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Crime branch raids famous SoBo restaurant, siezes 157 e-cigarettes

India, Jan. 10 -- The Mumbai Crime Branch has raided the iconic Light of Persia restaurant in South Mumbai and seized 157 banned e-cigarettes valued at Rs.4.71 lakh, registering a case against the own... Read More


How the Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance has forced the BJP to rediscover the Marathi Manoos

India, Jan. 10 -- For the last decade, the BJP's rise in Mumbai rested on a crucial political assumption - that the city had outgrown nativist politics. Development, infrastructure and a broad Hindutv... Read More


TMC delegation meets Bengal CEO, flags harassment of elderly

KOLKATA, Jan. 10 -- A five-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation on Saturday met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and submitted a memorandum highlighting several concerns. The delegation, compri... Read More


Police collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence in Kolkata

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Who Was Joy Mahapatro? Third Hindu Murder in a Week Raises Alarm Over Minority Safety in Bangladesh

India, Jan. 10 -- A fresh killing of a Hindu man has once again drawn attention to the growing insecurity faced by religious minorities in Bangladesh. The latest incident, reported from Sunamganj dist... Read More


Kolkata: ED collects CCTV footage from I-PAC director's residence

India, Jan. 10 -- Police have collected CCTV footage from the residence of Pratik Jain, director of political strategy firm I-PAC, in Kolkata's Loudon Mansion on Saturday as the confrontation between ... Read More


Shinde turns tables on BJP in Ambernath

India, Jan. 10 -- In a dramatic turnaround in the Ambernath Municipal Council election battle, deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena president Eknath Shinde has outsmarted his state ally, the Bharatiya ... Read More


Bengal SIR: AERO quits, alleges 'disenfranchise genuine voters

KOLKATA, Jan. 10 -- Mousum Sarkar, an Assistant Electoral Registration Officer (AERO) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bengal, has resigned, alleging attempts to disenfranchi... Read More


ECI appoints 4 more 'SROs'; show-causes 3 BLOs

KOLKATA, Jan. 10 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday appointed four more IAS officers from different central ministries in Delhi as Special Roll Observers (SROs) in Bengal. The appoi... Read More


CEO forwards list of 69 high-rises willing to host poll booths

KOLKATA, Jan. 10 -- The office of the Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has forwarded a list of 69 high-rises across the city and suburbs that have agreed to host polling booths, including 10 multi... Read More