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Bikes banned at night, no pillion riding in day: Mandate in Bengal before polls

By Odisha News Online 22
WEST BENGAL, APR 21 : The Election Commission has imposed strict curbs on two-wheelers across West Bengal ahead of the Assembly polls, banning bike rallies, restricting night-time movement, and limiting pillion riding to ensure free and peaceful elections. The curbs came into force from Tuesday – two days before polling – and will apply to […]Continue Reading
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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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ECI announces dates for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry

By Odisha News Online 54
NEW DELHI, MAR 15 : The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for the crucial Assembly elections in four states –West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam–and the Union Territory of Puducherry. Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will go to the polls in single phase on April 9. The counting of votes will take place […]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 on high alert as suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir to lay foundation of ‘Babri Masjid-style’ mosque

By Odisha News Online 357
WEST BENGAL/DEC 6 :  West Bengal braces for a politically fraught Saturday as suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir pushes ahead with the foundation-laying ceremony for a ‘Babri Masjid-style’ mosque in Murshidabad, triggering high alert and sharpened political messaging on a date laden with communal sensitivities. The Beldanga site, where Kabir claimed “three Continue Reading
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‘Found naked in drain, bite marks on cheek’: Bengal girl, 4, kidnapped and raped

By Odisha News Online 341
WEST BENGAL, NOV 9 : A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped while she was resting beside her parents and subsequently sexually assaulted in West Bengal’s Hooghly, officials said on Saturday. According to police, the incident took place on Friday near Tarakeswar railway station premises where the child’s family had been taking shelter. In a complaint […]Continue Reading
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‘Girls shouldn’t be allowed out at night’: Mamata’s shocking remark on Durgapur gangrape

By Odisha News Online 281
WEST BENGAL , OCT 12 : Reacting to the gangrape of a medical student in West Bengal’s Durgapur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday made a controversial remark suggesting that girls “should not be allowed” to go outside college at night. Speaking to reporters at Kolkata airport, Mamata called the incident “shocking” and said no […]Continue Reading