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Cong veteran among attack targets, bombs found as phase 5 poll looms | Kolkata News

Congress’ Manikchak candidate Mottakin Alam was targeted and his vehicle badly damaged in an attack on Sunday.
KOLKATA: Clashes, attacks and recovery of arms and ammunition on Sunday marked West Bengal’s run-up to the fifth phase of polls scheduled for Saturday (April 17).
Most clashes were reported between Trinamool Congress and main opposition party BJP. The trend was broken in Malda, a traditional Congress turf, where a clash broke out between Congress and Trinamool supporters. Congress veteran Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (Dalu), brother of late Gani Khan Choudhury, was attacked by “Trinamool goons” on the way back from a political meeting at Fulbaria in Manikchak assembly constituency.

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Several hospitals in Bengal facing shortage of Covid-19 vaccines: Official | Kolkata News

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KOLKATA: The Covid-19 vaccination drive has hit a roadblock in West Bengal owing to shortage of doses at various medical establishments, a senior official of the state's health department said on Sunday. He said the central government has been apprised of the situation and more vaccines are on their way.
"Several hospitals in West Bengal have either stopped the inoculation drive or are using the limited stock they have at the moment," the official told .
"We have sent requisitions to the Centre. We expect to receive about four lakh doses on Monday," he added.
A top official of CMRI Hospital said the state government has asked the medical facility to "slow down the vaccination process" to deal with the current scarcity.

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165 birds seized from train at Asansol station | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A raid on the Kalka-Howrah Netaji Express Special at Asansol station led to recovery of 110 parakeets and 55 small species of munia in the ea.

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In a corner of Kolkata, polling gets a Chinese touch | Kolkata News

This is the only polling station which has over 500 Chinese voters on the electoral rolls which is the highest anywhere in the country, according to m

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Minister vs minister: Babul visits polling booths, Aroop marshals troops from home | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Two heavyweight candidates — one a central and the other a state minister — from the Tollygunge constituency presented a picture in contrast on the polling day on Saturday. While BJP’s Babul Supriyo chose to hit the turf — challenging “fake women voters” and even “punishing’ one of them by asking her to apologize in front of a dozen cameras — Trinamool’s Aroop Biswas mostly stayed put with his close aides, rarely answering to calls and appearing in public, choosing to marshal his troops from his residence at New Alipore and his office.
Babul, who set out early in the morning from The Tollygunge Club in his SUV, chose to stay close to Golf Green and Bijoygarh before moving towards Garia. It was a call from a polling agent at the Niva Ananda Vidyalaya close to Battala Bazar in Bansdroni that made him rush there around 10.15am. “I was told that an elderly woman was trying to cast a fake vote. When my agent objected, Trinamool polling agents and supporters brought him out of the room and threatened to kidnap his son. I have come here to pacify him,” he said.

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Modi 'whisperer' in viral photo just wanted a selfie | Kolkata News

Zulfiqar Ali whispering his selfie wish to Narendra Modi at Sonarpur
KOLKATA: A photograph of a man in a skull cap whispering something into Narendra Modi’s ears recently went viral, triggering a flurry of memes on social media over the past week and even prompting AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to mock the PM at a public meeting.
Who was this mystery man and what had he said? TOI tracked down 38-year-old BJP worker Zulfiqar Ali, a Garden Reach resident, busy with “booth duties” at Metiabruz on Saturday.
“I had only asked for Modiji’s permission for a selfie with him. He had gladly agreed. He rested his arm around my shoulder and asked a photographer accompanying him to click. I will cherish those 40 seconds spent with him forever,” said Ali, visibly basking in the glory the viral photograph had offered him.

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CBI questions Lala in coal mining case | Kolkata News

T he CBI on Saturday questioned Anup Maji alias Lala for the third day in connection to the probe into the illegal coal mining case. An IPS officer was also questioned. The central investigating agency is looking at any probable involvement of officers across departments. The agency had earlier claimed that Lala greased the palms of several officials to run the operations. The agency has questioned a few police officers to figure out the steps taken by them to curb illegal coal mining. A former superintendent of Purulia was also questioned on Saturday. TNN
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CID makes arrest in coal mining scam | Kolkata News

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KOLKATA: CID, which had started a parallel investigation into the multi-crore coal scam, made its first arrest on Friday night. The state probe agency arrested businessman Randhir Singh from Andal in West Burdwan after questioning several ECL employees from Durgapur and Asansol-Raniganj coal belt through the week.
Confirming the arrest, DIC (operations) Ajoy Thakur said the complaint was filed by ECL authorities in 2020. He, however, refused to share more details saying the matter was under investigation. Sources said more arrests were likely.
Singh's arrest is being seen as important since he is considered a close aide of multi-crore coal scam prime accused Arup Majhi alias Lala, who has not responded to several CBI efforts to question him. A lookout notice has been issued against him. The enforcement directorate is also investigating the case.

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CPM, Cong lose a leader each to BJP in N Bengal | Kolkata News

Siliguri/Chopra: CPM’s Sankar Ghosh, who left the party two days ago, has joined BJP. Congress’ Ashok Roy, from Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur, too took the BJP flag from Bengal BJP minder Kailash Vijayvargiya on Friday.
While Ghosh, once a confidante of Ashok Bhattacharya, was upset over selection of candidates, Roy was aggrieved with Congress’ decision to give the Chopra seat to the CPM.
The CPM-turned-BJP leader trained his guns on party veterans who had refused to bring about a change within. “One candidate is winning from Siliguri (Ashok Bhattacharya) while the other candidate (Dilip Singh) is losing from Dabgram-Fulbari. There has been no change in candidate list. How can there be development without change? No one is allowed to raise his voice,” Ghosh said while dumping CPM.

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CBI quizzes cop related to coal accused | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The CBI on Thursday questioned a police officer, who was earlier posted in Bankura, in connection with the illegal coal mining case.

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