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KMC Polls: Violence reported; 63.37% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM

Sporadic incidents of violence including hurling of bombs at two booths marred an otherwise humdrum polling to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation

KMC polls: Incidents of violence reported; 52.17% turnout till 3 p.m.

Sporadic incidents of violence were reported during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections as few people were injured after crude bombs were hurled outside polling centres

My security waited outside polling booth in adherence to SEC order: Dhankar

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said his security personnel stayed outside the booth when he went to cast his vote during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls

Polling begins in 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements. State Election Commission Secretary Nilanjan Sandilya said that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure free and fair elections. Voting is being held at 4,959 polling booths and it will continue till 5 PM, he said. Around 23,000 Kolkata Police personnel have been deployed across the city, and route marches and area domination exercises conducted in various parts of the metropolis, an officer of the force said. More than 200 police pickets have also been set up at crucial points across the city, he said. The ruling Trinamool Congress is fighting to retain the civic board for the third consecutive term, while the BJP will contest CPI(M) to secure the second position. The TMC had swept all the 16 assembly segments in the metropolis in this year's assembly elections. The counting of votes will take place on

CBI files fresh case against 25 in West Bengal post-poll violence

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has registered one more case against 25 persons in connection with the post-poll violence in West Bengal.

Coronavirus pandemic: West Bengal logs 580 fresh cases, 7 deaths

West Bengal on Friday reported 580 new COVID-19 cases, 80 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the overall tally to 16,25,955, a health department bulletin said.

SC stays proceedings of Bengal's Lokur panel probing Pegasus case

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former apex court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the plea that despite the assurance of the West Bengal government that the Lokur panel would not proceed with the inquiry, the commission has commenced its work. The apex court on October 27 had appointed a three-member panel of cyber experts to probe the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of certain people in India, saying every citizen needs protection against privacy violation and mere invocation of national security by the State does not render the court a mute spectator. Former Supreme Court judge Lokur and former chief justice of Calcutta High Court Jyotirmay Bhattacharya are the members of the commission of inquiry announced by the West Bengal government last month. An ...

Foundational literacy index: Bengal tops, Bihar last among large states

In the 'small states' category, Kerala grabbed the top spot and Jharkhand was adjudged the worst performer on the index

A third of women married in India in 2018 were 18-20 years old, shows data

West Bengal, Rajasthan and Bihar were worst in terms of women marrying at an early age

Bengal's degrees of separation

West Bengal, as it became after independence, lost more

Bank strike total across West Bengal, customers inconvenienced

Most of the ATMs ran dry due to the lack of replenishment

UNESCO heritage status to Kolkata's Durga Puja matter of great pride: PM

Durga Puja in Kolkata has just been inscribed on the intangible heritage list. Congratulations India, the UN agency said on Twitter

Will defeat BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee said her sole aim after returning to power for the third consecutive term in Bengal is to bring industry and generate jobs.

West Bengal reports its first Omicron case as 7-yr-old boy tests positive

He is undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Murshidabad district

PM remembers Ganga river during polls; he can do anything for votes: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembers the Ganga river, which is regarded as the "mai" (mother) by lakhs, only during elections to get votes

Mamata Banerjee pays tribute to victims of 2001 Parliament attacks

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid tributes to security personnel who lost their lives while fighting terrorists during the Parliament attack in 2001. Banerjee said that the nation will always remain grateful to them because of their service. "Lest we forget. Homage to all our brave security personnel who laid down their lives on this day in 2001 to protect our Parliament. The entire nation salutes your supreme sacrifice. We will always remain grateful to you for your selfless service," she tweeted. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar also paid tributes to the security personnel. "Tributes to our brave security personnel martyred in the line of duty during #ParliamentAttack in 2001. Their service and supreme sacrifice inspires every citizen TO KEEP NATION FIRST. National Security is paramount and calls for non compromising stance," he tweeted. Twenty years ago on December 13, terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked

West Bengal registers 610 more Covid-19 cases, 10 fresh deaths

Altogether 610 more people tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, 18 less than the previous day's figure, pushing the tally to 16,22,608, the health department said

West Bengal records 628 new Covid cases, nine more deaths in a day

Of the fresh cases, Kolkata and North 24 Parganas accounted for 206 and 107 respectively

West Bengal sees 567 fresh coronavirus cases, reports 7 fatalities

West Bengal now has 7,565 active Covid cases

Adhikari accuses CM Mamata of driving a wedge between BSF, police

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari Thursday accused West Bengal Chief Minister of driving a wedge between BSF, whose jurisdiction was recently increased by the Centre, and the state police