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Another BLO dies by suicide due to 'S.I.R. stress' in west Bengal

KOLKATA, Nov. 23 -- A para teacher working as a booth-level officer (BLO) in West Bengal's Nadia district died by suicide on Saturday, allegedly due to work pressure linked to the Special Intensive Re... Read More


Truly alarming, says Mamata Banerjee as another BLO dies by suicide, blames SIR

India, Nov. 22 -- A para teacher working as a booth-level officer (BLO) in West Bengal's Nadia district died by suicide on Saturday, allegedly due to work pressure linked to the Special Intensive Revi... Read More


CM Mamata urges Gyanesh Kumar to halt SIR in Bengal; BJP flags pressure on BLOs by DMs

India, Nov. 20 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to halt the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, asserting that conti... Read More


Mamata Banerjee writes to CEC Gyanesh Kumar urging him to halt SIR in Bengal

India, Nov. 20 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to halt the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, asserting that conti... Read More


TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee files counter-complaint against Bengal governor Bose

India, Nov. 19 -- Trinamool Congress lawmaker Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday filed a complaint against West Bengal governor C.V. Ananda Bose, accusing him of endangering the sovereignty, unity and integ... Read More


Bengal guv launches 'search op' for arms in Raj Bhavan after TMC MP's attack

India, Nov. 17 -- After a Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee accused Bengal's Raj Bhavan of sheltering criminals and arming them, governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday led a search operation of a j... Read More


ISI Kolkata sets up panel to probe hate graffiti linked to Red Fort blast

India, Nov. 15 -- The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in West Bengal has constituted a fact-finding panel to investigate graffiti linked to the recent Red Fort car blast in Delhi that surfaced on i... Read More


Will crush BJP govt if even one voter's name is dropped in SIR: Mamata Banerjee

India, Nov. 4 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, saying that the government at the Centre would be crus... Read More


Former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee returns to TMC after 7 years

India, Nov. 3 -- Sovan Chatterjee, former mayor of Kolkata and once a trusted aide of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, returned to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after seven years on Monday. ... Read More


SIR in Bengal: TMC, BJP move ECI accusing each other of threatening BLOs

India, Nov. 1 -- The political heat over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal shot up with both the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party lodging complaints against ea... Read More