The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Bengal in the coming days. The region is already witnessing heavy downpours which have caused landslides in a hilly region and severe waterlogging in low-lying plains.
The people of 102 Lok Sabha constituencies across 21 states and union territories (UTs) will go to the poll in the first phase of voting on Friday (April 19).
West Bengal: MoS Nisith Pramanik claimed that when his convoy was leaving the area, stones were hurled from the venue of the TMC's rally.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The parliamentary seat of Cooch Behar was long held by the Lefts Forward Bloc, but the picture changed in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and Renuka Sinha of the Trinamool Congress won the seat.
Bose monitored the situation throughout the night from Cooch Behar circuit house, where he is staying, and issued instructions to State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, SP and District Magistrate, officials said.
Union Minister of State (Home) Nisith Pramanik, who met the family of Das at his home on Sunday, said that the youth was killed by criminals who were protected by the Trinamool Congress.
BJP workers injured: During the protest rally at Sitalkuchi, BJP was demanding the arrest of TMC leaders allegedly involved in various scams in the state.
West Bengal: The vehicle has been seized but the driver escaped. Further investigations are underway.
India shares around 4,000 km of its land border with Bangladesh. West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are the states which share the border with Bangladesh. West Bengal alone shares 2216 km of border.
Talking to reporters after a group of protesting people blocked the way of his cavalcade, Dhankhar targeted Mamata Banerjee-led state government over what he described as 'total collapse of rule of law'.
Bengal Polls 2021: Election Commission has banned BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning in any manner for next 48 hours.
A voter turnout of 76.16 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the fourth phase of West Bengal assembly polls Saturday, amid incidents of violence that prompted the Election Commission to suspend voting at a booth in Sitalkuchi constituency of Cooch Behar.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday gave a clean chit to the CISF for opening fire in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district during the fourth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal that left four persons dead, saying that opening fire "became necessary to save the lives of the voters" and it was made in "self-defence".
Questioning the central forces' version of firing on voters in self-defence in Cooch Behar that killed four people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said her government will initiate a CID probe into the incident.
Representing Mumbai, junior Tendulkar returned with figures of 5/98 as Delhi U-19 slumped to 354 for 9 in their first essay.
The 18-year old remained wicket-less in the first innings, returning with figures of 0-23, but came back strongly in the second to take five Railways' wickets at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in suburban Kandivali.
Arjun’s fifer came in the second innings of the game as Madhya Pradesh made 361 in the first innings, while, Mumbai in response, scored massive 506 in order to take the first innings lead.
Two teenage girls attempted suicide after being allegedly raped by their friends in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, one of which died and another is struggling for life.
Polling began at 7 am for 25 constituencies covering the Cooch Behar and East Midnapore districts in the sixth and final phase of the month-long polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
Kolkata: The five-phase Lok Sabha poll in West Bengal rolls out tomorrow in four constituencies of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar - all in north Bengal.A closely-fought contest is anticipated in the Darjeeling constituency
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