Responding promptly to a requisition by the civil administration, troops of the Indian Army rescued 72 villagers, including 24 children from Mechpara village near Hashimara in Jalpaiguri, who were stuck due to floods, according to the press release of the Indian Army.
With 30 dead since polls were announced earlier last month, this year's bloodied election also closely followed the 2018 panchayat poll violence pattern a similar number of people were left dead
Parts of Kaliyaganj turned into a virtual battlefield on Tuesday following violent protests by the locals against the death of a 17-year-old girl in the area last week
Mamata Banerjee said she will resign if it is proven that she dialled Home Minister Amit Shah after the Trinamool Congress lost the national party status
'Poila Boishakh' marks the beginning of the traditional New Year for Bengali-speaking people across the world who celebrate the occasion with much fervour.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was replying to queries from journalists in Bihar's Kishanganj district, before winding up his tour of "Seemanchal", a densely populated but poverty-ridden and flood-prone region of the state.
Banerjee plans to rope in others like Biju Janata Dal President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik plus Bharat Rashtra Samithi President and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and other leaders soon.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reportedly assured West Bengal CM and AITC national president Mamata Banerjee on this count during an an hour-long meeting between the two