flared at the Barasat Government College on Saturday morning after the CCTV monitoring display reportedly remained non-functional for 17 minutes. According to the complaint, CCTV monitors at the strongroom —…
Kolkata: Within hours of the Supreme Court hearing, the EC on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers across Bengal, just 48 hours before the vote counting on Monday. All these officers, who will be stationed at strongrooms with multiple counting halls, are central govt officers. Also, in a first, the EC has deputed 77 police…
Kolkata: The city and its adjoining districts were lashed by a thunderstorm on Saturday evening that struck with a wind speed of 50 kmph. It was followed by an intense rain that lasted for an hour, followed by a drizzle that continued for another hour. Thunderstorms also struck parts of Howrah, Hooghly, North and South…
Kolkata: The long gap between the poll day and the result day, along with a long weekend, has made Kolkata do what it does the best and loves the most — discussing politics over beverages, food and addas.With polling ending on April 29 and counting set for May 4, the unusually long gap — stretched…
Diamond Harbour/Kolkata: Fifteen booths in South 24 Parganas that went for a repoll on Saturday logged a turnout of 86.9%, substantially lower than the record-breaking 92.94% clocked over the two phases of polling in Bengal. Eleven of these booths were in Magrahat West and four in Diamond Harbour assembly seats.Saturday’s turnout was also lower than…
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation chairperson Mala Roy on Thursday came down heavily on a section of senior officials who were marked absent at the KMC House. The civic authority decided to hold the monthly meeting on the last day of April as it was pending due to the polls. According to rules, it is mandatory…
