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URL copied EC adjourns polling at PS 126 of Sitalkurchi after 4 killed (Representational Image) Election Commission on Saturday adjourned polling at one booth in Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency under Cooch Behar district where four people were killed in the firing by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel. Following the incident, the EC issued the order to adjourn the polls at Polling Station 126 of the Sitalkurchi Assembly constituency. The poll panels move followed the ...

Five persons, including an 18-years old who went to vote for the first time, were killed during the fourth phase of polling in Bengal at Sitalkuchi, a tiny village in Cooch Behar district, around 137 km from Siliguri, on Thursday. The Election Commission stopped voting at polling station number 126 in Sitalkuchi where four persons died in firing by Central forces. Till 5pm, the total voter turnout in the state was reported at 76.16 per cent. The highest turnout of 79.73 per cent was registered...

After Cooch Behar violence, EC directs Home Ministry to deploy 71 more CAPF companies in West Bengal Following the outbreak of violence in the Sitakulchi assembly seat in West Bengals Cooch Behar district, the Election Commission (EC) directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to immediately deploy 71 additional CAPF companies. advertisement UPDATED: April 11, 2021 00:09 IST Security personnel keep vigil at a polling station in Sitalkuchi assembly seat in West Bengals Cooch Behar district (Pic...

An ongoing epidemic, that saw an increase in drug overdoses and overdose deaths in 2020, received a breath of life in the form of a bill filed with the help of Onslow Countys senator.  One week ago, Senator Michael Lazzara (R-Onslow) announced the introduction of SB 321 called the "Amend NC Controlled Substance Act". The bill is seen as a tool to help combat the fight against the opioid crisis in North Carolina by making fentanyl distribution and possession a Class 1 felony.  Simple possessi...

April 8, 2021 Share Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe he’d used to shoot heroin still clenched in his fist. She wound toward his house in the hills outside of town. The man had been revived by paramedics, and Cox leads a team with a mission of finding every overdose survivor to save them from the next one. The road narrowed, and the man’s mother stood in pink slippers in the rain to meet her. People have been...

Amrabad incident assumes political colour Updated: Updated: April 03, 2021 23:30 IST Vijayashanti and Chada Venkat Reddy criticise State government for attack on Chenchus by forest department personnel Share Article AAA Vijayashanti and Chada Venkat Reddy criticise State government for attack on Chenchus by forest department personnel The incident of alleged attack on tribals by the Forest Department personnel in Amrabad Tiger Reserve is assuming political significance in view of the by-elect...

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) will be having a service workshop for its vehicles every 15km to 20 km in the country. At present, it has 4,000 touch points in 1989 towns and cities, thus making it the largest service network of any car maker in the country.   The company has added 208 service workshops in this fiscal. “The country has 5500 talukas and we are covering almost 98 per cent of these talukas apart from some hilly terrains in the north-east,” said Partha Banerjee, executive d...

FAIRMONT — Democrats in Congress continue to praise last week’s passage of the $1.9T American Rescue Plan that was pushed by the Biden Administration to aid those who’ve been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to Congress debating Biden’s proposal, the president said numerous times that America needed the relief bill because “People are hurting.” In Marion County, the hurting Biden spoke of comes in various forms, such as opioid overdoses. Members of the Quic...

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Three men wanted in St Catherine have been apprehended following in...

Countering fake news has been a big challenge for the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) in the past one year...