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Amit Shah releases BJP’s West Bengal poll manifesto; promises Rs 3,000 to women every month, UCC in six months

By Odisha News Online 37
WEST BENGAL, APR 10 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday released the BJP’s election manifesto for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly polls. Shah slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that its 15-year tenure had been detrimental to the State. He said the TMC secured its second term in 2016 on “false promises” […]Continue Reading
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Nearly 91 lakh names deleted from electoral rolls in poll-bound Bengal; TMC’s minority vote banks impacted

By Odisha News Online 33
KOLKATA, APR 7 : An Election Commission data revealed that nearly 91 lakh voters have been deleted from the electoral rolls in West Bengal after the Special Intensive Revision exercise, mainly targeting minority communities who have for long voted for Trinamool Congress. The poll panel is yet to announce the finally altered voter base for […]Continue Reading
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Another BLO died by suicide in West Bengal; family alleges depression triggered by SIR workload

By Odisha News Online 268
KOLKATA,DEC 28 : Another Booth Level Officer (BLO), who was a headmaster by profession, died by suicide in the Ranibandh assembly area of Purulia district in West Bengal on Sunday. Family members of the deceased alleged that he was suffering from depression triggered by work pressure and strain due to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of […]Continue Reading
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Kolkata Messi event: Chief organiser arrested as Mamata orders high-level probe into alleged mismanagement

By Odisha News Online 240
KOLKATA,DEC 13 : After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered a high-level probe into the alleged mismanagement that led to chaos during the much-awaited visit of football legend Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, police on Saturday arrested the chief organiser of the event. Satadru Datta, promoter and chief organiser of […]Continue Reading
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s assembly constituency records 41,495 ‘uncollectable’ SIR forms: ECI

By Odisha News Online 273
KOLKATA, DEC 4 : The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Bhawanipore Assembly seat under the Kolkata South electoral district has recorded 41,495 ‘uncollectable’ enumeration forms (EFs) so far till Thursday afternoon, Election Commission of India (ECI) says. According to the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), 41,495 EFs in Bhawanipore Continue Reading
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34 lakh Aadhaar card holders identified as ‘deceased’ in West Bengal, UIDAI informs EC

By Odisha News Online 218
KOLKATA, NOV 13 : About 34 lakh Aadhaar card holders in West Bengal have been found to be ‘deceased’ since the identity card was introduced in January 2009, UIDAI authorities informed the Election Commission. The UIDAI authorities also communicated to the EC that about 13 lakh people in the state never possessed Aadhaar cards, but […]Continue Reading
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Very heavy rains flood Kolkata, halt normal life; four die from electrocution

By Odisha News Online 428
KOLKATA , SEP 23 : At least four people died from electrocution in rain-hit Kolkata, officials said, as heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread waterlogging, halting traffic, public transport and daily life across the city on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Firoz Ali Khan (50) of Beniapukur, Pranatosh Kundu (62) of Netaji Nagar, and Mumtaz […]Continue Reading
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Fake currency worth Rs 9 crore recovered in West Bengal’s Dhamakhali

By Odisha News Online 351
KOLKATA, JUL 19: Fake notes worth Rs nine crore have been recovered from Dhamakhali ferry ghat under Sandeshkhali police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Two persons, namely Sirajuddin Mollah and Debabrata Chakraborty have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday. The two arrested persons had checked into […]Continue Reading
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Calcutta HC orders Shami monthly payment of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance to estranged wife, daughter

By Odisha News Online 286
KOLKATA,JUL 2 : Calcutta High Court directed Indian pacer Mohammed Shami to pay his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, and daughter a monthly alimony of Rs 4 lakh as maintenance during the ongoing legal battle with his spouse. Jahan had moved the high court against a district sessions court’s order directing the cricketer to pay Rs […]Continue Reading