West Bengal recorded 78.68 per cent polling till 3 p.m. in the second phase of Assembly elections across 142 constituencies. East Burdwan registered the highest turnout, while Bhabanipur also saw strong voting amid the high-profile contest involving Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari
The Election Commission removed West Bengal DGP Peeyush Pandey and Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar a day after announcing the assembly poll schedule. Siddh Nath Gupta has been appointed the new DGP, while Ajay Kumar Nand becomes Kolkata Police commissioner
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy was attacked in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar during a protest. BJP accused TMC of orchestrating the violence, while Trinamool dismissed it as a staged drama. No injuries were reported; police investigation is underway.
Kolkata: As protests on the issue of corruption are on the rise in West Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee being targeted in many cases, top leaders of Trinamool Congress have started losing control over the use of words against the protesters in public forums. The use of abuses is no more restricted to those […]
There are 89 companies already stationed in South 24 Parganas which pushes up the number of forces to 707, the highest deployment in this election so far.
Chakraborty arrived at the Brigade Parade Ground at around 12 noon and was welcomed by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargi and other state BJP leaders
