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Kolkata: The announcement was made two weeks ago. On Thursday, BJP's decision was formalised. Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped and murdered RG Kar Hospital doctor, filed her nomination as the BJP candidate from Panihati constituency for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. Debnath was accompanied by BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders. "Today, Ratna Debnath, the BJP candidate, is going with me to file her nomination. She has lost her daughter ...Read More >
"I am saddened. Several voters have been deleted. Around 3.2 million of the six million doubtful cases under adjudication were included in the voter list because I moved the Supreme Court," Banerjee said. She said the remaining 2.7 million should be given voting rights. She questioned what purpose it would serve if they were included after the April 23-29 elections. "They would not be able to vote." Banerjee noted that the Supreme Court said that voters, whose names are deleted, may move the a ...Read More >
ECI transfers Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam amid 2026 poll heat. CM MK Stalin slams the move as a "BJP plot" to manipulate the state election. With barely two weeks to go for the polling day (Apr 23) in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has effected a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle in Tamil Nadu. The ECI ordered the transfer of Chief Secretary N Muruganandam, IAS, replacing him with M. Sai Kumar, IAS. Similarly, Davidson Devasirvatham, IPS has been replaced with S ...Read More >
The actor died on March 29. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Bengali entertainment industry announced an indefinite strike starting April 7, 2026 * Actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee died on March 29 during shooting of Bhole Baba Paar Karega * Strike demands stricter safety measures for artists and technicians on indoor and outdoor shoots Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Kolkata (West Bengal): The Bengali entertainment industry has announ ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, has accused the Kolkata Police of deputing covert cops to shadow him during his ongoing campaign for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, where he is pitted against Trinamool Congress candidate and Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. The LoP has sent an email communiqué to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), where he has also named three police personnel, including a ...Read More >
According to an ECI press note issued on August 8, 2025, the Commission had revised the food and refreshment allowance for polling personnel from ₹150 per head to ₹500, the first such increase since 2016. However, the April 3, 2026 directive from the West Bengal CEO, signed by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer and addressed to the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, fixes the meal entitlement at ₹170 per head. It further states that if a packed meal cannot be arranged, a cash payment of ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) Actors and technicians of the Bengali film and television industry on Tuesday staged a day-long cease work demanding safety at workplace, but they later decided to lift the stir and resume shooting from April 8 after reaching a consensus with producers and channels for the adoption of a Standard Operating Procedure to ensure proper security arrangements. The artistes called the strike on Tuesday after actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee drowned in the sea during an outdoor shoot ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 7 (PTI) Shooting for soaps, web series and films in different studios of Kolkata came to a halt on Tuesday morning as artistes called for a cease work demanding proper safety arrangements at their workplace. The West Bengal Motion Picture Artistes' Forum asserted that the cease work will continue till a Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) is formulated and introduced to ensure the safety and security of actors, crew and other members of every production unit. The artistes launched ...Read More >
FIR filed against TMC candidate Ratna Chatterjee after alleged vandalism at BJP office in Behala Paschim, BJP cites police inaction, TMC denies role amid rising poll tensions Tensions escalated in poll-bound West Bengal after allegations of violence surfaced in Behala Paschim in Kolkata, involving a candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). TMC candidate Ratna Chatterjee has been accused of being involved in an incident of vandalism at a BJP office in the Parnasree area in Behala Pa ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kolkata Police on Monday evening sent a notice for interrogation to Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party's candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata. Earlier in the day, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her at the local Parnasree Police Station under Behala (Paschim) ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former commissioner of Kolkata Police, Supratim Sarkar, to go on deputation as police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to polls like West Bengal later this month. However, Sarkar had pleaded to the Commission for relief from this deputation to Tamil Nadu on medical grounds, as confirmed by an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal. Just a few days befo ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Kolkata Police has lodged an FIR against TMC candidate from Behala Paschim Assembly constituency, Ratna Chattopadhyay, and six others in connection with alleged vandalism in Parnasree area of south Kolkata, officials said on Monday. The case was registered on April 5, following complaints of disturbances in the locality amid campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls. Six persons have so far been arrested in this connection, including one of those named in the FIR, for their "direct ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 6 (PTI) Kolkata Police has lodged an FIR against TMC candidate from Behala Paschim Assembly constituency Ratna Chattopadhyay and six others in connection with alleged vandalism in Parnasree area of south Kolkata, officials said on Monday. The case was registered on April 5, following complaints of disturbances in the locality amid campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls. Six persons have so far been arrested in this connection, including one of those named in the FIR, for thei ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the plea from former Kolkata Police Commissioner and the current Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal, Supratim Sarkar, for relief from going as a central observer to poll-bound Tamil Nadu. The Commission has also directed Sarkar to report as the police observer for five Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, namely Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, tensions flared in the Behala Paschim Assembly constituency after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Indranil Khan alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers vandalised the party's election office. Khan, accompanied by BJP leaders, reached the Parnasree Police Station to file a complaint against the alleged attackers. Also Read | Chennai Weather Forecast for April 6: IMD Warns of High Humidity and ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 6 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, tensions flared in the Behala Paschim Assembly constituency after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Indranil Khan alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers vandalised the party's election office. Khan, accompanied by BJP leaders, reached the Parnasree Police Station to file a complaint against the alleged attackers. The BJP candidate also levelled serious allegations against the Kolkata Police a ...Read More >
