The Indian Army has ordered a court of inquiry headed by an officer of major general rank into the Nagaland firing incident in which 14 civilians were killed, official sources said on Tuesday.
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Mamata Banerjee all set for third term as West Bengal Chief Minister.
BENGAL ELECTION RESULT:Â With Mamata Banerjee powering the Trinamool Congress to a landslide victory in West Bengal overcoming 10 years of anti-incumbency, a full-throttle BJP campaign and a rebellious former lieutenant, she has become the natural leader to guide the Opposition s politics against the BJP in the coming days, some leaders said Sunday. The TMC s victory in the keenly, and at times acrimoniously, fought elections in the state comes barely a month after Banerjee wrote to Opposition leaders urging them to unite against the BJP.
The TMC s success in many ways is being seen as a victory of the non-saffron parties whose leaders were quick to congratulate her, even though she trailed her former lieutenant, but now BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, in Nandigram. Polling in the eastern state was held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. The term of the outgoing Assembly will
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A record 796 companies of the central forces will be deployed to ensure smooth polling in 34 Assembly seats in West Bengal tomorrow. Thirty-four constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf Bhabanipur, is going to polls in the seventh phase.
According to the original schedule, polling in this phase was supposed to be held in 36 seats. However, elections for Samserganj and Jangipur were countermanded following the death of candidates contesting from these two constituencies. Polling in Jangipur and Samserganj will now take place on May 16.
A total of 86,78,221 voters 44,44,634 men and 42,33,358 women and 229 from the third gender – form the electorate in the 34 constituencies spread across Malda (six), Kolkata Dakshin (four), Murshidabad (nine), Paschim Bardhaman (nine) and Dakshin Dinajpur (six) districts.
West Bengal Assembly polls: BJP candidate s agent detained for molesting women voters in Kolkata
Mohan Rao was detained after several women voters claimed he tried to drag them holding their hands inside Bidya Bharati School.
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KOLKATA: BJP candidate from the Rashbehari assembly constituency Lt Gen Subrata Saha s agent was detained on Monday for allegedly molesting a few women voters inside a polling booth in the city s New Alipore area, police said.
Mohan Rao was detained after several women voters claimed he tried to drag them holding their hands inside Bidya Bharati School, a police officer said.
Muslim voters are set to be a key factor as incumbent government of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lock horns in the seventh phase of West Bengal assembly polls today.
All eyes will also be on some high-profile constituencies in Kolkata, where some key ministers of TMC are contesting.
Voting will be held in 34 out of 36 constituencies as polling for two assembly seats in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district was cancelled following the death of two candidates with Covid-19.
Murshidabad and Malda districts are considered pockets of Muslim majority voters , where TMC will look to continue its dominance, said election experts.