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SIR deadline extension shows how unprepared ECI is: Trinamool Congress

India, Nov. 30 -- As the Election Commission of India's (ECI) extended the deadline for publication of the first draft electoral roll by a week on Sunday, West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and a... Read More


WB bribe-for-job case: WBSSC lists 1,806 'tainted' teachers; HC orders OMR release

India, Nov. 27 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Thursday released a list of 1,806 "tainted" teachers from the 2016 appointment panel, seven months after the Supreme Court cancel... Read More


West Bengal SIR: Bangladeshi Hindus, Matuas seek answers amid uncertainty

India, Nov. 27 -- The deaths of Bangladeshi Hindus, either by suicide or due to natural causes, during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal have added a twist... Read More


Will shake up India if you hit me: Mamata Banerjee warns BJP, ECI over SIR

India, Nov. 25 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission of India (ECI over the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) o... Read More


Another Bengal BLO suffers cerebral attack; family blames SIR work overload

India, Nov. 20 -- A 60-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) engaged by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal suffer... Read More


Calcutta HC disqualifies TMC legislator mukul roy

Kolkata, Nov. 14 -- The Calcutta high court disqualified Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy as a member of the West Bengal legislative assembly on Thursday saying he violated anti-defection law, Bhar... Read More


Calcutta HC disqualifies TMC legislator mukul roy

Kolkata, Nov. 14 -- The Calcutta high court disqualified Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy as a member of the West Bengal legislative assembly on Thursday saying he violated anti-defection law, Bhar... Read More


Bengal cops seize 20,000 gelatine sticks from pick-up van in Birbhum

India, Nov. 12 -- West Bengal's Birbhum district police seized around 20,000 gelatine sticks from a pick-up van in the Nalhati area on Tuesday night, police said. One person has been arrested in conne... Read More


Two arrested for Bengal jewellery shop owner's murder

India, Nov. 8 -- The Bidhannagar police commissionerate arrested two suspects on Saturday for the abduction and murder of a jewellery shop owner whose body was found in the New Town area near Kolkata ... Read More


Bengal mandates state anthem as prayer song across schools

Kolkata, Nov. 8 -- Amid nationwide celebrations on Friday marking the 150th anniversary of the National Song Vande Mataram, the West Bengal government has ordered schools in the state to have the Rabi... Read More