After CM prod KMC councillors to start scrutiny of voters’ list
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
A political storm has erupted in West Bengal over the issue of proxy voting and alleged illegal voters.
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, alleging that the Centre had appointed "BJP men" in the commission to manipulate the voters' list in a bid to win elections.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, speaking to the media in Kolkata yesterday, clarified that only 15 per cent of tea plantation land will be used for tea tourism and local employment.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation officially adopted the name change of Lansdowne Place to Pratul Mukherjee Sarani today.
Over the last few days, after the Durga Puja, Mamata Banerjee has been denying that she or the Trinamool Congress had any role in not allowing the Tata Motors small car factory to come up in Singur, Hooghly.
Apart from political leaders, other individuals like recipients of state government awards like Banga Ratna and Shiksha Ratna, doctors and industrialists from the region, will also be invited to attend the Bijoya Sammilani, where a cultural programme will also be held, sources have said.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed West Bengal Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Mominpur incident.
The West Bengal Police on Monday imposed section 144 in the Ekbalpur area of the state for two days.
Leader of Opposition in Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday condemned the “forceful shifting” of SSC and group D candidates by police, who were sitting in a demonstration near the Matangini Hazra statue.