Sona Pappu's name had surfaced most recently again in connection with the throwing of bombs by a gang during a clash between two groups at the Gol Park area, and he remains absconding The Election Commission has suspended the officer-in-charge (OC) of Kasba police station in Kolkata for allegedly failing to include the name of a history sheeter in the list of offenders ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, an EC official said on Sunday evening. The suspension of OC Biswajit Debnath was ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) A forum of artists in West Bengal on Sunday called for an indefinite 'cease work' of shooting of films and serials, demanding proper safety arrangements during their work. The move came days after actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee drowned in the sea during an outdoor shoot near Digha in Purba Medinipur district. The West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum held a meeting during the day and decided that unless a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is framed and adopted, followi ...Read More >
Balasore: The Odisha police have registered an FIR over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during a shoot of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in Balasore district, officials said Sunday. Banerjee, 43, drowned during a TV serial shooting at Talsari beach in Odisha March 29 by accidentally slipping into seawater. He was declared dead by a doctor at a Digha hospital, where he was taken by his associates, the police said. An FIR was registered at Talasari ...Read More >
Balasore (Odisha), Apr 5 (PTI) The Odisha police have registered an FIR over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during a shoot of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in Balasore district, officials said on Sunday. Banerjee, 43, drowned during a TV serial shooting at Talsari beach in Odisha on March 29 by accidentally slipping into seawater. He was declared dead by a doctor at a Digha hospital, where he was taken by his associates, the police said. An FIR ...Read More >
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday broke her silence on the Bhabanipur incident, claiming it was a 'planned attack'. The remarks came a day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended one deputy commissioner (DC) and three other officers, including an officer-in-charge (OC) of Kolkata Police, in connection with clashes between the ruling party and opposition BJP during Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the Bhabanipur As ...Read More >
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had accompanied Adhikari for the filing of the nomination papers. The Election Commission on Saturday directed the suspension of four Kolkata Police officials and initiation of disciplinary proceedings against them for "failing" to maintain law and order during BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing in the hotly contested Bhabanipur seat. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had accompanied Adhikari for the filing of the nomination papers on April 2 in the seat ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Saturday suspended four senior Kolkata police officers, including a DCP, and ordered disciplinary proceedings against them for their failure to maintain law and order during a roadshow by Union home minister Amit Shah in Bhowanipore on April 2. In the past fortnight since the model code of conduct (MCC) came into effect in Bengal, the poll panel has suspended 17 officials, including five cops, two BDOs and 10 CAPF personnel.The suspensions of Siddartha Dutta ( ...Read More >
The Election Commission has asked all district magistrates in Bengal to immediately withdraw the state-provided security of people accused in criminal cases and those whose rank or threat perception assessment make them ineligible for such protection. Sources said the Bengal-specific move was initiated after chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked during a videoconference on Thursday why people facing criminal charges enjoyed government security while the judicial officers held hostage ...Read More >
Kolkata: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed Chief Secretary of West Bengal to suspend four police officials, including a Deputy Commissioner, for "law & order failure during the roadshow and nomination" in Bhabanipur Assembly Constituency and has ordered disciplinary action against them. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had participated in the roadshow. In a letter to CS, ECI has cited the letter received from CEO-WB and "recommending suspension and disciplinary action DC-II, ...Read More >
Kolkata | Malda: Cracking down on alleged law and order lapses during the ongoing poll process, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary to suspend four police officials, including a Deputy Commissioner, over "law and order failure" during the Bhabanipur roadshow and nomination programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Acting on a report from the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the Commission ordered immediate suspension and disciplin ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) Amidst the controversy over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee during an outdoor shoot near Digha in Purba Medinipur district, the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum on Saturday lodged a police complaint against the producers in connection with the incident. Senior forum members, including actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Santilal Mukherjee, told a press meet outside Regent Park police station that the complaint called for a fair and transparent probe into the ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the state government to suspend four officers of the Kolkata Police, including a divisional deputy commissioner, and initiate disciplinary proceedings against them over chaos outside a nomination centre, where senior Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP candidates filed their papers a day earlier amid clashes and alleged slogan-shouting by ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers. "The ECI has directed the state government to suspend four off ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the suspension of four officers of Kolkata Police, including a deputy commissioner ranking officer, in relation to the tension near the convoy of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari on April 1. The convoy was approaching the Alipore Survey Building in South Kolkata, where Adhikari was supposed to file his nomination for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency. The ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Saturday directed West Bengal chief secretary to suspend four Kolkata Police officials for "failing" to maintain law and order during BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's nomination filing in Bhabanipur constituency for the upcoming assembly polls.In a circular to the West Bengal chief secretary, the poll panel said that the direction is based on a recommendation from state electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal."The commission has agreed to the proposal and directs ...Read More >
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